ICSE 2021 INTERNAL/PROJECT-20 Marks

 English II

SUGGESTED ASSIGNMENTS:

 Assignments should be based on the prescribed textbooks on the following lines:

 (i) Character/thematic analysis;

 (ii) Socio-economic, cultural, historical relevance / background;

(iii) Summary / paraphrase.

(iv) Appreciation of literary qualities.

(v) Identifying with a character. Putting oneself in the place of a character in given circumstances and explaining one’s actions.

(vi)  Imagine alternative outcomes or endings in a literary piece and the effect on all concerned.

Second Language

 Language and Literature:

 Class IX: Two or three assignments of reasonable length/duration of which two should be written assignments – one from the language and one from the literature component of the syllabus.

Class X: Two or three assignments of reasonable length/duration of which two should be written assignments – one from the language and one from the literature component of the syllabus.

 SUGGESTED ASSIGNMENTS

 Language:

Class IX: Creative Writing: Students are to write short compositions (approximately 300 to 400 words each), the stimuli being:

(i) a piece of recorded music;

(ii) a recorded series of sounds;

(iii) a picture/photograph;

(iv) an opening sentence or phrase;

 (v) a newspaper/magazine clipping or report;

One piece of factual writing which should be informative or argumentative; one piece of expressive writing which is descriptive and imaginative; preparation of film/book review.

Aural: Listening to a conversation/talk/reading of a short passage and then writing down the relevant or main points in the specified number of words and answering the given questions.

 Class X: Oral: Prepared speech/ declamation; impromptu speech/ debate/ discussion; report/interview; elocution; role-play/general conversation on selected topics.

Creative Writing: Students are to write short compositions (approximately 300 to 400 words each), the stimuli being:

(i) a piece of recorded music;

(ii) a recorded series of sounds;

 (iii) a picture/photograph;

(iv) an opening sentence or phrase;

 (v) a newspaper/magazine clipping or report;

 One piece of factual writing which should be informative or argumentative; one piece of expressive writing which is descriptive and imaginative; preparation of film/book review.

History & Civics

 Any one project/assignment related to the syllabus.

 Suggested Assignments

1. Compare the Parliamentary and Presidential forms of Government with reference to India and   the U.S.A.

 • Conduct a mock Court and record the proceedings.

 • Present a life sketch and contributions of any one of the following Presidents of India – Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Dr. S. Radhakrishnan and Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (or any other).

• Present a book review of any one of the following works: Dadabai Naoroji’s ‘Poverty and un-British rule in India’, Gandhi’s ‘The Story of my Experiments with Truth’, Nehru’s ‘Discovery of India’, Bhagat Singh’s ‘Why I am an Atheist’, Vijayalakshmi Pandit’s ‘The Scope of Happiness: A Personal Memoir’, Abdul Kalam’s ‘Wings of Fire’.

• Discuss the relevance of any one of the following films to understand the history of 20th Century Europe: The Book Thief, Schindler’s List, Escape to Victory, The Boy in Striped Pyjamas, Life is Beautiful, The Sound of Music, Gandhi (Richard Attenborough), Sardar (Ketan Mehta), Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose – The Forgotten Hero (Shyam Benegal)

• Highlight the work and achievements of any one Nobel Laureate – Malala Yousafzai or Kailash Satyarthi.

• Make a PowerPoint presentation on India’s Independence and Partition.

• Make a presentation on the influence of Gandhian principles on Martin Luther King / Nelson Mandela.

• Prepare a report on the contributions of any one of the following agencies of the United Nations – UNESCO / WHO / UNICEF / ILO / UNDP / FAO.

• Present a case study of any recent human rights violations and redressal mechanisms available to prevent such instances in the future.

 GEOGRAPHY

 Candidates will be required to prepare a project report on any one topic. The topics for assignments may be selected from the list of suggested assignments given below. Candidates can also take up an assignment of their choice under any of the broad areas given below.

 Suggested list of assignments:

 1. Local Geography:

(a) Land use pattern in different regions of India– a comparative analysis.

(b) The survey of a local market on the types of shops and services offered.

2. Environment: Wildlife conservation efforts in India.

3. Current Geographical Issues: Development of tourism in India.

4. Transport in India: Development of Road, Rail, Water and Air routes.

5. List different type of industries in the States and collect information about the types of raw materials used, modes of their procurement and disposal of wastes generated. Classify these industries as polluting or environment friendly and suggest possible ways of reducing pollution caused by these units.

6. Need for industrialization in India, the latest trends and its impact on economy of India.

7. Visit a water treatment plant, sewage treatment plant or garbage dumping or vermicomposting sites in the locality and study their working.

MATHAMETICS

The minimum number of assignments: Two assignments as prescribed by the teacher.

 Suggested Assignments

1. Comparative newspaper coverage of different items.

2. Survey of various types of Bank accounts, rates of interest offered. 

3. Planning a home budget.

4. Conduct a survey in your locality to study the mode of conveyance / Price of various essential commodities / favourite sports. Represent the data using a bar graph / histogram and estimate the mode.

5. To use a newspaper to study and report on shares and dividends.

6. Set up a dropper with ink in it vertical at a height say 20 cm above a horizontally placed sheet of plain paper. Release one ink drop; observe the pattern, if any, on the paper. Vary the vertical distance and repeat. Discover any pattern of relationship between the vertical height and the ink drop observed.

7. You are provided (or you construct a model as shown) – three vertical sticks (size of a pencil) stuck to a horizontal board. You should also have discs of varying sizes with holes (like a doughnut). Start with one disc; place it on (in) stick A. Transfer it to another stick (B or C); this is one move (m). Now try with two discs placed in A such that the large disc is below, and the smaller disc is above (number of discs = n=2 now). Now transfer them one at a time in B or C to obtain similar situation (larger disc below). How many moves? Try with more discs (n = 1, 2, 3, etc.) and generalise.

8. The board has some holes to hold marbles, red on one side and blue on the other. Start with one pair. Interchange the positions by making one move at a time. A marble can jump over another to fill the hole behind. The move (m) equal 3. Try with 2 (n=2) and more. Find the relationship between n and m.

9. Take a square sheet of paper of side 10 cm. Four small squares are to be cut from the corners of the square sheet and then the paper folded at the cuts to form an open box. What should be the size of the squares cut so that the volume of the open box is maximum? 

10. Take an open box, four sets of marbles (ensuring that marbles in each set are of the same size) and some water. By placing the marbles and water in the box, attempt to answer the question: do larger marbles or smaller marbles occupy more volume in a given space? 

11. An eccentric artist says that the best paintings have the same area as their perimeter (numerically). Let us not argue whether such sizes increase the viewer’s appreciation, but only try and find what sides (in integers only) a rectangle must have if its area and perimeter are to be equal (Note: there are only two such rectangles). 

12.Find by construction the centre of a circle, using only a 60-30 setsquare and a pencil. 

13.Various types of “cryptarithm”.

 PHYSICS

Candidates will be asked to carry out experiments for which instructions will be given. The experiments may be based on topics that are not included in the syllabus but theoretical knowledge will not be required. A candidate will be expected to be able to follow simple instructions, to take suitable readings and to present these readings in a systematic form. He/she may be required to exhibit his/her data graphically. Candidates will be expected to appreciate and use the concepts of least count, significant figures and elementary error handling.

Note: Teachers may design their own set of experiments, preferably related to the theory syllabus. A comprehensive list is suggested below.

 1. Lever – There are many possibilities with a meter rule as a lever with a load (known or unknown) suspended from a point near one end (say left), the lever itself pivoted on a knife edge, use slotted weights suspended from the other (right) side for effort.

Determine the mass of a metre rule using a spring balance or by balancing it on a knife edge at some point away from the middle and a 50g weight on the other side. Next pivot (F) the metre rule at the 40cm, 50cm and 60cm mark, 104 each time suspending a load L or the left end and effort E near the right end. Adjust E and or its position so that the rule is balanced. Tabulate the position of L, F and E and the magnitudes of L and E and the distances of load arm and effort arm. Calculate MA=L/E and VR = effort arm/load arm. It will be found that MA VR in the third case. Try to explain why this is so. Also try to calculate the real load and real effort in these cases.

2. Determine the VR and MA of a given pulley system.

3. Trace the course of different rays of light refracting through a rectangular glass slab at different angles of incidence, measure the angles of incidence, refraction and emergence. Also measure the lateral displacement.

4. Determine the focal length of a convex lens by (a) the distant object method and (b) using a needle and a plane mirror.

5. Determine the focal length of a convex lens by using two pins and formula f = uv/(u+v).

6. For a triangular prism, trace the course of rays passing through it, measure angles i1, i2, A and δ.Repeat for four different angles of incidence (say i1=400 , 500 , 600 and 700 ). Verify i1+ i2=A+δ and A = r1 + r2.

7. For a ray of light incident normally (i1=0) on one face of a prism, trace course of the ray. Measure the angle δ. Explain briefly. Do this for prisms with A=600 , 450 and 900 .

8. Calculate the sp. heat of the material of the given calorimeter, from the temperature readings and masses of cold water, warm water and its mixture taken in the calorimeter.

9. Determination of sp. heat of a metal by method of mixtures.

10. Determination of specific latent heat of ice.

11. using as simple electric circuit, verify Ohm’s law. Draw a graph, and obtain the slope.

12. Set up model of household wiring including ring main circuit. Study the function of switches and fuses.

Teachers may feel free to alter or add to the above list. The students may perform about 10 experiments. Some experiments may be demonstrated.

 CHEMISTRY

Candidates will be asked to observe the effect of reagents and/or of heat on substances supplied to them. The exercises will be simple and may include the recognition and identification of certain gases and ions listed below. The examiners will not, however, be restricted in their choice to substances containing the listed ions.

 Gases: Hydrogen, Oxygen, Carbon dioxide, Chlorine, Hydrogen chloride, Sulphur dioxide, Hydrogen sulphide, Ammonia, Water vapour, Nitrogen dioxide.

Ions: Calcium, Copper, Iron, Lead, Zinc and Ammonium, Carbonate, Chloride, Nitrate, Sulphide, Sulphite and Sulphate.

Knowledge of a formal scheme of analysis is not required. Semi-micro techniques are acceptable but candidates using such techniques may need to adapt the instructions given to suit the size of the apparatus being used.

Candidates are expected to have completed the following minimum practical work: 1. Action of heat on the following substances:

 (a) Copper carbonate, zinc carbonate

(b) Zinc nitrate, copper nitrate, lead nitrate

Make observations, identify the products and make deductions where possible (equations not required).

2. Make a solution of the unknown substance: add sodium hydroxide solution or ammonium hydroxide solution, make observations and give your deduction. Warming the mixture may be needed. Choose from substances containing Ca2+, Cu2+, Fe2+, Fe3+, Pb2+, Zn2+, NH4 + .

3. Supply a solution of a dilute acid and alkali. Determine which is acidic and which is basic, giving two tests for each.

4. Add concentrated hydrochloric acid to each of the given substances, warm, make observations, identify any product and make deductions: (a) copper oxide (b) manganese dioxide.

 BIOLOGY

The practical work is designed to test the ability of the candidates to make an accurate observation from specimens of plants and animals.

 PLANT LIFE

(i) Observation of permanent slides of stages of mitosis.

(ii) Experiments demonstrating:

• Diffusion: using potassium permanganate in water.

• Osmosis: Thistle Funnel experiment and potato osmoscope,

• Absorption: using a small herbaceous plant.

(iii) Experiments on Transpiration:

• demonstration of the process using a Bell Jar.

• demonstration of unequal transpiration in a dorsiventral leaf using cobalt chloride paper.

• demonstration of uptake of water and the rate of transpiration using Ganong’s potometer.

(iv) Experiments on Photosynthesis:

 • to show the necessity of light, carbon dioxide and chlorophyll for photosynthesis.

• to show the release of O2 during photosynthesis using hydrilla / elodea.

ANIMAL LIFE

i) Identification of the structures of the urinary system, heart and kidney (internal structure) and brain (external view) through models and charts

(ii) The identification of different types of blood cells under a microscope.

(iii)Identification of the internal structure of the Ear and Eye (Through models and charts).

(iv) Identification and location of selected endocrine glands: Adrenal, Pancreas, Thyroid and Pituitary glands with the help of a model or chart.

 COMPUTER APPLICATIONS-100 Marks

This segment of the syllabus is totally practical oriented. The accent is on acquiring basic programming skills quickly and efficiently.

Programming Assignments (Class X)

The students should complete a minimum of 20 laboratory assignments during the whole year to reinforce the concepts studied in class.

Suggested list of Assignments:

The laboratory assignments will form the bulk of the course. Good assignments should have problems which require design, implementation and testing. They should also embody one or more concepts that have been discussed in the theory class. A significant proportion of the time has to be spent in the laboratory. Computing can only be learnt by doing.

The teacher-in-charge should maintain a record of all the assignments done by the student throughout the year and give it due credit at the time of cumulative evaluation at the end of the year.

 Some sample problems are given below as examples. The problems are of varying levels of difficulty:

(i) User defined methods

 (a) Programs depicting the concept of pure, impure, static, non- static methods.

(b) Programs based on overloaded methods.

 (c) Programs involving data members, member methods invoking the methods with respect to the object created.

(ii) Constructors

 (a) Programs based on different types of constructors mentioned in the scope of the syllabus.

(b) Programs / outputs based on constructor overloading

(iii) Library classes

(a) Outputs based on all the methods mentioned in the scope of the syllabus.

(b) Programs to check whether a given character is an uppercase/ lowercase / digit etc.

(iv) Encapsulation Questions based on identifying the different variables like local, instance, arguments, private, public, class variable etc.

 (v) Arrays

 (a) Programs based on accessing the elements of an array.

(b) Programs based on sort techniques mentioned in the scope of the syllabus.

 (c) Programs based on search techniques mentioned in the scope of the syllabus.

 (d) Programs on Double dimensional arrays as given in the scope of the syllabus.

(vi) String handling

 (a) Outputs based on all the string methods mentioned in the scope of the syllabus.

 (b) Programs based on extracting the characters from a given string and manipulating the same.

(c) Palindrome string, piglatin, alphabetical order of characters, etc.

Important: This list is indicative only. Teachers and students should use their imagination to create innovative and original assignments.

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