BIOLOGY
COURSE OUTLINE

State Standards are organized into 5 basic areas. They will be referenced as:

Physics = Phys Chemistry = Chem Biology = Biol Earth Science = ES
Investigation and Experimentation = I & E (this will be addressed in all units)

UNIT

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TIME

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TEXT REFERENCE

(Prentice Hall Biology) /

STATE STANDARD

/ SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES

UNIT 1:

Introduction

Scientific Method
Characteristics of Life
Themes of Biology
/ 2 weeks
/ Chapter 1
/

I & E

/
  • Safety Comic Strip
  • UVB-A Lab
  • Pillbug
  • Obscertainer Discs
  • Snail Observation (55 min)
  • Inference Cube (55 min)
  • Jicama Demo
  • Tricky Tracks
  • Blue Lab
  • Snail Olympics
  • Ducoid Activity

 Glue Monsters

  • Bacteria Clean-up
  • Posters
  • Round Robin w/ matrix of lab specimens
  • Writing Assignment
  • Head MCS/Poster (themes)

UNIT 2: Ecology
Benchmark- week 8 / 4 weeks / Chapter 3, 4, 5, 6
(Emphasis on 3, 4, 5) / Biol6a-g,
I & E1m /
  • Home, home on biome
  • Botany/plant adaptation lab/plant structure
  • Alien species – articles & chart
  • Chemical cycles (C, O, N) diagram
  • Identifying a limiting nutrient, p. 81
  • Food web activity
  • Climatograms
  • Deforestation/changes in biome activity (?)
  • Succession activity
  • Predator/prey lab
  • Design an organism/habitat (zoo)
  • Biodome project

BIOLOGY
COURSE OUTLINE

State Standards are organized into 5 basic areas. They will be referenced as:

Physics = Phys Chemistry = Chem Biology = Biol Earth Science = ES
Investigation and Experimentation = I & E (this will be addressed in all units)

UNIT

/

TIME

/

TEXT REFERENCE

(Biology) /

STATE STANDARD

/ SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
UNIT 3: Biochemistry+ (Immunology, nervous, respiratory system)
/ 6 weeks / Chapter 2, 8, 9, 35, 37, 40
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Biol1h, 1b boil 9a-I, biol10a-f

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  • HONC/Styrofoam balls
  • Atomic card/structure
  • Periodic Table for biologists
  • pH of unknown lab
  • Hot Liver lab (or lab showing effect of pH/temp on enzyme activity)
  • Physical/Chemical Rxn Demos (see Jason)
  • Shock ‘em
  • Tesla coil
  • Identify Organic Compounds Lab Amazing Burning Nut/Gummi Bear lab
  • Build a Protein
  • Identify Fat Lab (types) (sat & unsat)
  • Poster of Immunity Topics/Presentations
  • Heart Rate/Blood Pressure Lab
  • Sensory Neuron Test

UNIT 4: Cells / 4 weeks /

Chapter 7, 10

/

Biol1a, 1c, 1d, 1f, 1g, 1i, 1j

Biol2a, 2b, 2e, 2f

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  • Microscope Use: safety, use, types
  • Letter “e” lab/colored thread
  • Plant vs. Animal cell (microviewers, cheek cell, onion skin, potato)
  • Cell organelle project
  • Cell Brochure project
  • Cell Analogy activity
  • Pro/euk/virus
  • Sauerkraut
  • Bread mold
  • Plating bacteria (benchmark)
  • Cell theory mobile
  • Cell theory time-line
  • Scientific drawings format
  • Preserved specimens
  • Microscope specimens
  • Dialysis tubing lab
  • Egg lab
  • Elodea leaf lab
  • Osmotic concentration share sheet
  • Diffusion demos & mcs
  • Cell energy poster
  • Photosynthesis labs
  • Stomata lab
  • ATP act-outs
  • Pigment mcs
  • Anaerobic respiration lab
  • Mitosis flip-book
  • Mitosis animal & plant microviewer labs
  • Onion root tip lab
  • Crossword
  • Venn diagram: mitosis & meiosis
  • Mitosis yarn lab
  • Chromosome path wks
  • Cell cycle wks

End of SEMESTER 1 / Benchmark 2 -Finals week
BIOLOGY
COURSE OUTLINE

State Standards are organized into 5 basic areas. They will be referenced as:

Physics = Phys Chemistry = Chem Biology = Biol Earth Science = ES
Investigation and Experimentation = I & E (this will be addressed in all units)

UNIT

/

TIME

/

TEXT REFERENCE

(Biology) /

STATE STANDARD

/ SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
UNIT 5: Genetics
Benchmark 3 – week 10 /

9 weeks

/ Chapter 11 - 14
/ Biol2c, 2d, 2e, 2g, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d /
  • Green pea, yellow pea reading
  • Pea readers theater
  • Punnet square problems
  • Making a baby face lab
  • Ratio & probability activity
  • Pedigrees
  • Karyotype activity (ladybug)
  • DNA puzzle
  • DNA model (alternative assessment)
  • DNA, RNA venn diagram
  • Transcription/translation paper lab
  • DNA code wks
  • Colorblind Lab (p. 351 Text)
  • DNA De-coding Activity

State Standards are organized into 5 basic areas. They will be referenced as:

Physics = Phys Chemistry = Chem Biology = Biol Earth Science = ES
Investigation and Experimentation = I & E (this will be addressed in all units)

UNIT

/

TIME

/

TEXT REFERENCE

(Biology) /

STATE STANDARD

/ SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
UNIT 6: Evolution
Benchmark 4- finals week / 5 weeks / Chapter 15, 16, 17
/ Biol7a-f, 8a-g /
  • Bird beak lab
  • Peppered moth lab
  • Horse evolution wks
  • Fossil evidence of evolution
  • Geologic timeline
  • Fossil dig
  • Skull activity
  • Types of evolution – jigsaw
  • Diversity among organisms (ex: lima beans)
  • Bell pepper lab
  • Green bean variation lab
  • El Nino video (finch)
  • Modeling adaptation
  • Using dichotomous keys
  • Comparing adaptations of birds
  • Modeling a gene pool lab
  • Opposable thumb
  • Biochemical evidence
  • Evolution Videos (Jason)
  • CNN News clips-Galapagos
  • Master and Commander clips
  • Real Eve video
  • In Search of Human Origins
  • Mutation Lab (Jill)

UNIT 7: Post Star Exam Physiology / 3 weeks /

Chapter 35 – 40

/ Biol9a-i, 10a-f /
  • Pig dissection
  • Heart Rate/Blood Pressure Lab
  • Sensory Neuron Test
  • Reaction time labs
  • Sensory lab
  • Eye puzzles (optical illusions)
  • Poster of Immunity Topics/Presentations
  • Slide presentations (info from Internet)
  • 5 senses
  • Tissue microscope lab
  • Coloring wks
  • Smell lab
  • Eye lab (post-rotary)

BIOLOGY
COURSE OUTLINE

State Standards are organized into 5 basic areas. They will be referenced as:

Physics = Phys Chemistry = Chem Biology = Biol Earth Science = ES
Investigation and Experimentation = I & E (this will be addressed in all units)

UNIT

/

TIME

/

TEXT REFERENCE

(Biology) /

STATE STANDARD

/ SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
Classification
Plants
Bacteria / Chapter 18
Chapter 22-25
Chapter 19 / Biol8f
I & E
Biol1c, 10d /
  • How is a cladogram constructed? p. 453
  • Real World Lab- classifying organisms using a dichotomous key (book)
  • Shark & Insect Key
  • Jelly Belly Key
  • Squid Dissection
  • Insect/Leaf Collection
  • Ticks & Lyme Disease –analyzing data, ch 28
  • Quick Lab – How do seeds differ from spores?
  • Identifying Growth Zones in a Plant
  • Quick Lab – What is the structure of a flower?
  • Plant a monocot & dicot plant
  • Hydroponic lab?
  • Grow bacteria
  • Plate bacteria
  • View different types bacteria – prepared slides
  • Make cheese
  • Gram +/-
  • Antibiotic Lab
  • Reading Unit/Project - Crichton, Cook

Study Ideas:
  • Vocabulary Lists
  • Flashcards
  • Student-created crosswords
  • Concept Maps
  • Foldables
  • Text worksheets
  • Graphic organizers