K D Ambani Vidyamandir, Motikhavdi

Split- Up Syllabus for Session 2017-18

Subject BIOLOGY No. of pds. per week 6+2
Class - 12 No. of Instructional Days 116
Name of the Text Book - NCERT Text Book R
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March 13 14 Reproductio Reproduction in organisms: Reproduction, a characteristic feature of all Separate List Exercise
n (L-1) organisms for continuation of species; modes of reproduction - asexual and is Attached. questio
Reproductio sexual reproduction; asexual reproduction - binary fission, sporulation, budding, ns and
n in gemmule, fragmentation; vegetative propagation in plants. Sexual reproduction Importa
flowering in flowering plants: Flower structure; development of male and female nt
plants (L-2) gametophytes; pollination - types, agencies and examples; outbreeding devices; questio
pollen-pistil interaction; double fertilization; post fertilization events - ns from
development of endosperm and embryo, development of seed and formation of the
fruit; special modes-apomixis, parthenocarpy, polyembryony; Significance of chapter
seed dispersal and fruit formation. s.
April 21 21 Human Human Reproduction: Male and female reproductive systems; microscopic Exercise
beings.(L-3) anatomy of testis and ovary; gametogenesis - spermatogenesis and oogenesis; questio
Reproductive menstrual cycle; fertilisation, embryo development upto blastocyst formation, ns and
Health (L-4) implantation; pregnancy and placenta formation (elementary idea); parturition Importa
Heredity and (elementary idea); lactation (elementary idea). nt
variation (L- Reproductive health: Need for reproductive health and prevention of sexually questio
5) transmitted diseases (STD); birth control - need and methods, contraception and ns from
medical termination of pregnancy (MTP); amniocentesis; infertility and assisted the
reproductive technologies - IVF, ZIFT, GIFT (elementary idea for general chapter
awareness). s.

May & June 11+4 11+4 Heredity and Heredity and variation: Mendelian inheritance; deviations from Mendelism - Exercise UT-1
variation (L- incomplete dominance, codominance, multiple alleles and inheritance of blood questio (L-1 to L-
5) groups, pleiotropy; elementary idea of polygenic ns and 3)
Molecular inheritance; chromosome theory of inheritance; chromosomes and genes; Sex Importa
basis of determination - in humans, birds and honey bee; linkage and crossing over; sex nt
inheritance linked inheritance - haemophilia, colour blindness; Mendelian disorders in questio
(L-6) humans - thalassemia; chromosomal disorders in humans; Down's syndrome, ns from
Turner's and Klinefelter's syndromes. the
Molecular basis of inheritance: Search for genetic material and DNA as genetic chapter
material; Structure of DNA and RNA; DNA packaging; DNA replication; Central s.
dogma; transcription, genetic code, translation; gene expression and regulation -
lac operon; genome and Human genome project and Rice genome project; DNA
fingerprinting.
July 25 25 Evolution (L- Evolution: Origin of life; biological evolution and evidences for biological Exercise UT-2
7) Health evolution (paleontology, comparative anatomy, embryology and molecular questio (L-5 to L-
and disease evidence); Darwin's contribution, modern synthetic theory of evolution; ns and 7) UT-
(L-8) mechanism of evolution - variation (mutation and recombination) and natural Importa 3
Improvemen selection with examples, types of natural selection; Gene flow and genetic drift; nt (L-8 to L-
t in food Hardy - Weinberg's principle; adaptive radiation; human evolution. questio 10)
production Health and disease: Pathogens; parasites causing human diseases (malaria, ns from
(L-9) filariasis, ascariasis, typhoid, pneumonia, common cold, amoebiasis, ring worm); the
Microbes in Basic concepts of immunology - vaccines; cancer, HIV and AIDS; Adolescence, chapter
human drug and alcohol abuse. s.
welfare Improvement in food production: Plant breeding, tissue culture, single cell
(L-10) protein, Biofortification, Apiculature and Animal husbandry. Microbes in human
welfare: In household food processing, industrial production, sewage treatment,
energy generation and as biocontrol agents and biofertilizers.
August 18 22 Principles Principles and processes of biotechnology: Genetic Engineering (Recombinant Exercise
and DNA Technology). questio
processes of Application of biotechnology in health and agriculture: Human insulin and ns and
biotechnolog vaccine production, gene therapy; genetically modified organisms - Bt crops; Importa
y (L-11) transgenic animals; biosafety issues, bio piracy and patents. nt
Application Organisms and environment: Habitat and niche, population and ecological questio
of adaptations; population interactions - mutualism, competition, predation, ns from
biotechnolog parasitism; population attributes - growth, birth rate and death rate, age the
y in health distribution. chapter
and s.
agriculture
(L-12)
Organisms
and
environment
(L-13)

September 0 18 Revision T-1

(L-1 to L-
10)
October 13 13 Ecosystems Ecosystems: Patterns, components; productivity and decomposition; energy Exercise
(L-14) flow; pyramids of questio
Biodiversity number, biomass, energy; nutrient cycles (carbon and phosphorous); ecological ns and
and its succession; ecological Importa
conservation services - carbon fixation, pollination, seed dispersal, oxygen release. nt
(L-15) Biodiversity and its conservation: Concept of biodiversity; patterns of questio
biodiversity; importance ns from
of biodiversity; loss of biodiversity; biodiversity conservation; hotspots, the
endangered organisms, chapter
extinction, Red Data Book, biosphere reserves, national parks and sanctuaries. s.

November Environment Environmental issues: Air pollution and its control; water pollution and its Exercise
al issues (L- control; agrochemicals questio
16) and their effects; solid waste management; radioactive waste management; ns and
greenhouse effect and Importa
11 11 global warming; ozone depletion; deforestation; any three case studies as nt
success stories addressing environmental issues, diseases; dengue and questio
chickengunia. ns from
the
chapter
s.