April & Diversity in Diversity of living organism classification of living organism
May living world (five kingdom classification within each kingdom) Systematic and binomial system of nomenclature. Salient features animal (non chordates upto phylum level and chordates upto subclass)classification. Botanical gardens,Herbaria ,zoological parks and museums. Practicals :- Study parts of a compound microscope. Study of the specimens and identification with reasons .
June Structural Tissues in animals and plants , morphology ,anatomy and
organizatio functions of different parts of flowering plants ,root, stem, n in leaf , inflorescence, flower , fruit and seed. Morphology animals ,anatomy and functions of different systems of an and plants annelid(earthworm) on insect (cockroach)and an- amphibian (frog ) Practical :- Study and describe three common flowering-plants Preparation and study of T.S. of dicot and monocot roots and stems (normal). Study of tissues and diversity in shapes and sizes of plants and animals cells (eg. Palisade cells, para\enchyma, collenchyma, scleranchyma , xylem , phloem , squamous ephithelium , muscle fibre and mammalian blood smear) through temporary/permanent slides. Study of different modification in roots, stems and leaves , study and identify different types of inflorescences ,.study of external morphology of earthworm, cockroach and frog August & through Cell structure Cell ,cellmodels. wall, cell membrane and cell organelles Sept. and function (plastid mitochondria , endoplasmic reticulum Golgi bodies/dictyosomes, ribosomes, lysosomes, vacuoles, centrioles) and nuclear organization Mitosis, meiosis, cell cycle. Basic chemical constituents of living bodies. Structure and functions of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids and nucleic acid. Enzymes types, properties and functions. Practicals :- Test for the presence of sugar, starch , proteins and fats, To detect them in suitable plant and animal- materials. Study of mitosis in onion root tip cells and animal cells (grasshopper ) from permanent slides. October Plant Movement of water, food, nutrients and gases. Plants physiology and water, mineral nutrition. Photosynthesis. Practicals :- Study of osmosis by potato osmometer, study of plasmolysis in in epidermal peels. Study of distribution stomata in upper and lower surface of leaves. Study of imbibition in seeds/raisins. November Plants Revision half yearly physiology Respiration, plant growth and (cont.) development. Practical Separate plants pigments through paper chromatography. To study the rate of respiration in flower buds/leaf tissue and germinating seeds. December Human Digestion and absorption, Breathing and respiration, physiology Body fluids and circulation. Practical To study effect of different temperatures on the activity of salivary amylase on starch . January Human Excretory products and their elimination , locomotion physiology and movement, neural co-ordination. (cont.) Practical To test presence of urea in urine. To detect the presence of albumin in urine. To detect the presence of bile salts in urine. To study human skeleton and different types of February Human Chemical coordination and physiology integration Practicals (cont.) Observation and comments on the experiment set up on