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Windsor High School
Biology A
Teacher: Kris Simmons
Month
August
2008
Content/Resource
A. Characteristics of Life
-Eight characteristics of life
-Living and nonliving
-Textbook resources for chapter 1
September
2008
B. Chemistry of life
-Levels of organization
-Inorganic compounds
-Organic compounds
-Textbook resources for chapter 2
Skills
Activities/Strategies
A1. Life Vocab Quiz
A2. Life Quest
A1. Notes = Eight Characteristics of Life
A2. Video = Life
A3. Crossword = Life Vocab
A4. Lab = Is It Alive
A5. Section Review 1-3
A6. Notes = Levels of Life
A7. Activity = Life Diagrams
B1. Describe the levels of organization of
life.
B2. Understand that life processes of plants
and animals depend on a variety of
chemical reactions that are carried out in
specialized areas of the organisms cells.
B3. Compare and contrast inorganic
compounds and organic compounds.
B4. Explain how large molecules are
broken down into small molecules serving
as an energy source or as basic building
blocks in organisms.
B1. Quiz = Carbon Compounds
B2. Quest = Chemistry of Life
B3. Life Test
B1. Carbon Vocab
B2. Notes = Nature of Matter
B3. Video = Molecular Biology
B4. Section Review 2-3
B5. Notes = Macromolecules
B6. Demo = Enzyme Action
B7. Life/Chemistry Review
B8. Video = Biology (Life - Chemistry)
C2. Quiz = Microscope
C1. Video = Lab Safety
C2. Lab Safety Agreement
C3. Microscope Pre-Lab
C4. Microscope Lab
C5. Notes = Microscopes
C. Microscope use
-Structure and function
-Proper use
-Textbook resources for Appendix D
Assessment
A1. Explain and define the eight
characteristics of life.
A2. Compare living and nonliving
characteristics.
C1. Use scientific tools to gather data.
C2. Illustrate, label, and define key
characteristics of an object or organism.
C3. Generate questions during and after an
investigation based on their observations,
data, or variables.
C4. Explain the structure and function of
the parts of a microscope.
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Skills
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Activities/Strategies
C5. Demonstrate proper use of the
microscope.
October
2008
D. Cells
-Structure and function
-Cell transport
-Cell cycle/division
-Cell energy
-Textbook resources for unit 3
November
2008
E. Genetics
-Meiosis
-Gene structure and function
-Heredity
-Textbook resources for chapter 11
D1. Define and describe the structures and
organelles of a cell.
D2. Understand cell transport.
D3. Explain the cell cycle.
D4. Understand the process and purpose of
cell division.
D5. Understand the process of cellular
energy.
D1. Quiz = Cell Parts
D2. Quest = Cell Parts & Transport
D3. Quiz = Cell Energy
D4. Quiz = Cell Cycle Vocab
D5. Quiz = Cell Cycle I
D6. Quiz = Cell Cycle II
D7. Quest = Cell Energy & Cycle
D8. Cell Test
D1. Section Review 7-1 & 7-2
D2. Notes = Cell Intro
D3. Video = Cells
D4. Activity = Cell Parts
D5. Notes = Cell Parts
D6. Lab = Plant vs. Animal
D7. Cell Parts Reading Notes
D8. Demo = Diffusion
D9. Notes = Cell Transport
D10. Cell Transport Reading Notes
D11. Lab = Osmosis
D12. Chapter 7 Vocab Review
D13. Cell Energy Reading Notes
D14. Notes = Cell Energy
D15. Video = Biology (Energy)
D16. Chapter 10 Vocab Review
D17. Notes = Cell Cycle
D18. Video = Cell Cycle
D19. Section Review Cell Division
D20. Notes = Mitosis
D21. Lab = Mitosis
D22. Mitosis Crossword
D23. Video = Mitosis
D24. Cell Review
E1. Compare and contrast the purpose and
process of cell division (mitosis) with the
production of sex cells (meiosis).
E2. Understand that genes are a set of
instructions.
E3. Understand that an organism develops
from a single zygote and its phenotype
depends on its genotype.
E1. Quiz = Genetics I
E2. Quest = Mendel's Genetics
E3. Quest = Meiosis
E4. Genetics Unit Test
E1. Notes = Mendel's Work
E2. Video = Discovery Genetics
E3. Section Review 11-1
E4. Notes = Mendel Genetics
E5. Activity = A Dog Called Spot
E6. Section Review 11-2
E7. Notes = Punnett Squares
E8. Activity = Punnett Squares
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Content/Resource
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Skills
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E4. Calculate the probability that an
individual will inherit a particular single
gene trait.
E5. Explain how mutation, natural
selection, and reproductive isolation can
lead to new species.
December
2008
F. Evolution
-Earths history
-Natural selection
-Textbook resources for chapter 15 & 17
G. Classification
-Nomenclature
-Classification systems
-Six kingdom/domain system
-Textbook resources for chapter 18
Activities/Strategies
E9. Chapter 11 Vocab
E10. Video = Genes & Chromosomes
E11. Section Review 11-4
E12. Video = Human Genome
E13. Genetics Word Game
E14. Notes = Meiosis
E15. Meiosis Crossword
E16. Video = Meiosis Quiz
E17. Lab = Paper Clip Genes
E18. Lab = Strawberry DNA
E19. Genetics Review
E20. Video = Genetics Quiz
F1. Discuss change in living things over
time.
F2. Understand the mechanisms of natural
selection.
F1. Quiz = Evolution Vocab
F2. Quest = Evolution
F3. Evolution & Classification Test
F1. Evolution Vocab
F2. Chapter 15 Vocab Review
F3. Notes = Darwin & Evolution
F4. Video = Evolving Ideas
F5. Activity = Natural Selection
F6. Section Review 15-1 & 15-2
F7. Notes = Evidence of Evolution
F8. Section Review 15-3
G1. Understand the nomenclature and
classification systems.
G2. Describe the six kingdoms and their
major characteristics.
G1. Quiz = Classification
G2. Quest = Classification
G3. Evolution & Classification Test
G1. Classification Vocab
G2. Notes = Classification
G3. Activity = Fictitious Animals
G4. Notes = Dichotomous Keys
G5. Activity = Classifying Shapes
G6. Video = Classification Quiz
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