Department: Science (Course BIOLOGY) SY: 2017-2018

Department: Science (course – BIOLOGY) SY: 2017-2018

TEXT: Biology, by Miller & Levine Kyli Arford, Saul Brecher, Devlyn Henriques, Brain Kispert

Biology Syllabus 2017-2018

Quarter 1 – ends October 6

Tools and procedure (CH. 1)
Lab Safety Symbols, precautions, in the lab rules
Proper use of lab equipment
Scientific Method (CH. 1)
Controlled Experiment (CH. 1) - PROJECT
Control of the experiment
Control group and experimental group
Independent variable
Dependent variable / Characteristics of Living Things (CH. 1)
Living vs. nonliving
Virus
Hierarchy of life
Atom Biosphere
Human organ system - PROJECT
Cell specialization – red, muscle, neuron, epithelia, bone.
Organs (functions) and system (function)

Quarter 2 – ends December 22

The chemistry of life (ch. 2) - PROJECT
Nature of matter
Carbon compounds (monomers, polymers, macromolecules) – carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids
Chemical reactions – dehydration synthesis (condensation reaction), hydrolysis (digestion) of macromolecules (structure*)
Enzymes – substrate, enzyme-substrate complex, products
Cells (CH. 7) - PROJECT
Prokaryotic cells(Archeabacteria and Eubacteria) & Eukaryotic cells (plant vs. animal)
Organelles & function
Specialization - revisit red, muscle, neuron, epithelia, bone. / Transport
Passive – diffusion, facilitated diffusion and osmosis.
Active – pumps, endocytosis, and exocytosis.
Cells in solution – hypertonic, hypotonic, isotonic, cytolysis and plasmolysis.
Bio energy – Photosynthesis (ch. 8)
Structure of leaf
Structure of flower
Equation
2 stages – location, reactants and products.
Pigments and wavelengths
Bioenergy - Cellular respiration (CH. 9)
An overview…reactants and products.
Aerobic cellular respiration and anaerobic fermentation
Biogeochemical cycle
Water
Carbon

Quarter 3 – ends March 16

Ecology - PROJECT
Trophic levels
Energy flow (food chains/web)
Pyramids (energy, number, biomass)
Biogeochemical Cycles
Water and Carbon – revisit
Nitrogen and phosphorus
Cell growth and division (CH. 10) - PROJECT
Cell Cycle
Chromosome – structure, types (autosomes and sex chromosomes), mutations (deletion, duplication, inversion and translocation) / Mitosis
Meiosis – Spermatogenesis and Oogenesis

nondisjunction (monosomy, trisomy and polyploidy)

Genetics (CH. 11) - PROJECT
Gregor Mendel and pea plant experiment
Punnett Square – autosomal, sex-linked, monohybrid and dihybrid (long and short way)
Pedigree
Human genetic disorder – point mutation, frame shift mutations (substitution or insertion).

Quarter 4 – ends June 1

DNA & RNA (CH. 12)
DNA vs. RNA
DNA replication
RNA & protein synthesis (transcription & translation)
Mutations (Gene & Chromosome)

Genetic engineering (CH. 13)

GMO
Cloning
Electrophoresis
The human genome project / Evolution
Darwin
Evidence of evolution
Evolution of populations
Speciation
Patterns of evolution
Cladograms
Linnaeus’ Levels of Classification (CH. 18)
Finding order in diversity
Domains & Kingdom Characteristics