CURRICULUM FRAME WORK 2019-20 – IGCSE

DIAMOND STONE INTERNATIONAL

School name Year, Term 2019-2020(Two Term)
SCHOOL,HOSUR
Name of the subject Chemistry Grade: 8
Name of the teacher who ABIRAMI.M
completed this outline
Date when outline was completed Monday, 08 July 2019
 TOPICS
MONTH WEEK Sub Topics Theory/Practical Resources Needed

Materials of the future

1. Making  To know all chemical

materials reactions gives new
2nd Activity:
substances
June (10/6/19  Advantages and  Presenting with the
to disadvantages of help of video and
14/6/19) carbon nanotubes and PPT
aerogels.  Mind maps

About ceramics

1. Making  Name some examples

materials of ceramics and their Activity:
uses  Presenting with the
 Explain why certain help of video and
3rd ceramics have PPT, how does glass
(17/6/19 particular uses and porcelain are
June
to  Explain how the made
21/6/19) properties of ceramics
can depend on their  Worksheets
structure  Mind map
 1. Making Polymers
materials
 Name some examples Video clip:
4th and uses of polymers  Presenting PPT and
 Explain some of the Video
June (24/6/19 main properties of
to
polymers Activity:
28/6/19)
 Describe how  Mind map
polymers are made.  Practice questions

Peer review
Activity:
1. Making  Describe the process  Mind map to
1st materials of peer review differentiate the
July  Describe the scientific discoveries
(1/7/19 to
advantages and checked
5/7/19)
disadvantages of peer
 Worksheets
review.

July 2nd Composite materials

(8/7/19 to Activity:
 Explain composite
12/7/19)
materials, giving  Describing about the
examples process of concrete
 Describe and justify with the help of
1. Making the uses of some video and PPT
materials composite materials

 Explain what happens

in thermal
decomposition, and
exothermic and  Practice worksheets
endothermic reactions. will be provided
related to the topics
 3rd Revision and assessment
July (15/7/19
to
19/7/19)

Assessment
July 4th

1. Making Activity :
materials  Presenting the
Problems with materials
concepts with the
help of newspapers
 Explain how making
and magazines
and using materials
can cause problems  Mind map and
 Suggest ways of practice questions
reducing these
1st
problems.
August (5/8/19 to
9/8/19) Biased language

 Suggest reasons why

writing may be biased
 Identify evaluate and
compare texts for
biased language.
 Recycling materials

 Explain the Activity:

advantages of
recycling  Presenting through
nd  Describe the recycling PPT and video
2
of some materials
1. Making
August (12/8/19
materials  Describing the
to Material failures?
recycling concepts
16/8/19)
 To know what on metals, glass,
unforeseen problems polymers, paper
have materials caused. and concrete

 Mind maps

August 3rd 2. Reactivity

(19/8/19 Demolition
to
 To know before Activity:
23/8/19)
commencing the  Describing concepts
demolition work, a with the help of video
detailed survey and
study shall be made of  Practice worksheets
the structure to be  Mind map based on
demolished and the topic
structures in its
surroundings

 Safety provisions
Types of explosion

 Identify and explain

the differences
between physical
changes and chemical
reactions.

 Use particle theory to

explain gas pressure
and how it can be
changed.
 2. Reactivity Activity:
Active and passive
 Video and mind maps
 Present ideas and  Practice worksheets
4th
opinions in the active related to the topics
and passive voices Practical:
August (26/8/19
The steps needed to obtain a
to
 Evaluate different sample of pure salt from rock salt.
30/8/19)
ways of presenting the
same information.

September 1st 2. Reactivity Activity:

(2/9/19 Reactivity
 Group activity will
to 6/9/19) be performed on
 Describe the reactions
of metals with water, topic reactivity
dilute acids and air series
 Mind maps and
 Explain how metals practice questions
are placed in the
reactivity series

 Explain how physical

barriers and sacrificial
protection prevent
rusting.


 2rd Assessment
(9/9/19
September
to
13/9/19)

September 3rd 2. Reactivity Activity:

(16/9/19 Energy and reactions
 Group activity will be
to performed on topic
20/9/19)  Describe the test for
oxygen percentage change.
 Mind maps and PPT
 Explain how
combustion reactions
can be speeded up

 Classify changes as
exothermic or
endothermic

 Explain why some

reactions need a
supply of energy.

Percentage loss or gain

 Express on number as
a percentage of
another

 Calculate percentage
change.
 2. Reactivity
Displacement
Activity:
 Explain what  Describing a blast
happens in a furnace for
displacement reaction producing iron
with the help of
 Predict whether a video
displacement reaction
will occur.  Presenting PPT on
Electrolysis is used
Extracting metals to extract
aluminium from
 Explain why the aluminium oxide.
4th
method used to  Draw the blast
September (23/9/19 extract a metal is furnace and
to related to cost and the
27/9/19) electrolysis
metal’s reactivity
diagram.
 Describe how metals
are extracted from
their ores by heating
with carbon or by
electrolysis

 Explain what
happens in oxidation
and reduction
reactions.
 2. Reactivity Alfred Nobel Activity:
 To know that should  Presenting with the
explosives be banned help of video.
2nd  Short discussion  Practice worksheets
October about Alfred Nobel
(7/10/19 and mind map related
was a Swedish
to to the topics
chemist.
11/10/19)

3. Chemistry
revision and Revising KS3 chemistry
projects Activity:
 To know why is  Describing about
scientific language KS3 chemistry
needed with the help of
3rd
model chart and
(14/10/19  The standard safety video
to symbol for corrosive
 Mind maps
18/10/19) substances, such as
some alkalis.

4th 3. Chemistry Activity:

revision and Separating substances  Describing about
(21/10/19
projects separating
 substances by
 To know how does using model chart
the different ways of and video
separating mixtures  Practice
works worksheets and
mind maps
to  The particle model
25/10/19)
 States of matter and
changes of state

 Mixtures
 1st 2nd Holiday

November (4/11/19
to
17/11/19)

3rd 3. Chemistry Activity:

revision and Separating substances
(18/11/19
projects  Presenting PPT
to
 Explain about  Fact sheets will be
22/11/19)
diffusion and provided to test
filtration their post
knowledge
 Uses of  Practice
chromatography and worksheets
distillation

Chemical reactions

 To know what
happens in chemical
reactions

 Atoms, elements and

compounds

 Atoms and equations

 Different chemical
reactions

 Energy in reactions
 Speeding up
reactions
 3. Chemistry
revision and Physical and chemical
Activity:
projects
 To know what are the  Draw a table
properties of different featuring the acids,
materials alkalis and
indicators
 Reactivity series and  Worksheets and
metal ores mind map

4th  Acids, alkalis and

indicators
(25/11/19
to
29/11/19)  Neutralisation

 Reactions of acids
with metals

 Properties of other
materials

December 1st 3. Chemistry Activity:

revision and The periodic table  Describing with the
(2/12/19
projects help of model
to
6/12/19)  To know why is the chart
  Worksheets and
periodic table useful mind maps
 Video and PPT
 Metals and non-
metals

 Grouping the
elements

 Trends in properties
 3. Chemistry Activity:
revision and Earth and atmosphere  Describing with the
projects help of PPT and
 To know how do the video
earth and the
 Mind map
atmosphere change
 Worksheets
 Changing the
2nd atmosphere and
structure of the earth
(9/12/19
to
 Describe about earth
13/12/19)
resources and the
rock cycle

 Difference between
physical and
chemical weathering.

3rd 4th Assessment Holiday

(14/12/19
to
31/12/19)

January 2nd 3. Chemistry Activity:

revision and Project 1: carbon capture  Describing with the
(6/1/20 to
projects help of video
10/1/20)
 Recognize that there
 Worksheets
is a finite amount of
  Assignment
carbon on earth.

 Model how carbon

moves around in the
environment, from
one place to another.

 Identify how humans

influence the carbon
cycle.
4th 3. Chemistry Activity:
revision and Project 2: Electrolysis  Describing with the
(20/1/20
projects investigation help of PPT and
to
24/1/20) video
 Describe H2O is
 Worksheets
composed of two
different elements,  Mind maps
which combine to
form a molecule.

 We can prove this by

separating the
molecule with
electricity.

 The two elements

have very different
properties (burning
vs exploding).

 Other materials
(NaCl) can also be
separated by
electricity.

Project 3: Nanoparticles

 Define Nanoparticles

 What is
nanotechnology
 Describe application
and resources of
Nanotechnology
 4. Chemistry Art and chemistry Activity:
transition to  Describing with the
 To learn about the
GCSE help of pictures
colours on Gary
Scott’s bronze  Presenting ppt and
sculptures are video
5th developed by using a  Worksheets
blowtorch to apply  Answer different
(27/1/20
compounds such as types of short
to potassium sulphide questions
31/1/20)
 Importance of red
colour on this 2000
year old wall painting
(fresco) from
Pompeii is mercury
sulfide

February 1st 4. Chemistry Activity:

(3/2/20 to transition to Ions  Describing the
7/2/20) GCSE ionic compounds
 Explain how ions are and chemical
formed reactions with the
 Describe metallic and help of PPT.
ionic bonding  Worksheets and
practice questions.
 Explain how metals
and ionic compounds
can conduct
electricity
Energy transfers
 Interpret and sketch
reaction profiles
 Explain why changes
are described as
being exothermic or
endothermic
 Explain how bonding
affects the properties
of some substances.
2nd Assessment

(10/2/20
to
14/2/20)

4. Chemistry Rates of reaction Activity:

transition to  Describing rates of
 Describe how rates of
3rd GCSE reaction with the
reaction change
(17/2/20 help of mind map
to  Explain the  Factsheets
21/2/20) importance of surface
 Complete the
area: volume ratios in
changing rate
chemical reactions. graph

4th 4. Chemistry Chemical equations Activity:

transition to  Explaining the
(24/2/20  Write balanced
GCSE symbols and
to symbol equations
28/2/20) with state symbols. balancing the
equations with the
 To know limestone is help of PPT
mainly calcium  Practice
carbonate, which worksheets and
reacts with acids in practice questions
rainwater. This is a
neutralisation
reaction.
Standard form
 Recognise and use
numbers and units
with indices
 Convert numbers to
and from standard
form.
 4. Chemistry Equilibria
transition to Activity:
 Represent reversible
GCSE  Describing with the
reactions using
balanced symbol help of PPT and
video
equations
 Mind map and
 Explain how a worksheets
1st dynamic equilibrium  Practice questions
March (2/3/20 to is formed in
6/3/20) reversible reactions.
Frescos
 To know how is
chemistry used to
make and restore
frescos

2nd Revision
(9/3/20 to
13/3/20)