ICSE Class 7 Biology, Unit 3: Plant Life
From the CISCE curriculum. 3 key concepts, about 2 days of study at 20 to 30 minutes a day.
What this unit aims at
The theme Plant Life aims at promoting children’s understanding that all living organisms despite their great diversity in shapes and sizes, show similarity in their activities. They all need food, energy, grow, remove waste materials from their bodies, reproduce and respond to their environment. Growth, excretion, reproduction and response to stimuli are some of the basic life processes. This theme will particularly focus on enabling children to understand the two important processes in plants of Photosynthesis and Respiration, differences between the two and factors affecting them.
Your child should be able to
- discuss and demonstrate that leaves perform the function of photosynthesis
- enlist the factors affecting photosynthesis
- draw picture of stomata and chloroplast
- identify the difference between respiration and photosynthesis and relate that respiration and photosynthesis help maintain the balance of CO2 and O2 in the atmosphere
- reason out that the energy produced in respiration is used up by the body to perform life-sustaining activities
- differentiate between the aerobic and anaerobic respiration
- discuss the need for growing more and more plants
Key concepts in this unit
- Photosynthesis: Definition, basic process, factors affecting photosynthesis: (light, carbon dioxide, water, chlorophyll), significance of photosynthesis, setup.
- Photosynthesis: Experiment to demonstrate photosynthesis process. Respiration Basic process, word equation; respiration as a process which releases energy; respiration in plants: two types (aerobic a…
- Photosynthesis: Respiration and photosynthesis in plants, difference in both processes.
Teach this unit at home
- A day-by-day plan from the CISCE concepts, so you know what to cover each day.
- A step-by-step script for each day, so you know what to say and ask (AI-written from the CISCE curriculum, so check it against your child's school book).
- A quiz at the end.
From the CISCE Curriculum for Classes I to VIII (2016). CISCE sets what is taught, not the textbooks, so schools use different books and there are no page numbers here. Adhian Gurus is not affiliated with CISCE.