New syllabus consists of the following chapters.
- Nutrition
- Respiration - The Energy Releasing System
- Transportation - The Circulatory System
- Excretion - The Wastage Disposing System
- Control and Coordination
- Reproduction – The Generating System
- Coordination in Life Processes
- Heredity – From Parent to Progeny
- Our Environment
Exam Pattern
Biology subject will have 50 marks; and the examination duration is 2.30 hours in addition to 15 minutes for reading the question paper.The 50 marks paper is the combination of summative assessment and formative assessment.
Summative Assessment
- Three summative tests must be conducted in each academic year for Class X. Public examination is conducted by the Board of Secondary Education in place of third Summative Assessment.
- First and second Summative Assessments shall be conducted by schools themselves by preparing question papers for 80% of marks. This ensures that the children are trained to write public exams.
Summative Assessment Pattern
Type of questions | Number of Questions | Marks for each question | Total marks |
Essay type questions | 4 | 4 | 16 |
Short answer questions | 6 | 2 | 12 |
Very short answer questions | 7 | 1 | 7 |
Objective type questions | 10 | ½ | 5 |
Formative Assessment
20% of marks for the internals are allocated to formative assessment. The areas and marks for the formative assessment are given here under.
Sl. No.
|
Item for Formative Assessment |
Marks
|
1
|
Biology – Doing the experiments and writing in the record. |
5
|
2
|
A child’s written work in their notebooks – Self expression / writing to the questions/ tasks given in the exercise part under each unit / lesson. The children shall not copy the answers from guides / study materials etc. but they should think and write on their own. (These are basically class room note books) |
5
|
3
|
Project works |
5
|
4
|
Slip test |
5
|
Total |
20
|
- A separate notebook for the formative assessment pertaining to three items of serial numbers 1, 3 and 4 of the above table shall be maintained by each student. Serial number 2 talks about running notes taking in classroom. Students must maintain separate notebooks for taking running notes in the classroom.
- These notebooks reflecting children works must be preserved which will be the basis for awarding marks by the teacher and for the verification of officials whenever required. The average of four FAs will be accounted for 20% of marks in public examinations under each subject
Pass Marks and Minimum Marks for Passing
- 35% is the pass marks for all the language and non language subjects. Students must qualify in external exam (SA).
- In non-language subjects, the students need not pass in each of the two papers separately.
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Student must score a minimum of 35% of marks in each subject (aggregate of Paper 1 and Paper 2). Students must secure 28 marks in external public exam.
Grading
The marks based grading for Class X with the range is given here under.
Grade
|
Marks in Languages (100 M) | Marks in Non Languages (50 M) |
Grade points
|
A1
|
91 to 100 marks | 46 to 50 marks |
10
|
A2
|
81 to 90 marks | 41 to 45 marks |
9
|
B1
|
71 to 80 marks | 36 to 40 marks |
8
|
B2
|
61 to 70 marks | 31 to 35 marks |
7
|
C1
|
51 to 60 marks | 26 to 30 marks |
6
|
C2
|
41 to 50 marks | 21 to 25 marks |
5
|
D1
|
35 to 40 marks | 18 to 20 marks |
4
|
D2
|
0 to 34 marks | 0 to 17 marks |
3
|
#10th Class Biological Science S.A.-1 (EM) C.C.E Model Paper