BIOLOGY(044)

CLASS – 12

SPLIT-UP SYLLABUS FOR 2024-25

UNITS UNITS DETAILS CHAPTERS TO BE TAUGHT MONTHS EXAMS UNITS

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VI REPRODUCTION 2. Sextual Reproduction in Flowering Plants: April 1st 2.Sextual

Flower structure; development of male and female Periodic Reproductio
gametophytes; pollination-types, agencies and test:19th n in
examples; out breeding devices; polen-pistil July Flowering
interaction; double fertilization; post fertilization Plants
events- development of endosperm and embryo,
development of seed and formation of fruit; special 3.Human
Reproductio
modes – apomixes, parthenocarpy, polyembryony;
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Significance of seed dispersal and fruit formation.
3. Human Reproduction : 4.Reproduct
Male and Female reproductive systems; ive Health
microscopic anatomy of testis and ovary;
gametogenesis-spermatogenesis and oogenesis; 5. Principles
menstrual cycle; fertilization, embryo development of
upto blastocyst formation, implanation; pregnancy Inheritance
and placenta formation ( elementary idea ); and
partutition ( elementary idea ); lactation Variation
(elementary idea). Heredity
4. Reproductive Health : and
Need for reproductive health and prevention of Variation.
sextually Transmitted Diseases (STDs); birth control
– need and methods, contraception and medical
termination of pregnancy ( MTP) ; amniocentesis;
infertitlity and assisted reproductive technologies –
IVF,ZIFT,GIFT(elementary idea for general
awareness).

SUMMER VACATION May

VII GENETICS AND 5. Principles of Inheritance and Variation Heredity

EVOLUTION and Variation:
 Mendelian inheritance; deviations from Mendelism Half- 2.Sextual
– incomplete dominance, co-dominance, multiple Yearly Reproductio
alleles and inheritance of blood groups, pleiotropy; exam:3rd n in
elementary idea of polygenic inheritance; week of Flowering
chromosome theory of inheritance; chromosomes Sept Plants
and genes; Sex determination – in humans, birds
3.Human
and honey bee; linkage and crossing over; sex
June Reproductio
linked inheritance – haemophilia, colour blindness;
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Mendelian disorders in humans – thalassemia;
chromosomal disorders in humans; Down’s 4.Reproduct
syndrome, Turner’s and Klinefelter’s syndromes. ive Health
6. Molecular Basis of Inheritance :
July
Search for genetic material and DNA as genetic 5.Principle
material; Structure of DNA and RNA; DNA of
packaging; DNA replication; Central Dogma; Inheritanc-e
transcription, genetic code, translation; gene and
expression and regulation – Iac operation; Genome, Variation
Human and rice genome projects; DNA Heredity
fingerprinting. and
7. Evolution: Variation.
Origin of life; biological evolution and evidences for July
6.Molecular
biological evolution ( paleontology, comparative
Basis of
anatomy, embryology and molecular evidences);
Inheritance
Darwin’s contribution, modern sysnthetic theory of
evolution; mechanism of evolution – variation( 7.Evolution
mutation and recombination ) and natural selection
with examples, types of natural selection; Gene 8.Human
flow and genetic drift; Hardy – Weinberg’s health and
principle; adaptive radiation; human evolution. Diseases

9.Microbes
in Human
welfare

VIII BIOLOGY AND 8. Human Health and Diseases : July 10.Biotechn

HUMAN Pathogens; parasites causing human diseases ( ology-
WELFARE malaria, dengue, chikungunya, filariasis, ascariasis, Principles
typhoid, pneumonia, common cold, amoebiasis, ring and process
worm ) and their control; Basic concepts of
11.Biotechn
immunology – vaccines; cancer, HIV and AIDS;
ology and its
Adolescence – drug and alcohol abuse
Application
 10. Microbes in Human Welfare : 2nd 6. Molecular
Microbes in food processing, industrial production, Periodic Basis of
August
sewage treatment, energy generation and microbes test: 25th Inheritance
as bio-control agents and bio-fertilizers. Antibiotics; oc t
7.Evolution
production and judicioususe.
8. Human
Health and
Diseases

IX BIOTECHNOLGY 11. Biotechnology – Principles and Processes: August

AND ITS Genetic Engineering(Recombinant DNA Technology)
APPLICATIONS
12. Biotechnology and it Applications:
Application of biotechnology in health and
agriculture: Human and vaccine production, stem Sept
cell technology, gene therapy; genetically modified
organisms – Bt crops; transgenic animals; biosafety
issues, biopiracy and patents.

X ECOLOGY AND 13. Organisms and Populations: Sept

ENVIRONMENT Population interactions – mutualism, competition,
predation, parasitism; population attributes-growth,
birth rate and death rate, age distribution. ( Topics
excluded : Organism and its Environment, Major
Aboitic Factoirs, Responses to Abioitic Factors,
Adaptations)
14. Ecosystem:
Ecosystems: Patterns, components; productivity and Oct
decomposition; energy flow; pyrimids of number,
biomass, energy ( Topics excluded : Ecological
Succession and Nutrient Cycles)
15. Biodiversity and its Conservation :
Biodiversity-Concept, patterns, importance; loss of Nov
biodiversity; biodiversity conservation; hotspots,
endangered organisms, extinction, Red Data Book,
Sacred Groves, biosphere reserves, national parks,
wildlife, sanctuaries and Ramsar sites.

MOCK EXAMINATION : DECEMBER→FULL PORTION