Biology is intended to provide all students with an understanding of the life sciences and prepare them for future high school and college-level science courses. This course has been developed to align with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).
Driving question: How can one single species population affect an entire ecosystem?
Big idea #1 - Energy transfer
Big idea #2 - Interactions
Big idea #3 - Population dynamics
Big idea #4 - Biodiversity
Driving question: How do you contribute to the mass of the General Sherman tree?
Big idea #1 - Matter, carbon, macromolecules
Big idea #2 - Photosynthesis
Big idea #3 - Respiration
Big idea #4 - Carbon cycle
Driving question: How can drinking too much water kill you?
Big idea #1 - Levels of Organization
Big idea #2 - Organ system structure & functon
Big idea #3 - Homeostasis
Big idea #4 - Osmosis
Driving Question: How would you identify which babies switched at birth belong to which parents?
DNA & RNA Structure
Protein Synthesis
Inheritance of Traits
Genetic Variation
Natural Selection
