ICSE Class 8

Table of Content

• ICSE Class 8 Syllabus

• English Syllabus

• Science Syllabus

• Mathematics Syllabus

• Computer Application Syllabus

• Social Science Syllabus

• Hindi Syllabus

• ICSE books for Class 8

• ICSE Class 8 Sample Papers

• Tips & Tricks

Literature

Writing Skills

Grammar

• The Ant- Lion

• ‘Where the mind is without fear’ –

• Rabindranath Tagore

• The Silver Lining

• The Solitary Reaper’ –William

• Wordsworth

• ‘The Open Window’ –H. H. Munro

• ‘Night of the Scorpion’ –Nissim Ezekiel

• Karma -- Khushwant Singh

• ‘The Chowgarh Tigers – Jim Corbett

• A Boy’s Best Friend ---Issac Asimov

• The Inchcape Rock -Robert Southey

• The Umbrella Man- Roald Dahl

• Girls MrinalPande

• Comprehension Passages

• Informal Letter Writing

• Descriptive Essays

• Informal Letter Writing

• Comprehension passages

• Descriptive Essays

• Formal Letter Writing

• Narrative Essays

• Comprehension passages

• Argumentative Essays

• Formal Letter Writing

• Imaginative Essays

• Informal Letter Writing

• Revisions

• Comprehension passages-Revisions

• Tenses

• Adjective Clause

• Tenses

• Conjunctions

• Voice

• Homonyms / Homophones

• Conjunction

• Articles

• Figures of Speech

• Degrees Of Comparisons

Physic

Chemistry

Biology

• The Universe

• Heat

• Light

• More about Solids, Liquids and Gases

• More about Energy

• Static Electricity

• Magnetism and Electricity

• Matter

• Elements, Compounds and Mixtures

• Air and Burning

• Acids, Bases and Salts

• Water

• ELECTROLYSIS

• Atoms and Molecules

• Basic Chemistry: Terminology and reactions

• Oxygen

• Hydrocarbons – An elementary study

• Metals and alloys

• Life Processes- Transport Of Materials In Animals And Plants

• Life Processes - Control And Coordination

• Life Processes - Reproduction, Growth And Development

• Health And Hygiene

• Pollution And Conservation

• Food Production And Management

• Ratio & Proportion

• Linear equations in one variable

• Simultaneous equations

• Congruency of triangles

• Percentages

• Statistics- Pie chart, histograms

• Quadrilaterals (properties with lines of

• symmetry)

• Construction of quadrilaterals and

• triangles

• Perimeter and area of plane figures

• Solids- Volume and Surface area

• Profit, loss & discount

• Simple interest

• Simplification of Algebraic expression

• HCF and LCM

• Pythagoras theorem (direct sums only)

• Basic concepts

• Venn diagrams

• Spreadsheet Software (Microsoft Excel)

• Arrays

• Searching and Sorting in Arrays

• Object Oriented Programming System

• (OOPS)

• Object

• Three salient features of OOPS -

• Inheritance, Encapsulation and

• Polymorphism

• Class

• Byte Code

• JVM

• Characteristics of Java

• Types of Java Programs

• Blue J –its advantage

• Class as a basis of all Computation in Java

• Methods in Java

• If – Else Construct

History

Civic

Geography

• Decline of the Mughal Empire

• Rise of Regional Powers and the Marathas

• The Europeans in India and the Anglo French Struggle

• Establishment of the British Empire

• Impact of the British rule in India

• Social and Religious Reform Movements

• The American Revolution

• The French Revolution and Napoleon

• Nationalism in Europe

• World as a Global Community

• International Cooperation: The UNO and How It Works

• UN Agencies and the Role of UNO

• India and her neighbors

• The US Civil War and Abraham Lincoln

• Weather and climate

• Practical study of climate

• Europe: the land and its resources

• Europe: people and their economic activities

• Bangalore: the silicon valley of India

• Asia: the land and its resources

• Asia: people

• India: relief feature and drainage

• India: fauna

• Plantations in Kerala

• Wheat cultivation in Punjab

• India: climate

Subjects

Books

Mathematics

• ICSE Mathematics for Class 8 by Asit Das Gupta-English-Bharati Bhawan (English) by Asit Das Gupta

• Mathematics Today-8 (ICSE) (English) 01 Edition (Paperback) by S K Gupta

• Longman ICSE Mathematics Book 8 (Paperback) by Sehgal

Physic

• NOMS Physics 8 (2/E) (Paperback) by Annie Jacob

• Physics For Middle Class-8 By R P Rana

Chemistry

• Chemistry For Middle Class-8 By R P Rana Noms

• Chemistry 8 (2/E) (Paperback) by John West

Biology

• Noms Biology 8 (2/E) (Paperback) By P. A. Paulose

• Biology For Middle Class-8 (English) By A P Misra

History & Civics

• Longman History & Civics (Revised Edition) for ICSE 8 (Paperback) by Singh

Geography

• Discover Geography Class - 8 (Revised) By Jaya Balagopal

English

• Basic Comprehension Passages (Paperback) by Byrne

• Learner's Grammar and Composition (English) (Paperback) by Sanghita Sen

• Foundations In English Course book 8 (Revised Edition) (Paperback) by Tara Chadha

• Starting With Comprehension And Composition 8 (Paperback) by Tressler

Hindi

• Viva Pankhudiya Hindi Pathmala - 8 - New Edition

• Navrang Saral Hindi Pathmala-8 01 Edition (Paperback) By Sharda Bhasin

• Anurag Hindi Abhyas Pustika-8 01 Edition (Paperback) By Nageshwarlal