DCM Group of Schools
Biology Syllabus Bifurcation & Planner for Class IX
1st Term (April to September)
April – 12 Periods
Cell – the basic unit of life, Discovery of cell, cell theory, shape, size & number of cells,
Prokaryotic & Eukaryotic cells, what is cell made up of. Plasma membrane, cell wall,
cytoplasm endoplasmic reticulum, golgi complex, Ribosomes, Mitochondria. (10
Periods)
Revision & tests of these topics (2 periods)
Learning Objectives –
(i)
Who discovered cell
(ii)
Unicellular & Multicellular organism
(iii) Cell theory – discovery and statements
(iv)
Prokaryotic & Eukaryotic cells
(v)
Shape, size & number of cells
(vi)
Structure & functions of plasma membrane cell wall, cytoplasm, Endoplasmic
reticulum golgi complex, ribosome & mitochondria
(vii) What is semipermiable membrane
(viii) Diffusion & its significance.
(ix)
Osmosis, hypertonic, hypotonic & isotonic solution
Tools to be used / practicals to be performed
(i) To prepare stained temporary mounts of
(a) Onion peel (b) Human cheek cells & to record observation and draw their labelled
diagrams
(ii) To show osmosis with the help of raisins
May – 13 periods
Cell – The basic unit of life (Cont.)
Lysosomes, plastids, nucleus, Vacuoles.
Difference between animal & plant cells.
Tissues
Plant tissues – Meristematic tissue, Permanent tissues - (3 periods)
Revision & tests of these topics (2 periods)
Learning Objectives –
(i)
Structure & functions of lysosomes, plastids nucleus, Vacuoles.
Animal & Plant cells – Differences & their diagrams
Meristematic tissue – Apical meristem, Intercalary & lateral meristem, Permanent
tissue – simple & complex with diagrams.
Tools to be used / practical to be performed:
(a) To identify Parenchyma, collenchyma & sclerenchyma tissue in plants through slides
(b) To teach these topics show chart to the students
July – 10 periods
Tissues (Cont.)
Animal tissues – Epithelial, connective, muscular & nervous tissue 8 periods.
Learning Objectives:
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(iii)
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(vi)
(vii)
(viii)
Epithelial tissue & its types especially location
Connective tissue & its types.
Difference between bone & cartilage
Difference between ligament & bone.
Different types of blood cells
Difference between blood & lymph
Muscles & its types
Diagram of neuron & basic understanding of nervous tissue
Tools to be used practicals to be performed
Striped muscle fibre and Nerve cells in animals from prepared slides and draw their
labelled diagrams
(ii)To show charts of some of these tissues
August - 12 periods
Improvement in food recourses 10periods
Revision and tests -2 periods
Learning Objectives:- Sources of food, sustainable agriculture, crop seasons in India,
Increase in food production, Improvement in crop variety, Management of crop
production, Cropping pattern, Difference between Manure & fertilizers, Irrigation storage
of grain animal, husbandry, cattle-farming, poultry farming, fish production, Bee
keeping.
Tools to be used / Practicals to be performed:(i) To make a project showing improved methods of irrigation.
September:- Chapter wise test & revision for 1st Term
Second Term (October – March)
October – 12 Periods
Why do we fall ill (till infections diseases) – 10 periods
Revision and tests – 2 periods
Learning objectives:–
(i)
The concept of health
(ii)
Personal and community health,
(iii) Acute and chromic diseases
(iv)
Congenital and acquired diseases
(v)
Difference between infections and non-infections diseases
(vi)
Infections diseases in detail
Tools to be used / practical to be performed:(i)
Lecture to be delivered by the doctor of the school to the class on the topic
‘Health’, different diseases and their preventions.
November – 10 Periods
(a) Why do we fall ill (Cont.) – 4 periods
(b) Diversity in living organism – Basis of classification to general animalia – 4
periods
(c) Revision & tests – 2 periods
Learning objectives – Why do we fall ill:-
Organ – specific & tissue specific manifestations
What is inflammation?
Principles of treatment & prevention
What is vaccination and immunization pulse polio programme
(b) Diversity in Living Organism
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
Basis of classification
Hierarchy of classification groups
Different types of kingdoms & on what basis
General characters of kingdom Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia
with examples
Tools to be used / Practical to be performed:
Students should be taken to the laboratory to show the specimens, at least 2 of each
kingdom.
December – 12 periods
Diversity in living organism (Cont.)
Details of Kindom Plantae & Animalia
What is nomenclature – (10 periods)
Revision & tests – (2 periods)
Learning Objectives
Topic:Cryptogams, phanerogams, thallophyta, bryophyta, pteridophyta,
gymnosperms, angiosperms, porifers, coelentrates, platyhelminthes, nematode, annelida,
arthropoda, mollusca, echinodermata, protochordata, vertebrata, pisces, amphibian,
reptilia, aves & mammalian.
Tools to be used / Practical to be performed:
(i) To study the characteristics of spirogyra / agaricus, moss, fern, pinus (male / female
cone) and an angiospermic plant. Draw and give two identifying features of group they
belong to:
(ii) To observe and draw the given specimens – earthworm, cockroach, bony fish and bird
record its specific features & one adaptive feature with reference to its habitat.
January – 9 periods
Natural Resources – 8 periods
Revision & test – 1 period
Learning objectives:
(i)
Our natural resources – air, water soil
(ii)
Air for respiration, for combustion, for moderating temperatures movement of
air & its role in bringing rains.
(iii) Air, water & soil pollution
(iv)
Biogeochemical cycles – water, nitrogen, oxygen and carbon cycle
(v)
Green house effect.
(vi)
Ozone layer, its depletion & harmful effects
Tools to be used / Practical to be performed:
(i)
To show charts to the students while teaching biogeochemical cycle.
(ii)
Make different groups in each class and arrange collage making competition
on the topic: Pollution – its causes, effects and control.
DCM Group of schools
Biology syllabus bifurcation & planner for class X
1st Term (April to Sept.)
April: 12 periods
Life Processes
a) Nutrition in animals and plants (7 periods)
b) Respiration (4 Periods)
c) Revision and test of these topics (2 periods)
Learning Objectives
After completing the topics the students will be able to know:1.
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Nutrition and its types
Events which occurs during photosynthesis
Opening and closing of stomata along with the diagram
Nutrition in animals
Nutrition in human being along with diagram
Types of respiration
Respiratory system in human beings
Mechanism of breathing
Transport of gases in human beings
Tools to be used/ practical to be performed
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To make a working model to show inspiration and expiration
To show the torso of human alimentary canal
To prepare a temporary mount of leaf peal to show stomata
To prove that chlorophyll and light is necessary for photosynthesis
To show that carbon dioxide is given out during respiration
May: 13 periods
Life processes (cont.)
a) Transportation in animals (6 periods)
b) Transportation in plants (2 periods)
c) Excretion in human beings & Excretion in plants (3 periods)
d) Revision and tests (2 periods)
Learning Objectives
1. Structure of human heart
2. Schematic representation of transport & exchange of oxygen and
carbon dioxide
3. Diff. between veins and arteries and capillaries
4. Difference between blood and lymph
5. Double circulation
6. Blood cells type
7. Blood clotting
8. Transport of water and minerals in plants
9. Transport of food and other substances in plants
Tools to be used/ practical to be performed
1. To show dissection of heart
2. To determine the %age of water absorbed by raisins
July: 10 periods
Control and co-ordination
a) Neurons system in animals(5 periods)
b) Co-ordination in plants (3 periods)
c) Revision of tests(2 period)
Learning Objectives
1. Structure of neuron
2. Reflex action
3. Structure of human brain
4. Synapse
5. Immediate response to stimuli in plants
6. Diff. types of movements in plants
Tools to be used/ practical to be performed
1. To show the students model of human brain
August: 12 periods
Control and co-ordination
a) Hormones in plants (5perods)
b) Hormones in animals (5 periods)
c) Test of the complete chapter (2 periods)
Learning Objectives
1. Diff. types of plant hormones and their functions
2. Diff types of animal hormones and their functions and disorders
Tools to be used/ practical to be performed
1. To draw diagram of heart , respiratory system ,digestive system
,excretory system, nephron, neuron, opening and closing of
stomata
September
 Chapter wise test and revision for 1st term
2 terminal (Oct-Mar)
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October (12 periods)
How do organisms reproduce
a) Asexual reproduction(2 periods)
b) Vegetative propagation(1 period)
c) Sexual reproduction in plants(4 periods)
d) Sexual reproduction in animals(4 periods)
e) Revision and test(1 period)
Learning Objectives
1. Importance of variation
2. Types of asexual reproduction and vegetative propagation
3. Structure of flower
4. Pollination
5. Germination of pollen on stigma(along with diagram)
6. Double fertilization
7. Diagram of seed showing germination
8. Sexual reproduction in human beings
9. Diagram of male and female reproductive system
10.
Note on placenta
11.
Menstrual cycle
Tools to be used/ practical to be performed
1. To study with the help of prepared slides binary fission in amoeba
and budding in yeast
2. To show diff. parts of seeds after germination
November (10 periods)
How do organisms reproduce (cont.)
a) Reproductive health(2 periods)
Heredity and evolution
b) Heredity(6 periods)
c) Revision and tests(2 periods)
Learning objectives
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Sexually transmitted diseases
Family planning methods
Mendel’s contribution in genetics - laws of Mendel
Monohybrid and dihybrid cross
Sex determination
Tools to be used/ practical to be performed
1. To show charts to demonstrate monohybrid and dihybrid cross
2. Activity – observe the ears of all the students in the class. Prepare
a list of students having free or attached ear lobes and calculate
the %age of students having each. Based on this evidence suggest
a possible rule for the inheritance of ear lobe types.
December: 12 periods
Heredity and evolution (cont.)
a) Evolution(5 periods)
Our environment (5 periods)
Revision and test (2 periods)
Learning objectives
Evolution
1. Variation in a population through an example
2. Natural selection
3. Genetic drift
4. Darwin’s theory
5. Acquired and inherited traits
6. Origin of life on earth
7. Speciation and its causes
8. Diff. b/w evolution and classification
9. Homologous and analogous organs
10. Fossils and how they are formed
11. Evolution by stages
12. Molecular phylogeny
Our environment
1. Components and types of ecosystem
2. Food chain and food web(their representation and
examples)
3. Trophic levels
4. Flow of energy in ecosystem
5. Biomagnification and eutrophication
6. Ozone layer, its depletion and effects
7. Diff. b/w biodegradable and non biodegradable waste with
examples
Tools to be used/ practical to be performed
1. To show the students charts related to homologous and
analogous organs
2. Debate on topic "Newspaper reports about pesticide levels
in readymade food items are often seen these days and
some states have banned these products. What is the need
for such bans?”
January: 9 periods
Management of natural resources (8 periods)
Revision and test (1 period)
Learning objectives
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3 hours to save the environment
How to manage our resources
Conservation of forest
Sustainable management
People’s participation in management of forests
Why dams are made
Criticism about large dams
Water harvesting and its advantages
Diagram showing traditional water harvesting system
Tools to be used/ practical to be performed
1. To check the ph of tap water and compare it with ph of
water in the local water body
February: 8 periods
Chapter wise revision and tests