WBCHSE HS Environmental Science study plan

Classify the seven major pollutant categories (air, water, soil, noise, thermal, radioactive, solid waste) and match each to its principal WBCHSE-level control measure

Trace the scope of environmental science from multidisciplinary foundations to ecosystem components, writing a one-page concept map linking biotic and abiotic factors

Solve 15 numerical problems on pollutant concentration (ppm, mg/L, BOD/COD relationships) showing full working

Build a personal error log of every misclassified pollutant-control pairing from week 1 practice

Explain the chemistry and health effects of the six criteria air pollutants and justify one control technology for each

Diagram the greenhouse effect and distinguish it from ozone depletion using labelled energy-flow sketches

Interpret BOD and COD data to judge organic load in a river case study and recommend a treatment stage

Calculate carbon footprint for a household scenario and compare it with a national average

Compare five ecosystem types (forest, grassland, aquatic, wetland, agroecosystem) by energy flow, trophic structure, and productivity

Draw and annotate the carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus cycles, marking the human perturbation in each

Apply the ten percent law and ecological pyramid concepts to solve energy-flow problems

Describe succession stages from pioneer to climax community with named examples

Categorise natural resources as renewable and non-renewable and justify the classification for ten contested examples

Explain soil erosion, waterlogging, and salinisation with their corrective measures

Describe the ecological and economic consequences of deforestation and groundwater over-extraction using Indian case examples

Apply concepts of carrying capacity and sustainable yield to a fishery or forest management scenario

Define biodiversity at genetic, species, and ecosystem levels and locate India's biodiversity hotspots on a blank outline map

Explain in-situ and ex-situ conservation, naming protected area categories and one example of each

Describe biomagnification of a named persistent pollutant through a four-level food chain with a numerical illustration

Outline the toxicological concepts of dose-response, LD50, and chronic versus acute exposure with examples

Summarise the main provisions of the Wildlife Protection Act and Biological Diversity Act in note form

Explain photochemical smog formation and acid rain chemistry step by step with equations

Compare conventional and non-conventional energy sources by efficiency, cost, and environmental impact

Describe radioactive pollution sources and safe disposal principles

Solve numerical problems on noise intensity in decibels and on energy conversion efficiency

Outline the key Indian environmental legislation and the constitutional provisions supporting environmental protection

Explain Environmental Impact Assessment stages and the precautionary and polluter-pays principles

Design a field-survey protocol for measuring water quality or noise levels, specifying instruments, sampling frequency, and safety steps

Draft the structure of a project report: aim, methodology, observations, analysis, conclusion

Relate the Sustainable Development Goals to at least three Indian environmental programmes

Sit two full-length mock papers under timed conditions and score them against the marking scheme

Rework every error from the mocks into corrected notes within 24 hours

Recite from memory the definitions, formulae, and legislation names most often asked across all domains

Complete and self-evaluate the field-work deliverable against the practical marking criteria