Grade 7 Science, Explained
Nepal’s Grade 7 Science and Technology curriculum, unit by unit in the order of CDC’s textbook, said clearly, with examples to work out, diagrams to play with, and a few surprises. For students with any Grade 7 science book.
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- Unit 1 Scientific Learning Every discovery begins with someone who noticed something and asked why. How do you turn a question into an answer you can trust? Science and research
- Unit 2 Information and Communication Technology A phone, a search box and a spreadsheet can do amazing work for you, if you know how to use them well and how to stay safe while you do. Technology
- Unit 3 Organisms and their Structure A potato is a stem, a sponge is an animal, and you are made of trillions of cells. How is each living thing built for the life it leads? Living things
- Unit 4 Biodiversity and Environment Why do yaks live in the Himalaya and rhinos in the Terai, and how can we use forests and water without using them up? Living things
- Unit 5 Life Process Your heart beats and your lungs breathe without your thinking about it. How does a living thing, from an Amoeba to you, keep itself going? Living things
- Unit 6 Force and Motion Why can you walk 16 m and end up where you started? What pulls everything down, and why is holding a heavy load all day no work at all? Physics
- Unit 7 Energy in Daily Life Dal bhat, a bulb, hot tea, a shout: all of them run on energy. Where does it come from, and how does it reach us as heat, sound and light? Physics
- Unit 8 Electricity and Magnetism Why does a combed comb pick up paper, what makes lightning, and how do two small cells light a torch more brightly than one? Physics
- Unit 9 Matter Why does a brick sink while a log floats, and what are the tiny pieces that everything around us is built from? Chemistry
- Unit 10 Materials Used in Daily Life How can you tell an acid from a base without tasting it, and why do we make wires of copper and wrap food in aluminium? Chemistry
- Unit 11 The Earth and Space Where does the stone under your feet come from, why does the Moon change shape, and how can we know years ahead when the Sun will go dark? Earth and space
How to use this book
Each unit covers its part of the curriculum in the order of CDC’s textbook, whose page numbers are under each unit’s title; whichever book your school uses, you can read it alongside. Inside you’ll find:
- Worked examples: try them first; the answer stays hidden until you open it.
- Try it questions and each unit’s questions at the end, with hints and answers to open when you’re ready.
- Diagrams to play with: drag, slide and change things to see what happens.
- Did you know? boxes with the stories and surprises behind the science.
A companion to your textbook, not a replacement: study from the book your school uses, and where the two differ, follow your teacher. Every fact here has been checked against the textbook and other reliable sources, but these pages have not yet been reviewed by subject experts. If you find a mistake, please tell us.