UPMSP High School Science study plan

Write balanced equations for combustion, oxidation, addition and substitution reactions of carbon compounds, and classify each as oxidation, reduction or neither

Draw and name the first six alkanes, alkenes and alkynes and identify the functional groups in alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids and esters

Balance at least 15 skeletal equations by inspection and label each as combination, decomposition, displacement, double displacement or redox

Explain the role of catalysts, oxidising and reducing agents using two worked examples each

Distinguish saturated from unsaturated hydrocarbons by flame behaviour and by bromine water test

Trace the path of food through the human alimentary canal and state the enzyme, substrate and product at each of the six digestive sites

Compare aerobic and anaerobic respiration by writing the overall equations and naming the products in yeast and in muscle

Label a hand-drawn diagram of the human heart showing four chambers, valves and the double circulation route

Describe nephron structure and the three steps of urine formation, and explain dialysis as a substitute for kidney failure

Explain how stomata, xylem and phloem carry out gas exchange and transport in plants

Compare reflex action and voluntary action by tracing one example of each along its neural pathway

Draw a labelled neuron and explain how the myelin sheath and synapse affect transmission direction

Describe the roles of the cerebrum, cerebellum and medulla and match each to a real-life function loss

Explain the feedback loop that controls blood glucose by insulin and glucagon, and the one that controls thyroxine

Distinguish tropic from nastic movements in plants and explain phototropism using auxin distribution

Apply the mirror formula and magnification formula to solve 12 numericals on concave and convex mirrors with correct sign convention

Construct ray diagrams for all six object positions in front of a concave mirror and state the nature of the image in each case

Use Snell's law and the refractive index definition to solve 10 numericals, including real and apparent depth

Draw ray diagrams for convex and concave lenses and derive lens power in dioptres for three given focal lengths

Explain total internal reflection and identify two everyday applications

State Ohm's law and solve 12 circuit numericals combining series and parallel resistors, including mixed networks

Calculate current, potential difference, power and energy consumed for household appliances and compute the cost of electricity at a given tariff

Explain the heating effect and fuse rating using a worked example, and state why household wiring uses parallel connections

Draw magnetic field lines around a bar magnet and a current-carrying straight conductor, and apply Fleming's left-hand rule to two cases

Compare a DC generator and an AC generator by output graph and explain the working of an electric motor

Classify renewable and non-renewable sources of energy and give one environmental advantage and disadvantage of each

Predict the pH of at least 10 common solutions and explain the colour change of litmus, methyl orange and phenolphthalein in each

Write the reaction of an acid with a metal, a base and a carbonate, and explain the role of water in ionisation

Explain neutralisation in the context of antacids, tooth decay and soil treatment with one example each

Describe the preparation and uses of washing soda, baking soda and bleaching powder with their formulas

Place metals in a reactivity series and predict displacement reactions for five metal-salt pairs

Explain why metals conduct electricity and why ionic compounds conduct only when molten or dissolved

Compare asexual modes (binary fission, budding, fragmentation, regeneration, spore formation, vegetative propagation) by naming one organism for each

Label the human male and female reproductive systems and describe the function of each labelled part

Explain pollination, fertilisation and seed formation in flowering plants, and distinguish self-pollination from cross-pollination

Describe the structure of the human eye and explain myopia and hypermetropia with the correcting lens and a ray diagram for each

Explain dispersion of white light through a prism and the formation of a rainbow, and state the cause of atmospheric refraction and the blue colour of the sky

Explain why the sky appears dark to an astronaut and why the sun appears reddish at sunrise

Distinguish inherited from acquired traits and explain Mendel's monohybrid cross with a Punnett square giving the 3:1 ratio

Explain sex determination in humans and how the ratio of boys to girls is determined by the father's chromosome

State the evidence for evolution from fossils, homologous organs and analogous organs with one example each

Solve 20 mixed numericals from light and electricity under timed conditions

Complete two full-length mock papers and classify every error by domain to identify the three weakest areas

Re-solve every numerical missed in the mock papers without notes and confirm the correct answer

Recite the balanced equations and reactivity series from memory in a 20-minute written recall test

Draw from memory the heart, nephron, eye and human reproductive system diagrams and label six parts each