Course Content
Introduction to Biology
1st 9 weeks
Week 1 - Introduction, rules, study skills
Week 2 - Lab safety, types of microscopes,
measurement & metric system
Week 3 - Scientific method, hypotheses,
and experimental design
Week 4 - Scientific method, hypotheses,
and experimental design
Week 5 - Types of graphs, creating scales
for a graph, and analyzing
scientific data
Week 6 - Types of graphs, creating scales
for a graph, and analyzing
scientific data
Week 7 - Characteristics of life, atomic
structure and ions
Week 8 - Ionic bonding, covalent
bonding, hydrogen bonding,
& pH
Week 9 - 9 week exam
2nd 9 Weeks
Week 10 - Organic compounds
(carbohydrates and lipids)
Week 11 - Organic compounds
(proteins and nucleic acids)
Week 12 - Viruses, prokaryotes, and
eukaryotes
Week 13 - Cell organelles, plant, animal,
fungal, & protist cells
Week 14 - Cell organelles, sexual
reproduction, and asexual
reproduction
Week 15 - Cell organelles, active transport,
passive transport, and homeostasis.
Week 16 - Photosynthesis
Week 17 - cellular Respiration (aerobic),
glycolysis, Kreb’s cycle, and
electron transport chain
Week 18 - cellular respiration (anaerobic),
glycolysis, lactic acid fermentation,
and alcoholic fermentation
Week 19 - 9 week exam
3rd 9 weeks
Week 20 - Cell cycle and mitosis
Week 21 - Mitosis and asexual reproduction
Week 22 - Meiosis and sexual reproduction
Week 23 - Central dogma, DNA, RNA,
transcription
Week 24 - Translation, protein synthesis,
and codon charts
Week 25 - Genetics, complete dominance,
incomplete dominance, and
codominance
Week 26 - Multiple alleles, sex-linkage,
Punnett squares, and
monohybrid crosses
Week 27 - Dihybrid crosses & pedigrees
Week 28 - 9 week exams
4th 9 weeks
Week 29 - Classification
Week 30 - Evolution and natural selection
Week 31 - Biogeochemical cycles, food
chains, food webs, energy
pyramids, and symbiotic
relationships
Week 32 - Symbiotic relationships and
energy flow in an ecosystem
Week 33 - Ecosystems, human activities
and the effect on the environment,
and the water cycle
Week 34 - Human activities and the impact on
on the environment and the carbon
cycle
Week 35 - Human activities and the impact on
the environment and the oxygen
cycle
Week 36 - SATP2 Testing
Week 37 - Human activities and the impact on
the environment and the nitrogen
cycle
Week 38 - 9 week exam
Zoology
Botany
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