Syllabus

First 9 weeks:  Lab Safety

                            Unit 1

Motion and Stability:  Forces and Interactions  This unit covers:

* Newtons's First Law of Motion

*Newton's Second Law of Motion

* Newton's Third Law of Motion

Second 9 weeks:  

                         Unit 2

This unit covers:  Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer:

*Model of a wave and its properties

*Digitized signals (sent as wave pulses)

Molecules to Organisms:

*Behaviors that affect the probability of animal reproduction

*Genetic factors and local conditions affecting growth of adult plants and animals

Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits

• Inheritance of Traits

• Variation of Traits

Third 9 weeks

                Unit 2 (Completion)

• Growth and Development

           Unit 3

Biological Evolution:  Unity and Diversity

• Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity

• Biogeology

• Natural Selection

Fourth 9 weeks

            Unit 4

Earth's Place in the Universe:

• The Universe and Its Stars

• * Earth and the Solar System

One Week is used for end of the year Review