CISCE ICSE Class 10 Environmental Applications Syllabus - Free PDF Download
CISCE Syllabus 2025-26 ICSE Class 10 : The CISCE ICSE Class 10 Environmental Applications Syllabus for the examination year 2025-26 has been released by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, CISCE. The board will hold the final examination at the end of the year following the annual assessment scheme, which has led to the release of the syllabus. The 2025-26 CISCE ICSE Class 10 Environmental Applications Board Exam will entirely be based on the most recent syllabus. Therefore, students must thoroughly understand the new CISCE syllabus to prepare for their annual exam properly.
The detailed CISCE ICSE Class 10 Environmental Applications Syllabus for 2025-26 is below.
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CISCE ICSE Class 10 Environmental Applications Revised Syllabus
CISCE ICSE Class 10 Environmental Applications and their Unit wise marks distribution
CISCE ICSE Class 10 Environmental Applications Course Structure 2025-26 With Marking Scheme
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Syllabus
CISCE ICSE Class 10 Environmental Applications Syllabus for Chapter 1: Caring for Our Basic Resources
1 Caring for Our Soil
- Caring for Our Soil
- Soil Erosion
- Causes of Soil Erosion
- Effects of Soil Pollution
- Soil Management
- Soil Conservation
- Soil Conservation Strategies
- Auroville
- Case of Tarun Bharat Sangh
2 Fuel Wood Crisis
- Fuel Wood Crisis
- Wood Fuel
- Effect of burning fuel wood on the health of rural women
- Environmental Impacts of burning Fuel Wood
- Alternatives to Fuel Wood
- Alternatives to Timber
- Deforestation and Its Causes
- Combating Deforestation
- Community Forestry
- Joint Forest Management (JFM)
- Role of the local communities in JFM
- Advantages of Joint Forest Management
- Social Forestry
- Aims and Advantages
- Agro Forestry
- Aims and Advantages
- Barriers to Community Forestry
3 Waste Generation and Treatment
- Waste
- Classification of Wastes
- Solid waste
- Liquid waste
- Gaseous waste
- Biodegradable Waste
- Introduction
- Process of Degradation
- Non-Biodegradable Wastes
- Introduction
- Disposal and Management
- Sources of Origin
- Domestic waste
- Industrial waste
- Agricultural waste
- Construction waste
- Mining waste
- Hazardous/Toxic waste
- Bio-medical waste
- E-waste
- Radioactive waste
- Impact of Waste Accmulation
- Treatment of Wastes
- Open dumping
- Landfills
- Composting ( biological treatment)
- Incineration
- Segregation
- 3R approach
- Treatment of Waste Water
- Physical treatment
- Biological treatment
- Chemical treatment
- Activated Sludge Process
- End of the Pipe Treatment (Eop)
- Basel Convention
4 Caring for Our Air
- Environmental Issues
- Air Pollution and Its Causes
- Air Pollution
- Causes of Air Pollution
- Reasons of Air Pollution
- Ozone Layer: The Protective Shell
- Air Pollution and Its Causes
- Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM) Control
- Mechanical collectors
- Bag house or Bag filters
- Cyclone separators
- Wet scrubber
- Electrostatic precipitator
- Mechanical collectors
- Fluidized Bed Combustion (Fbc)
- Strategies to Reduce Air Pollution
- Economic Policy Measures to Control Motor Vehicle Air Pollution
- Bubble Theory
- Technical Methods to Control Air Pollution
- Hybrid vehicles
- Alternate fuels
- Alternate energy vehicles
- Traffic Management as Measure to Control Air Pollution
- Curitiba, Brazil
- Three decades of thoughtful city planning
5 Legislation as a Means to Reduce Air Pollution
- Legislation as a Means to Reduce Air Pollution
- The Taj Trapezium
- Delhi City Model
- Advantages of using CNG
- Disadvantages of using CNG
- Legislative Control of Air Pollution: Euro Norms
- WHO Norms for Air Pollution
- Bharat Norms of Air Pollution
- Remote Sensing Sattelite
- Uses and Application of Remote Sensing
6 Caring for Our Water
- Need to Conserve Water
- Watershed
- Integrated Watershed Management
- Aims of watershed management
- Indigenous Methods of Water Harvesting
- Eris System of Tamil Nadu
- Rajasthan's Traditional Systems
- Johads
- Kunds
- Modern Methods of Rainwater Harvesting
- Roof top harvesting
- Recharging groundwater aquifers
- Small Dams Vs Large Dams
- Mini Hydel
- Micro Hydro
- Run of a River
- Check Dams
- Advantages of check dam
- Weir
- Waste Water Recycling
- Dry Composting Toilet
- Benefits of Dry composting toilet
- Case Study - Using Night Soil in Tai Lake Region in China
- What Are Wetlands?
- Importance of wetland
- Major threats to wetlands
- Ramsar Convention
CISCE ICSE Class 10 Environmental Applications Syllabus for Chapter 2: Resource Use
7 Impact of Globalisation on Environment
- Natural Resources
- Introduction
- Proportion of Land and Water on Earth
- Causes of Depletion of Natural Resources
- Impact of Depletion of Natural Resources
- Steps to Prevent Depletion of Resources
- Impact of Globalization on Environment
- Impact of Globalization on Developing Countries
- Negative Impacts of Globalization
- Impact of Globalization on Human Resource
- Income iniquity
- Brain drains
- Job Market
- Effect of Globalization on Natural Resources
- Globalization Index
8 Role of NGOs in Sustaining Environment
- Role of NGOs in Sustaining Environment
- NGOs for Environmental Protection
- WWF - World Wide Fund for Nature.
- NGOs for Women Rights
- Aims of NGOs
- Some Important NGOs (International, National and Local}
- Women for Women's Human Rights (WWHR} - New Ways
- YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association)
- Centre for Health Education, Training and Nutrition Awareness (CHETNA)
- Milati, a non-profit organization for child welfare
- NGOs for child welfare
- Cry Foundation - Vision
9 Evolving a Sustainable Growth Paradigm
- Sustainability
- Objectives of Sustainable Development
- Principles of Sustainability on Equity
- Intra-generation equity
- Inter-generation equity
- Characteristics Principles of Sustainability
- Substitution
- Renewability
- Adaptability
- Institutional commitments
- Interdependence
- Gandhi - Large Scale Development Vs. Village Community Based Self Sufficient Growth.
- Panchayati Raj System
- Special features of Panchayat Raj
- Functions of the village Panchayat: Obligatory Functions and Discretionary Functions
- Revenue of the Village Panchayat
- Auroville
- Gandhigram
- Dastkar
- Khadi
10 North- South Divide
- North - South Divide
- Views of the developed (Northern) countries.
- Views of the developing (Southern) countries.
- GDP vs. Growth Paradox
CISCE ICSE Class 10 Environmental Applications Syllabus for Chapter 3: Appropriate Eco Friendly Technologies
11 Eco Friendly Technologies
- Indigenous Technology
- Study of weaving industry - indigenous and modern technology
- Ancient anci traditional cultures
- Study of ftshing technology- Indigenous and modern technologies
- Modern Fishing Techniques
- Analasys of Power Sector
- Conventional Sources of Energy
- Clean Technologies
- Alternative Energy
- Ecofriendly Technologies
- Biogas Plant
- Introduction
- Biogas Production Process
- Solar Energy
- Generation of Solar Energy
- Solar Cells
- Solar Cooker
- Solar Water Heater
- Advantages
- Generation of Solar Energy
- Wind Energy
- Developing Least Cost Options - EIA
- The two stages of EIA
- Initial Environmental Assessment
- Environmental Assessment Process
- Role of EIA
- Steps of EIA
- Advantages of EIA
- Disadvantages of EIA
- EIA - grass root upward planning rather than trickle down planning
- The two stages of EIA
- Natural Resource Accounting
- Depletion Calculation
- Depletable cost
CISCE ICSE Class 10 Environmental Applications Syllabus for Chapter 4: Initiatives I Can Take
12 Initiatives I Can Take
- Initiatives to Be Taken at Local Level
- Setting Personal Goals
- Energy Efficiency and Conservation
- For Business Or Work Place
