Biology: General Topics and Alignment- Modified Block Schedule

2017-2018 School Year

Date / Class Days
per Topic / Topics / Chapter and Section / State Standard
Aug 10-11 / 1 day / Course expectations, webpage and remind info, and ice breaker activity
Aug 14-25 / ~ 4 days / Introduction to Biology:
Scientific Method, Lab Safety,
Intro to Experimentation / 1.2: Nature of Science, Lab Safety / 3210 Inq
3210 T/E
3210 Math
Aug 28-
Sept 15 / ~6 days / Cell Chemistry:
Chemistry Review, Macromolecules,
Enzymes, pH, Buffers / 6.2-6.4, emphasis on 6.4
Atoms, Elements, and Compounds; Chemical Reactions ; Solutions; Building Blocks of Life / 3210.1.3
3210.1.4
3210.1.5
Sept 18-
Sept 29 / ~4 days / Cell Types:
Structure and Function / 7.1, 7.3 Cell Discovery and Theory; Structures and Organelles / 3210.1.1
3210.1.2
Oct 6-13 / 5 days / Fall Break
Oct16-
Oct 27 / ~4 days / Cell Transport:
Passive, Active Transport, Solutions / 7.2, 7.4 Plasma Membrane, Cellular Transport / 3210.1.7
3210.1.8
Oct 30-
Nov 17 / ~6 days / Cell Division:
Mitosis, Meiosis, Stem Cells / 9.1-9.3 Cellular Growth, Mitosis and Cytokinesis, Cell Cycle Regulation, Cancer
10.1 Meiosis / 3210.1.6
3210.4.6
3210.4.7
Nov 27-
Dec 19 / ~6 days / DNA and RNA
Structure and Function, Mutations, Replication,
Protein Synthesis / 12.1-12.4DNA-The genetic material; Replication and DNA; DNA, RNA, and Protein Synthesis; Gene Regulation and Mutation / 3210.4.1
3210.4.2
3210.4.3
Dec 20-Jan 5 / Winter Break
Jan 8-
Feb 2 / ~12 days Mendelian genetics then Exams then Inheritance patterns; pedigrees, karyotypes) / Genetics:
Mendelian Genetics, Pedigrees, Karyotypes, Sex-linked Traits, Incomplete Dominance, Codominance, Multiple Alleles, Polygenic Inheritance / 10.2 Mendelian Genetics
11.1, 11.2, 11.3 Basic and Complex Patterns of Human Inheritance, Chromosomes and Human Heredity / 3210.4.4
3210.4.5
3210.4.8
3210.Math.2
Feb 5-
Feb 16 / ~4 days / Biogenetic Engineering:
Selective Breeding, Recombinant DNA, DNA Fingerprinting and Gel Electrophoresis, Genetic Modifications, Cloning / 13.1, 13.2
Applied Genetics, DNA Technology / 3210.4.9
Feb 20-
Mar 9 / ~6 days / Biodiversity and Change:
Natural Selection, Adaptations, Classification, Taxonomy / 14.1 Fossil Evidence of Change
15.1, 15.2, Portions of 15.3 (using sample EOC as a guide) Darwin’s Theory, Evidence for Evolution
17.1, 17.2, 17.3 History of and Modern Classification, Domains and Kingdoms / 3210.5.1
3210.5.2
3210.5.3
3210.5.4
3210.5.5
3210.5.6
Mar 12-
March 29 / ~6 days / Matter and Energy Flow:
ATP/ADP, Photosynthesis, Respiration (Aerobic and Anaerobic) / 8.1-8.3 How organisms obtain energy, ATP, Photosynthesis, Cellular Respiration / 3210.3.3
3210.3.3
Mar 30-Apr 6 / Spring Break
Apr 9-
April 27 / ~6 days / Interdependence:
Basic Ecology, Biological Succession, Biomes, Population Dynamics, Human Impact on the Environment, Biogeochemical Cycles / 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 Organisms and their Relationships, Flow of Energy in an Ecosystem, Cycling of Matter
3.1, 3.2 Community Ecology, Terrestrial Biomes
4.1 Population Dynamics / 3210.2.1
3210.2.2
3210.2.3
3210.2.4
3210.2.5
3210.2.6
3210.2.7
3210.3.1
3210.3.4
3210.Math.1
April 30-EOS / Review and EOC