15/15 weeks ready · Follows the order of the Egyptian Ministry of Education and Technical Education textbook Science (Discover and Learn), First Preparatory Year (Grade 7), Term 1 (English and Arabic editions, 2026–2027, four units). All explanations, exercises and quizzes are Darslab’s own.
Term 1Unit 1 The Matter (Lesson 1 Structure of the Atom, Lesson 2 The Periodic Table of Elements, Lesson 3 Matter and Its Properties, Lesson 4 Chemical Bonds); Unit 2 Force Fields (electric, magnetic and gravitational forces); Unit 3 Living Organisms, Their Structure and Processes (cells and life, general characteristics of living organisms, microbes); Unit 4 The (Earth–Sun–Moon) System (the Earth and the solar system, lunar eclipse); Term 1 review
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Atoms and their energy levels Unit 1 The Matter, opener; Lesson 1 Structure of the Atom (A): the atom as the building unit, Rutherford, protons, neutrons and electrons, energy levels
Reading the table, valency and group trends Lesson 2 The Periodic Table of Elements (B): metalloids, period and group from the electrons, valency and Lewis dots, patterns in alkali metals and halogens
Mixtures, compounds and properties Lesson 3 Matter and Its Properties: mixtures and pure substances, elements, compounds and molecules, physical and chemical properties, uses of materials
Chemical bonds: ionic and covalent Lesson 4 Chemical Bonds: ions and the ionic bond, the covalent bond, ionic and covalent compounds, carbon and methane
Electric forces: static electricity Unit 2 Force Fields, opener; Lesson 1 Electric Forces (A): static electricity, two kinds of charge, the electrostatic series, uses of static charge, electric field and field lines
Electroscope, Coulomb and magnets Lesson 1 Electric Forces (B): the electroscope and Coulomb; Lesson 2 Magnetic Forces: magnets, materials, poles, attraction and repulsion, the magnetic field
Gravity: forces at a distance Lesson 3 Gravitational Forces: contact and field forces, Earth’s gravitational field, mutual attraction, tides, orbits, mass and weight
Cells and life Unit 3 Living Organisms, Their Structure and Processes, opener; Lesson 1 Cells and Life: the cell as the unit of life, prokaryotes and eukaryotes, unicellular and multicellular organisms, stem cells
Characteristics of living things Lesson 2 General Characteristics of Living Organisms: nutrition and photosynthesis, respiration, transport, excretion, movement, growth, reproduction, sensation, adaptation
The solar system, the spinning Earth and the seasons Unit 4 The (Earth–Sun–Moon) System, opener; Lesson 1 The Earth and the Solar System: the planets, Earth’s rotation and tilt, the Sun’s apparent motion and shadows, the seasons and day length
The Moon, its phases and lunar eclipses Lesson 2 Lunar Eclipse: the Moon’s phases, shadow and penumbra, total and partial lunar eclipses, why there is not one every month, a report on solar eclipses
The Egyptian Ministry of Education and Technical Education (MOETE) is not affiliated with, and does not endorse, Darslab. Lessons follow the order of the Ministry’s textbooks; all explanations, exercises and quizzes are Darslab’s own. Pictures of animals, plants and objects: Twemoji, CC BY 4.0.
