Semester 1
Marking Period 1 : Significant Figures
Scientific Method and Experimental Design
Descriptive Statistics
Research Paper: Literature Review and what is scientific literature
Research Paper: Procedure
Microscopes & Spec 20
Inferential Statistics
Marking Period 2 : Biochemistry
Research Paper: Introduction
Research Paper: Results
Research Paper: the Final Paper and putting it all together
Cell Biology
Energy Cycles: Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration
Semester 2
Marking Period 3 : Cell Division: Meiosis & Mitosis
Molecular Biology: DNA & Protein Synthesis
Genetics
Marking Period 4 : Evolution
Taxonomy
Microbiology (viruses, biology and protists)
Overview of Animals- Invertebrates & Vertebrates
Ecology
Human Body Systems
Animal Dissections (for students who are not comfortable with animal dissections, an alternative assignment will be given)