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 

    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