Biology Practical Test on 26-9-2015, Saturday.

Class XI Biology practical test will be conducted on 26/9/2015, Saturday.

Practical outline:
1.Slide preparation- monocot/ dicot                        4 marks 
2.Test for presence of starch/ sugar/ fats/ protein           5 marks
3.Study of parts of flower arrangement on sheet.               5 marks
4.Spots-seven spots( speciemen of plants / animals/ types of inflorescence/ stem/ root / leaf
                                  modifications/ slides of animal/ plant tissues )      7 marks    
- Identification
 - 4/5 characteristic features .
  ( for each spot you will get 2 minutes + at end additional 5 minutes for completing work)
5. Practiacal file.                                              4 marks
6. Viva                                                              5 marks

Topics discussed in the week(22/8/15-28/8/15

Chapter 9: Biomolecules
Enzymes-their action, factors affecting enzymatic action, Types of enzymes and types of cofactors.

Chapter 7: Animal tissues
Types of Animal tissues- Epithelial tissues, nervous tissue, connective tissue, muscular tissue.

Practical: To study the slides of Sclerenchyma, striated, smooth and cardiac muscle, Blood smear, Squamous epithelium.

Topics discussed in class ( 10/8/15-21/8/15)

Chapter 8: Cell: The unit of Life
Cell Theory, Prokaryotic cells- Mesosomes, inclusion body, cell envelope, Eukaryotic cell- Cell membrane, cell wall, endomembrane system, Mitochondria, Plastids, Riosomes, Cilia, Flagella, Centrosome, Nucleus, Types of chromosomes.

Chapter 9: Biomolecules
Micromolecules, Macromolecules- Proteins, Polysaccharides, primary and secondary metabolites, nucleic acid, Structure of protein and nucleic acid., Types of bonds - peptide bond, glycosidic bond, phosphodiester bond.

Practicals:
To prepare slide of T.S. of  monocot/ dicot stem/root.
To study the slides of parenchyma, collenchyma, sclerenchyma, palisade cells, stomata, T,S of Dicot / monocot stem/ root.

Topics discussed in the class (30/7/15-7/8/15)

Chapter-6 : Anatomy of Flowering Plants:
Types of meristematic tissue, Simple permanent tissue- Parenchyma, Collenchyma, Sclerenchyma, , Complex permanent tissue- Xylem, Phloem, Tissue systems- Epidermal, Vascular, Ground Tissue system. Structure of Monocot leaf, Dicot leaf, Monocot stem, Dicot stem, Monocot root, Dicot root, Secondary growth- Cambium activity, Intrafascicular cambium, Interfascicular cambium, Cork Cambium, Types of wood, Lenticles, Secondary growth in Roots.
Practical: Study the characters of a Flower.( Petunia)

Topics covered in class ( 21st- 29th july,2015)

Unit II- Structural organisation in Plants and Animals
Chapter-5 Morphology of Flowering Plants
Characteristics / features of roots , stem , leaves- their modifications, Flower/ Inflorescence types, Phyllotaxy, Aestivation, Terms assosciated with different whorls of flower.
Practicals : Study of stem, leaf and root modifications.
Study of different types of inflorescence.

Get aquainted with your singing companions- "Birds"

Indian Birds: Hear their sounds

Identify flowering plants and trees of India

Identification of common flowering plants and trees