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BIOLOGY 1 CURRICULUM GUIDE UNIT 1. BIOLOGY AS A SCIENCE CONCEPTS/QUESTIONS ILLINOIS LEARNING STANDARDS* DELIVERY What is the goal of science? How do scientists test hypotheses? How does a scientific theory develop? What are some characteristics of living things? 11.A.4a, 4b, 4c, 4d 13.A.4b, 4c, 4d 13.B.4a, 4b, 4e Lecture Classroom discussions Student readings: text ch. 1 Lab activities: Mass & Length Lab (text for this class refers to: Biology Kenneth R. Miller Joseph Levine, What are some tools a biologist uses? *Illinois state learning standards Pearson Prentice Hall Upper Saddle River, NJ (2006)) for science referred to are found in appendix 1. 2. CHEMICAL BASIS OF LIFE What are the particles that make up an atom? What are the two main types of chemical bonds? What are acidic/basic solutions? What are the functions of each group of organic compound? What happens to chemical bonds during chemical reactions? 12.C.4b Lecture Classroom discussions Student readings: text ch. 2 Activities: Models of atoms Balancing equations 3. CELL STRUCTURE What is cell theory? What are the characteristics of prokaryotes and eukaryotes? What are the functions of the major cell structures? What is cell specialization? What are the different levels of organization in organisms? 12.A.4b Lecture Classroom discussions Student readings: text ch. 7 Videos Activities: Organelle comparisons Lab activities: Cells UNIT CONCEPTS/QUESTIONS ILLINOIS LEARNING STANDARDS 12.A.4b DELIVERY 4. BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANE FUNCTION What are the main functions of the cell membrane and the cell wall? What happens during diffusion? What is osmosis? What is active transport? Lecture Classroom discussions Student readings: ch. 7 Lab activities: Investigating cell structures 5. PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND CELLULAR RESPIRATION Where do plants get the energy they 12.A.4b need to produce food? What is the role of ATP? How did the experiments of Helmont and Priestley help to reveal details about plant growth? What is a light dependent reaction? What is the Calvin Cycle? What is cellular respiration? List two types of fermentation. How are high energy electrons used by the electron transport chain? Lecture Classroom discussions Student readings: ch. 8 & 9 Videos Lab activities: Investigating photosynthesis 6. NUCLEIC ACIDS AND PROTEIN SYNTHESIS What is the relationship between 12.A.4a, 4b genes and DNA? Describe the overall structure of DNA What happens to DNA during replication? List the three main types of RNA? What is transcription? Translation? What are mutations? How are most eukaryotic genes controlled? Lecture Classroom discussions Student readings: ch. 12 Activities: DNA UNIT CONCEPTS/QUESTIONS ILLINOIS LEARNING STANDARDS DELIVERY 7. CELL GROWTH AND DIVISION What problems does growth cause for cells? List the phases of mitosis. Describe the main events in the phases of mitosis. How is the cell cycle regulated? 12.A.4a, 4b Lecture Classroom discussions Student readings: ch. 10 Videos Activities: Mitosis skit Lab Activities: Mitosis 8. GENETICS AND INHERITANCE What is the principle of dominance? What happens during segregation? How do geneticists use the principles of probability? Explain the principle of independent assortment. How is meiosis different from mitosis? What structures actually assort independently? 12.A.4a, 4b 12.A.5b Lecture Classroom discussions Student readings: ch. 11 & 13 Videos Activities: Genetics UNIT CONCEPTS/QUESTIONS ILLINOIS LEARNING STANDARDS DELIVERY 9. EVOLUTIONARY THEORY AND TAXONOMY What pattern did Darwin observe among organisms of the Galapagos Islands? According to Lamarck, how did species evolve? How is natural variation used in How is natural selection related to a species' fitness? What evidence did Darwin cite for the existence of evolution? How is evolution defined in genetic terms? What are the main sources of heritable variation in a population? What is genetic drift? What factors are involved in the formation of new species? 12.A.4c 12.E.4b Lecture Classroom discussions Student readings: ch. 15 & 16 Videos Activities: Fossils Classification poster project 10. VIRUSES, MONERANS, AND HUMAN DISEASE How do the two groups of prokaryotes differ? What is the importance of bacteria? How do viruses cause infection? How do bacteria cause disease? How are infectious diseases transmitted? What is the function of the human body's immune system? What is autoimmune disease? 12.A.4b 12.A.5b Lecture Classroom discussions Student readings: ch. 19 & 40 Videos UNIT 11. SURVEY OF THE PROTISTS AND FUNGI CONCEPTS/QUESTIONS ILLINOIS LEARNING STANDARDS What are protists? 12.A.4b What are the distinguishing features or the major phyla of animal like protists? What is the function of chlorophyll accessory pigments in algae? What are the defining characteristics of fungi? What is the main role of fungi in natural ecosystems? 12. SURVEY OF PLANT KINGDOM What is a plant? 12.A.4b What do plants need to survive? 12.B.4a How is vascular tissue important to ferns and their relatives? How are gymnosperms different from angiosperms? What are three categories of plant life spans? What are three main tissue systems of plants? What specialized cells make up vascular tissue? What are the different functions of roots? How do monocot and dicot stems differ? How does a leaf's structure enable it to carry out photosynthesis? How is water transported throughout a plant? In what different ways do plants reproduce? DELIVERY Lecture Classroom discussions Student readings: ch. 20 & 21 Videos Activities: Looking for protozoans Lecture Classroom discussions Student readings: ch. 22 - 25 Activities: Comparing adaptations of mosses and ferns Flower dissection UNIT 13. SURVEY OF ANIMAL KINGDOM CONCEPTS/QUESTIONS What characteristics do all animals share? What essential functions do animals carry out? What are the important trends in animal evolution? What are the defining features of sponges, flatworms, roundworms and annelids? What are the characteristics of the three main classes of mollusks? What are the main features of arthropods and echinoderms? What are the important trends in invertebrate evolution? What characteristics do all chordates share? How are amphibians and reptiles adapted for life on land? How are birds adapted for flight? What are the characteristics of mammals? When did mammals evolve? How do mammals maintain homeostasis? ILLINOIS LEARNING STANDARDS 12.A.4b, 4c 12.B.4b 12.B.5a 12.B.5b DELIVERY Lecture Classroom discussions Student readings: ch. 26 - 32 Videos Activities: Investigating responses of hydras Investigating land snails Amphibian population trends UNIT 14. HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY CONCEPTS/QUESTIONS How is the human body organized? What is homeostasis? What are the functions of the: nervous system? skeletal system? circulatory system? respiratory system? integumentary system? digestive system? reproductive system? What are the structures of the: nervous system? skeletal system? circulatory system? respiratory system? integumentary system? digestive system? reproductive system? ILLINOIS LEARNING STANDARDS 12.A.5a 12.A.4b 15. ECOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS What different levels of organization 12.B.4a, 4b do ecologists study? 12.B.5a, 5b How does energy flow through living systems? How does matter move among the living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem? What interactions occur within communities? What is ecological succession? What factors affect population size? What factors limit population growth? DELIVERY Lecture Classroom discussions Student readings: ch. 35 - 40 Videos Activities: How do reflexes occur? Blood alcohol concentration Modeling corrective lenses Lecture Classroom discussions Student readings: ch. 3 - 5 Videos Activities: How is a food chain organized? Lab activities: Identifying a limiting nutrient Observing succession