ICSE Class 7 Biology, Unit 1: Tissue
From the CISCE curriculum. 10 key concepts, about 5 days of study at 20 to 30 minutes a day.
What this unit aims at
In the previous class, children learnt about the cell, which is the basic unit of life in plants and animals. The cells are organized into tissues, organs, organ-systems and finally into an organism. The theme in this class will focus on enabling children to know about tissues and the different types of tissues in plants and animals.
Your child should be able to
- define the term ‘tissue’
- relate that plants and animals have different types of tissues
- explain the differences between meristematic and permanent tissues with examples
- draw the relation between structure, location and function of different tissues
- draw diagrams of different tissues and label them
- classify the different types of animal tissues (epithelial, connective, muscular and nerve tissues) with functions
Key concepts in this unit
- Plant Tissues Definition of tissue.
- Classification of plant tissues: Meristematic and permanent (simple and complex).
- Meristematic tissues: characteristics (any two), simple structure, location, function, examples.
- Simple permanent tissues: parenchyma, collenchyma, sclerenchyma (simple structure, location and functions of each), examples.
- Complex permanent tissues: xylem, phloem (only nature of cells and function. Elements of xylem and phloem not to be mentioned).
- Animal Tissues Epithelial tissue: simple location, and function (types of epithelial tissue not to be mentioned).
- Connective tissue location and functions of areolar, adipose, bone, cartilage, blood, ligament, tendon.
- Muscular tissue: location and one function of: striated (voluntary or skeletal muscle), unstriated (involuntary/ smooth muscle), cardiac (specialized muscle).
- Nerve tissue: parts of neuron (cell body, Dendron, axon).
- Note: Only basic structure and basic functions of the above mentioned tissues to be done.
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.