For the year 2014-15, students of HSC Biology have been prescribed a highly functional syllabus. There are several topics in the HSC syllabus like Genetic Basis of Inheritance, Gene: Its Nature, Expression and Regulation, Biotechnology: Process and Application and Enhancement in Food Production that are essential for preparation of entrance exams after class 12.
The prescribed syllabus is expected to
1. Promote the inherent skill of observation.
2. Assist to understand the underlying principles of biological sciences and thereby develop scientific attitude towards biological phenomena.
3. Help students to understand the functioning of organisms.
4. Make students aware of issues of global importance.
5. Guide students to perform easy experiments for better understanding of biological principles and to develop experimental skills required in practical work.
6. Create awareness about the contribution of biology to human welfare.
Unit 1: Genetics and Evolution :
Chapter 1 - Genetic Basis of Inheritance
Chapter 2 - Gene: its nature, expression and regulation
Unit 2: Biotechnology and its application:
Chapter 3 - Biotechnology: Process and Application
Unit 3: Biology and Human Welfare :
Chapter 4 - Enhancement in Food Production
Chapter 5 - Microbes in Human Welfare
Unit 4: Plant Physiology :
Chapter 6 - Photosynthesis
Chapter 7 - Respiration
Unit 5: Reproduction in Organisms :
Chapter 8 - Reproduction in Plants
Unit 6: Ecology and Environment
Chapter 9: Organisms and Environment -I : Habitat and Niche
Unit 1: Genetics and Evolution :
Chapter 10 - Origin and the Evolution of Life :
Chapter 11 - Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance
Unit 2: Biotechnology and its application:
Chapter 12- Genetic Engineering and Genomics
Unit 3: Biology and Human Welfare
Chapter 13- Human Health and Diseases
Chapter 14- Animal Husbandry
Unit 4: Human Physiology :
Chapter 15- Circulation
Chapter 16- Excretion and osmoregulation
Chapter 17- Control and Coordination
Unit 5: Reproduction in Organisms :
Chapter 18- Human Reproduction
Unit 6: Ecology and Environment :
Chapter 19- Organisms and Environment-II :
1. Dissect the given flower and display different whorls. Dissect anther and ovary to show number of chambers.
2. Study pollen germination on a slide.
3. Collect and study soil from at least two different sites and study them for texture, moisture content, pH and water holding capacity of soil. Correlate with the kinds of plants found in them.
4. Study of plant population density and frequency by quadrat method.
5. Prepare a temporary mount of onion root tip to study mitosis.
6. Separation of plant pigments by paper chromatography.
7. A) To study the rate of respiration in flower buds/leaf tissue and germinating seeds.
B) Demonstration of anaerobic respiration.
8. Study the presence of suspended particulate matter in air at the two widely different Sites.
9. Collect water from two different water bodies around you and study them for pH, clarity and presence of any living organisms.
10. To test the presence of urea and sugar in urine.
11. To test the presence of albumin and bile salts in urine.
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