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COURSE OVERVIEW:
Biology is a full year class about living things. Students will
study cell, DNA, genetics, Biochemistry,
classification,
ecology and other topics. This will be accomplished through written work,
experiments involving microscopes,
films, tests and computer labs. This class will be graded on a point system with
all work receiving a given amount
of points.
BENCHMARKS: CIM
COMMON CURRICULUM GOALS:
Describe, explain, and compare the structure and functions of
cells in organisms.
Explain laws of heredity and their relationship to the structure and function of
DNA.
Describe and analyze the effect of species, including humans, on an ecosystem.
Analyze how living things have changed over geological time, using fossils and
other scientific evidence.
Formulate and express scientific questions or hypotheses to be investigated.
Design safe and ethical scientific investigation or address questions or
hypotheses.
Conduct procedures to collect, organize, and display scientific data.
Analyze scientific information to develop and present conclusions.
CONTENT STANDARDS:
Identify unique structures in cells from plants, animals, and
prokaryotes. Identify cell organelles and state how their
activities
contribute to a particular type of cell carrying out its functions.
Describe the structure of DNA and the way that DNA functions to control protein
synthesis. Apply concepts of inheritance
of traits, including Mendel’s laws, Punnett squares and pedigrees, to
determine the characteristics of offspring.
Predict outcomes of changes in resources and energy flow in an ecosystem.
Explain how the balance of resources will
change with the introduction or loss of a new species within an ecosystem.
Recognize that, over time, natural selection may result in development of a new
species. Recognize that natural selection
and its evolutionary consequences provide a explanation for the fossil record as
well as an explanation for the
molecular similarities among varied species.
Based on observations and scientific concepts, ask questions that can be
answered or tested through scientific investigations.
Design an investigation that provides sufficient data to answer a question.
Collect, organize and display sufficient data to facilitate scientific analysis
and interpretation.
Summarize and analyze data, evaluating sources of error or bias. Propose
explanations that are supported by data and
knowledge of scientific terminology.
Table of
contents:
Unit 1: What is Biology ?
Unit 2: Ecology
Unit 3: The Life of a Cell
Unit 4: Genetics
Unit 5: Change Through Time
Unit 6: Viruses, Bacteria,
Protists, and Fungi
Unit 7: Plants
Unit 8: Invertebrates
Unit 9: Vertebrates
Unit 10: The Human Body
This
class is a graduation and a state CIM requirement !!!
Online Sources:
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/biology/bio2000/index.html
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