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Subject
Biology
MONTH
August/
January
ESSENTIAL
QUESTIONS
What are the seven
properties of life?
TOPIC
Principles of
Cell Biology
CONTENT
(Terminology)
Biology and You:
A. Themes of Biology
What are the tiny
structures that make up
all living organisms?
What impact does
scientific research
have on the
environment and
society?
B. Biology in Your
World
What are the stages of
the scientific process?
C. Scientific Processes
August/
January
What is an ecosystem?
How does energy flow
in ecosystems?
SKILLS
1. Relate the seven properties of life to
a living organism.
2. Identify the tiny structures that make
up all living organisms.
3. Differentiate between reproduction
and heredity and between metabolism
and homeostasis.
4. Evaluate the impact of scientific
research on the environment and
society.
5. Explain the primary task of the
Human Genome Project.
6. Describe the contributions of
scientists in fighting AIDS and cancer.
7. Define the term gene therapy.
8. Describe the stages common to
scientific investigations.
9. Distinguish between forming a
hypothesis and making a prediction.
10. Differentiate a control group from
an experimental group and an
independent variable from a dependent
variable.
11. Define the word theory as used by
a scientist.
Ecosystems:
A. What is an
Ecosystem?
How do materials
cycle in ecosystems?
B. Energy Flow in
Ecosystems
C. Cycling of Materials
in Ecosystems.
1. Distinguish an ecosystem from a
community.
2. Describe the diversity of a
representative ecosystem.
3. Sequence the process of succession.
4. Distinguish between producers and
consumers.
5. Compare food webs with food
chains.
6. Describe why food chains are rarely
longer than three or four links.
7. Summarize the role of plants in the
water cycle.
8. Analyze the flow of energy through
the carbon cycle.
9. Identify the role of bacteria in the
nitrogen cycle.
ASSESSMENT
1. Class discussion
2. Daily work
3. Quiz
4. Lab
5. Exam
1. Class discussion
2. Daily work
3. Quiz
4. Lab
5. Group Project
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August/
January
How do populations
grown and disperse?
How do populations
evolve?
Principles of
Ecology
Populations:
A. How Populations
Grow
B. How Populations
Evolve
September/
February
What is the difference
between an atom and
an element?
Chemistry of Life:
A. Nature of Matter
How can you
distinguish an acid
from a base?
What are the
components of DNA
and RNA?
B. Water and Solutions
C. Chemistry of Cells
What is the function of
ATP?
D. Energy and Chemical
Reactions
September/
February
What do scientists use
to visualize cells?
1. Differentiate between atoms and
elements.
2. Analyze how compounds are
formed.
3. Distinguish between covalent bonds,
hydrogen bonds, and ionic bonds.
4. Analyze the properties of water.
5. Describe how water dissolves
substances.
6. Distinguish between acids and
bases.
7. Summarize the characteristics of
organic compounds.
8. Compare the structures and function
of different types of biomolecules.
9. Describe the components of DNA
and RNA.
10. State the main role of ATP in cells.
11. Evaluate the importance of energy
to living things.
12. Relate energy and chemical
reactions.
13. Describe the role of enzymes in
chemical reactions.
14. Identify the effect of enzymes on
food molecules.
Cell Structure:
A. Looking at Cells
What are the three
parts of the cell
1. Distinguish among the three patterns
of dispersion in a population.
2. Contrast exponential growth and
logistic growth.
3. Differentiate r-strategists from kstrategists.
4. Summarize the Hardy-Weinberg
principle.
5. Describe the five forces that cause
genetic change in a population.
6. Identify why selection against
unfavorable recessive alleles is slow.
7. Contrast directional and stabilizing
selection.
1. Describe how scientists measure the
length of objects.
2. Relate magnification and resolution
1. Class discussion
2. Daily work
3. Quiz
4. Lab
5. Exam
1. Class discussion
2. Daily work
3. Quiz
4. Lab
5. Exam
1. Class discussion
2. Daily work
3. Quiz
4. Lab
5. Exam
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theory?
Why do cells need to
be relatively small?
What are cell
membranes composed
of?
B. Cell Features
What role does a
nucleus play in cellular
activities?
C. Cell Organelles
September/
February
How does passive
transport differ from
active transport?
Cells and Their
Environment:
A. Passive Transport
B. Active Transport
October/
March
How does the
metabolism of
autotrophs compare
with that of
heterotrophs?
What role does ATP
in the use of microscopes.
3. Analyze how light microscopes
function.
4. Compare light microscopes with
electron microscopes.
5. Describe the scanning tunneling
microscope.
6. List the three parts of the cell theory.
7. Determine why cells must be
relatively small.
8. Compare the structure of
prokaryotic cells with that of
eukaryotic cells.
9. Describe the structure of cell
membranes.
10. Describe the role of the nucleus in
cell activities.
11. Analyze the role of internal
membranes in protein production.
12. Summarize the importance of
mitochondria in eukaryotic cells.
13. Identify three structures in plant
cells that are absent from animal cells.
1. Relate concentration gradients,
diffusion, and equilibrium.
2. Predict the direction of water
movement into and out of cells.
3. Describe the importance of ion
channels in passive transport.
4. Identify the role of carrier proteins
in facilitated diffusion.
5. Compare active transport with
passive transport.
6. Describe the importance of the
sodium-potassium pump.
7. Distinguish between endocytosis
and exocytosis.
8. Identify three ways that receptor
proteins can change the activity of a
cell.
Photosynthesis and
Cellular Respiration:
A. Energy and Living
Things
1. Analyze the flow of energy through
living systems.
2. Compare the metabolism of
autotrophs with that of heterotrophs.
6. Group Project
1. Class discussion
2. Daily work
3. Quiz
4. Lab
5. Exam
1. Class discussion
2. Daily work
3. Quiz
4. Lab
5. Exam
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play in metabolism?
Where does
photosynthesis take
place in plants?
B. Photosynthesis
What three
environmental factors
can affect the rate of
photosynthesis?
C. Cellular Respiration
October/
March
What is the basic
building block of
DNA?
What three
components make up a
nucleotide?
3. Describe the role of ATP in
metabolism.
4. Describe how energy is released
from ATP.
5. Summarize how energy is captured
from sunlight in the first stage of
photosynthesis.
6. Analyze the function of electron
transport chains in the second stage of
photosynthesis.
7. Relate the Calvin cycle to carbon
dioxide fixation in the third stage of
photosynthesis.
8. Identify three environmental factors
that affect the rate of photosynthesis.
9. Summarize how glucose is broken
down in the first stage of cellular
respiration.
10. Describe how ATP is made in the
second stage of cellular respiration.
11. Identify the role of fermentation in
the second stage of cellular respiration.
12. Evaluate the importance of oxygen
in aerobic respiration.
DNA: The Genetic
Material:
A. Identifying the
Genetic Material
How does DNA
replicate?
B. The Structure of DNA
C. The Replication of
DNA
1. Relate Griffith’s conclusions to the
observations he made during the
transformation experiments.
2. Summarize the steps involved in
Avery’s transformation experiments,
and state the results.
3. Evaluate the results of the Hershey
and Chase experiment.
4. Describe the three components of a
nucleotide.
5. Develop a model of the structure of
a DNA molecule.
6. Evaluate the contributions of
Chargaff, Franklin, and Wilkins in
helping Watson and Crick determine
the double-helical structure of DNA.
7. Relate the role of the base-pairing
rules to the structure of DNA.
8. Summarize the process of DNA
replication.
9. Describe how errors are corrected
during DNA replication.
1. Class discussion
2. Daily work
3. Quiz
4. Lab
5. Exam
4
10. Compare the number of replication
forks in prokaryotic and eukaryotic
DNA.
October/
March
What is the difference
between a gene, a
DNA molecule, a
chromosome, and a
chromatid?
Chromosomes and Cell
Reproduction:
A. Chromosomes
How do haploid and
diploid cells differ?
What are the five
phases of the cell
cycle?
What are the four
stages of mitosis?
B. The Cell Cycle
C. Mitosis and
Cytokinesis
November/
April
What are the stages of
meiosis?
What is the difference
between asexual and
sexual reproduction?
Principles of
Genetics
1. Identify four examples of cell
division in eukaryotes and one
example in prokaryotes.
2. Differentiate between a gene, a
DNA molecule, a chromosome, and a
chromatid.
3. Differentiate between homologous
chromosomes, autosomes, and sex
chromosomes.
4. Compare haploid and diploid cells.
5. Predict how changes in chromosome
number of structure can affect
development.
6. Identify the major events that
characterize each of the five phases of
the cell cycle.
7. Describe how the cell cycle is
controlled in eukaryotic cells.
8. Relate the role of the cell cycle to
the onset of cancer.
9. Describe the structure and function
of the spindle during mitosis.
10. Summarize the events of the four
stages of mitosis.
11. Differentiate cytokinesis in animal
and plant cells.
Meiosis and Sexual
Reproduction:
A. Meiosis
B. Sexual Reproduction
1. Summarize the events that occur
during meiosis.
2. Relate crossing-over, independent
assortment, and random fertilization to
genetic variation.
3. Compare spermatogenesis and
oogenesis.
4. Differentiate between asexual and
sexual reproduction.
5. Identify three types of asexual
reproduction.
6. Evaluate the relative genetic and
1. Class discussion
2. Daily work
3. Quiz
4. Lab
5. Exam
1. Class discussion
2. Daily work
3. Quiz
4. Lab
5. Exam
5
evolutionary advantages and
disadvantages of asexual and sexual
reproduction.
7. Differentiate between the three
major sexual life cycles found in
eukaryotes.
November/
April
Who is the father of
heredity?
Why is a garden pea a
good subject for
genetic study?
What is the difference
between a Punnett
square and a test
cross?
Mendel and Heredity:
A. The Origins of
Genetics
B. Mendel’s Theory
What five factors
influence patterns of
heredity?
C. Studying Heredity
Why do mutations
cause genetic
disorders?
What are some
examples of genetic
disorders?
November/
April
D. Complex Patterns of
Heredity
1. Identify the investigator whose
studies formed the basis of modern
genetics.
2. List characteristics that make the
garden pea a good subject for genetic
study.
3. Summarize the three major steps of
Gregor Mendel’s garden pea
experiment.
4. Relate the ratios that Mendel
observed in his crosses to his data.
5. Describe the four major hypotheses
Mendel developed.
6. Define the terms homozygous,
heterozygous, genotype, and
phenotype.
7. Compare Mendel’s two laws of
heredity.
8. Predict the results of monohybrid
genetic crosses by using Punnett
squares.
9. Apply a test cross to determine the
genotype of an organism with a
dominant phenotype.
10. Predict the results of monohybrid
genetic crosses by using probabilities.
11. Analyze a simple pedigree.
12. Identify five factors that influence
patterns of heredity.
13. Describe how mutations can cause
genetic disorders.
14. List two genetic disorders, and
describe their causes and symptoms.
15. Evaluate the benefits of genetic
counseling.
How Proteins Are
Made:
A. From Genes to
Proteins
1. Compare the structure of RNA with
that of DNA.
2. Summarize the process of
transcription.
1. Class discussion
2. Daily work
3. Quiz
4. Lab
5. Exam
6. Power Point
Presentation
1. Class discussion
2. Daily work
3. Quiz
4. Lab
5. Exam
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B. Gene Regulation and
Structure
November/
April
What observations led
Darwin to conclude
that species evolve?
What is natural
selection?
The Theory of
Evolution:
A. The Theory of
Evolution by Natural
Selection
B. Evidence of Evolution
C. Examples of
Evolution
December/
May
Who is Carl Linnaeus?
What are the seven
3. Relate the role of codons to the
sequence of amino acids that results
after translation.
4. Outline the major steps of
translation.
5. Discuss the evolutionary
significance of the genetic code.
6. Describe how the lac operon is
turned on or off.
7. Summarize the role of transcription
factors in regulating eukaryotic gene
expression.
8. Describe how eukaryotic genes are
organized.
9. Evaluate three ways that point
mutations can alter genetic material.
Classification of
Organisms:
1. Identify several observations that led
Darwin to conclude that species
evolve.
2. Relate the process of natural
selection to its outcome.
3. Summarize the main points of
Darwin’s theory of evolution by
natural selection as it is stated today.
4. Contrast the gradualism and
punctuated equilibrium models of
evolution.
5. Describe how the fossil record
supports evolution.
6. Summarize how biological
molecules such as proteins and DNA
are used as evidence of evolution.
7. Infer how comparing the anatomy
and development of living species
provided evidence of evolution.
8. Identify four elements in the process
of natural selection.
9. Describe how natural selection has
affected the bacteria that cause
tuberculosis.
10. Relate natural selection to the beak
size of finches.
11. Summarize the process of species
formation.
1. Class discussion
2. Daily work
3. Quiz
4. Lab
5. Exam
1. Class discussion
2. Daily work
3. Quiz
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levels of biological
classification?
A. Categories of
Biological Classification
What characteristics
do biologist use to
classify organisms?
B. How Biologists
Classify Organisms
December/
May
What features do
animals have in
common?
What are the different
body systems?
Exploring
Invertebrates
1. Describe Linnaeus’s role in
developing the modern system of
naming organisms.
2. Summarize the scientific system for
naming a species.
3. List the seven levels of biological
classification.
4. List the characteristics that
biologists use to classify organisms.
5. Summarize the biological species
concept.
6. Relate analogous structures to
convergent evolution.
7. Describe how biologists use
cladograms to determine evolutionary
histories.
Introduction to
Animals:
A. Characteristics of
Animals
B. Animal Body Systems
1. Identify the features that animals
have in common.
2. Distinguish radial symmetry from
bilateral symmetry.
3. Summarize the importance of a
body cavity.
4. Identify how scientists determine
evolutionary relationships among
animals.
5. Summarize the functions of the
digestive, respiratory, circulatory,
nervous, skeletal, and excretory
systems.
6. Compare a gastrovascular cavity
with a one-way digestive system.
7. Differentiate open from closed
circulatory systems.
8. Distinguish asexual from sexual
reproduction.
4. Lab
5. Exam
1. Class discussion
2. Daily work
3. Quiz
4. Lab
5. Exam
6. Power Point
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