Honors and CP Biology Syllabi
Course Description
This course will expose students to the basic characteristics of all living organisms, a standardized way of performing research using the scientific method, a chemistry overview, genetics, ecology, and the different organ systems, of the human body.
Course Content: South Carolina Standards
The objectives of this course are to allow students to become familiar with the many aspects of both nature and the human body. The students will learn how biologists complete the research process and how to design experiments on their own. Students are expected to learn through lecture, demonstrations, classroom discussions, and independent study so that they will be ready to succeed in all walks of life after high school. Papers and projects will be completed to help students discover answers to various biology-related problems.
Metrics, Measurements, and Lab Instruments Review: Complete Safety Lab
Unit 1 (17 days) Cells :
Why is Biology important?
Chemistry Overview
The Cell and Organelles and their functions
Cell Division regulation and Mitosis
Unit 2 (18 days) Cellular Energy :
Macromolecules: Organic & Inorganic Chemistry
Photosynthesis and the Chloroplast
Cellular Respiration and the Mitochondria
Energy/Element Cycles and the basis of Ecology
Unit 3 (9 days) Genetics Structure and Function :
Central Dogma and the “code of life” in DNA
Unit 4 (17 days) Heredity :
Meiosis, Genetics, and Changes to Genomes
Unit 5 (15 days) Biological Evolution :
Mechanisms for the origins of organisms and Taxonomy
Unit 6 (8 days) Ecology:
Geochemical cycles, Succession, and Maintaining Ecosystems
Human Impact on Ecosystems
Students will be assessed using homework, quizzes, papers, lab work, class work, projects, and tests. The grades for each section will be averaged utilizing a point system, which I will explain during the first two weeks of school.
Major tests and projects/papers will count 60% of your grade each quarter.
Homework will count 10%.
Quizzes, labs, and class work will count 30%