Material Covered

(Sequence may differ depending on year)

First Semester:

Chapter 1- Introduction to Biology

* Scientific Method, Properties of Life

Chapter 2- Cells

* Discovery of Cells, Cell Chemistry, Parts of the Cell, Microscopes

Chapter 3- Transport in and out of the Cell

* The Cell Membrane, Active and Passive Transport, Cell Communication

Chapter 6- Cell Reproduction

* Chromosomes, Mitosis, Meiosis

Chapter 7- Heredity

* Inheritance, Punnett Squares, Human Genetics

Chapter 8- DNA

* Discovery of DNA, Structure of DNA, Genes

Chapter 9- Protein Synthesis

* Transcription and Translation, Gene Expression, Genes and Cancer

Chapter 10- Genetic Engineering

* Making Recombinant DNA, Engineering Medicines, Engineering Agriculture

Chapter 19, Section 4- Taxonomy

* Linnaeus, Classification

Second Semester

Chapter 11- Origin of Life

* How Life Began, Testing Theories, Life Elsewhere

Chapter 12- Evolution

* Charles Darwin, Microevolution, Macroevolution

Chapter 13- History of Life on Earth

* Early Life, Life on Land, Vertebrate Evolution

Chapter 14- Human Evolution

* Primates, Hominids, Modern Humans

Chapter 16- Ecosystems

*Populations (15-1), Ecosystems, Energy Flow, Material Cycling

Chapter 17- Properties of Ecosystems

* Relationships, Biomes

Chapter 28- Simple Animals

* Sponges, Cnidarians, Simple Worms

Chapter 29- Mollusks and Annelids

* Mollusks, Annelids, Worm Dissection

Chapter 30- Advanced Invertebrates

* Arthropods, Crayfish Dissection, Echinoderms, Sea Star Dissection