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BIOLOGY

Class Introduction:

Semester 1 Syllabus

(Dates are dates assigned)
Unit 1: The Scientific Process and The Study of Living Things

Book Chapters: 1

Important Assignments

Class Introduction (Policies and Procedures -8/23/07)
ASD Safety Contract (8/23/07)
Echinacea Reading (8/23/07)
Beriberi and the Scientific Process(8/24/07)
Dependent and Independent Variables (8/24/07)

Unit 2: The Cell



Book Chapters: 7,8

Important Assignments
Cell Types Lab (8/30/07)
Micro Safari Lab (9/4/07)
Chapter 19 section assessment questions (9/7/07)
Build a Cell Questions with Cell structure function lecture (9/10/07)
Chapter 7 Cell Crossword puzzle (9/10/07)
Osmosis and the Egg Lab (9/11/07
Cell City Assignment(9/13/07)
Exam 1

Unit 3: Biochemistry



Book Chapters: 6

Important Assignments
Chemistry and the Scientific Method Lab (9/20/07)
Chemistry Unit Notes (9/25/07)
Ionic and Covalent Bonding (9/28/07)
Carbohydrates (10/1/07)
Lipids (10/2/07)
Protein Phone Home (10/3/07)
Enzyme Simulation - only graph will be collected (10/4/07)
Mystery Powder Lab
Sample Lab Report - for Lab Report 1
Food Analysis - Whole Foods vs. Fast Foods(10/22/07)
Diabetes Summary (10/23/07)
Diabetes Skit (10/26/07)


Unit 4: DNA and Cell Division



Book Chapters: 10, 11

Important Assignments
DNA - Study it and Build it (11/1/07)
DNAi: Finding the Structure Questions (11/5/07)
Cracking the Code Writing Assignment (11/7/07)
Chapter 11 Questions
Mitosis Lab
Practice Quiz
Cancer Precise Summary

Unit 5: Genetics

Book Chapters: 10, 12

Important Assignments

Protein Synthesis Summaries (11/26/07)
Mendel Summaries
Make a Baby Lab (12/6/07)
Mendelian Genetics Problem Set (12/7/07)
Punnet Square Mania (12/10/07)
Pedigree Extra Credit (12/11/07)


Semester 2


Unit 6: DNA Technology and Bioethics



Book Chapters: 13

Important Assignments
Stem Cell Webquest (1/7/08)
DNA Fingerprinting
GATTACA Response


Unit 7: Evolution and Classification

Book Chapters: 14, 15, 16, 17

Important Assignments
Evolution Journal (due 2/29/08)
Phylogeny Lab
Evolution Journal Rubric
Classification Notes and assignment (3/3/08)
Mystery Fossil (3/5/08)

Unit 8: Viruses, Bacteria, and Disease Theory

Book Chapters: 18, 39

Important Assignments
Case of the Killer Congestion (3/17/08)
1918 Flu Assignment (3/21/08)
HIV Online Discussion (3/31/08)
Semmelweis and Childbed Fever (4/4/08)
Testing Hypotheses about Bacteria

Unit 9: Ecology and Conservation Biology



Book Chapters: 2, 3, 5

Important Assignments
Bird Loss Reverberates on Alutian Islands(4/25/08)
Seed Germination Lab - Cancelled
All of Life is Connected (4/23/08)
Fires and Forest Succession Questions (5/7/08)
Forest Succession Reading(5/7/08)
Hot Times in Alaska - Video Questions (5/8/08)
Endangered Species Obituary(5/9/08)
Ecology Unit Notes - Optional assignment, a great review for your final(4/14/08)















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