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This syllabus is difficult to read. There is a downloadable WORD file at the bottom.
Class Title: General Chemistry
Instructor: Matthew Moreno
Email: mmoreno1@lausd.net
School Number 323-832-4700
Course Descriptions/Objectives.
Below is an outline of the Instructional components as described by LAUSD. I follow this plan as it is aligned to the Periodic Assessments and the Standards test. A more complete version of this document exists at http://science.lausd.net/sites/science.lausd.net/files/Biology%20IG%202008.pdf
However, I expect that you will acquire more skills than those required for the standardized tests. I encourage you to think critically and to ask questions. It is possible that I may not immediately respond to a question because I am in the middle of a thought or because that question will be answered shortly but it will be answered. Please ask questions if you do not understand. The only reason that I will not answer a question is because it is inappropriate for some reason.
You will be asked to write, use the textbook, research ideas on your own, work with other students and share your ideas and work with the class. Each student is encouraged to make an attempt even if their answer is incorrect. If you are incorrect, it shows that I need to I need to re-teach a concept. If you do not ask, I will not know you need help. I do not win if you lose. ASK ASK ASK ASK!!!!
Biology
This instructional guide is aligned with the LAUSD High School Instructional Guide for Biology. The unit numbers do not match those in the book but notes have been made so you can easily locate the correct unit in the book.
Instructional Component 1
Standard Group 1 Macromolecules
1.b. Students know enzymes are proteins that catalyze biochemical reactions without altering the reaction equilibrium and the activities of enzymes depend on the
temperature, ionic conditions, and the pH of the surroundings.
1.h. Students know most macromolecules (polysaccharides, nucleic acids, proteins, lipids) in cells and organisms are synthesized from small collection of simple
precursors.
4.e. Students know proteins can differ from one another in the number and sequence of amino acids.
4.f.* Students know why proteins having different amino acid sequences typically have different shapes and chemical properties.
Standard Group 2 Cellular Structures
1.a. Students know cells are enclosed within semipermeable membranes that regulate their interaction with their surrounding.
1.c. Students know how prokaryotic cells (including those from plants and animals), and viruses differ in complexity and general structure.
1.e. Students know the role of the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus in the secretion of proteins.
1.j.* Students know how eukaryotic cells are given shape and internal organization by cytoskeleton or cell wall or both.
Standard Group 3 Cellular Energetics
1.f. Students know usable energy is captured from sunlight by chloroplasts and is stored through the synthesis of sugar from carbon dioxide.
1.g. Students know the role of the mitochondria in making stored chemical-bond energy available to cells by completing the breakdown of glucose to carbon dioxide.
1.i.* Students know how chemiosmotic gradients in the mitochondria and chloroplast store energy for ATP production.
Standard Group 4 Central Dogma
1.d. Students know the central dogma of molecular biology outline the flow of information from transcription of ribonucleic acid (RNA) in the nucleus to translation of
proteins on ribosomes in the cytoplasm.
4.a. Students know the general pathway by which ribosomes synthesize proteins, using tRNA to translate genetic information in mRNA.
4.b. Students know how to apply the genetic coding rules to predict the sequence of amino acids from a sequence of codons in RNA.
4.c. Students know how mutations in the DNA sequence of a gene may or may not affect the expression of the gene or the sequence of amino acids in the encoded
protein.
5.a. Students know the general structures and functions of DNA , RNA, and protein.
5.b. Students know how to apply base-pairing rules to explain precise copying of DNA during semiconservative replication and transcription of information from DNA
into mRNA.
7.c. Students know new mutations are constantly being generated in a gene pool.
Standard Group 5 DNA Technology
4.d. Students know specialization of cells in multicellular organisms is usually due to different patterns of gene expression rather than to differences of the genes
themselves.
5.c. Students know how genetic engineering (biotechnology) is used to produce novel biomedical and agricultural products.
5.d.* Students know how basic DNA technology (restriction digestion by endonucleases, gel electrophoresis, ligation, and transformation) is used to construct
recombinant DNA molecules.
5.e.* Students know how exogenous DNA can be inserted into bacterial cells to alter their genetic makeup and support expression of new protein products.
Instructional Component 2
Standard Group 1 Gamete Formation and Fertilization
2.b. Students know only certain cells in a multicellular organism undergo meiosis.
2.d. Students know new combinations of alleles may be generated in a zygote through the fusion of male and female gametes (fertilization).
2.e. Students know why approximately half of an individual’s DNA sequence comes from each parent.
2.f. Students know the role of chromosomes in determining an individual’s sex.
Standard Group 2 Meiosis and Mendel’s Law
2.a. Students know meiosis is an early step in sexual reproduction in which the pairs of chromosomes separate and segregate randomly during cell division to produce gametes
containing one chromosome of each type.
2.c. Students know how random chromosome segregation explains the probability that a particular allele will be in a gamete.
3.b. Students know the genetic basis for Mendel’s Law of segregation and independent assortment.
3.d.* Students know how to use data on frequency of recombination at meiosis to estimate genetic distance between loci and to interpret genetic maps of chromosomes.
Standard Group 3 Probability of Inheritance
2.g. Students know how to predict possible combinations of alleles in a zygote from the genetic makeup of the parent.
3.a. Students know how to predict the probable outcome of phenotypes in a genetic cross from the genotypes of the parents and mode of inheritance (autosomal or X-linked,
dominant or recessive).
3.c.* Students know how to predict the probable mode of inheritance from a pedigree diagram showing phenotypes.
*** Although evolution is in the standards, believing in evolution is not a requirement to pass this course. I expect each student to understand the key components of the theory and the evidence that is proposed by some scientists to prove evolution. Your son/daughter is welcome to present counter evidence or show weaknesses in the evidence presented. I very much encourage it and in no way am I attempting to challenge the faith and beliefs that you are trying to instill in your child. My only goal for this section is that whatever stance your child takes, they can argue from a knowledgeable position about evolution as a theory.***
Standard Group 4 Natural Selective
6.g.* Students know how to distinguish between the accommodation of an individual organism to its environment and the gradual adaptation of a lineage of organisms through
genetic change.
7.a. Students know why natural selection acts on the phenotype rather than the genotype of an organism.
7.c. Students know new mutations are constantly being generated in a gene pool.
7.d. Students know variation within a species increases the likelihood that a least some members of a species will survive under changed environmental conditions.
8.a. Students know how natural selection determines the differential survival of groups of organisms.
8.b. Students know a great diversity of species increases the chance that at least some organisms survive major changes in the environment.
Standard Group 5 Population Genetics
7.b. Students know why alleles that are lethal in a homozygous individual may be carried in a heterozygote and thus maintained in a gene pool.
7.e.* Students know the conditions for Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium in a population and why these conditions are not likely to appear in nature.
7.f.* Students know how to solve the Hardy-Weinberg equation to predict the frequency of genotypes in a population, given the frequency of phenotypes.
Standard Group 6 Mechanisms for Evolution
8.c. Students know the effects of genetic drift on the diversity of organisms in a population.
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8.d. Students know reproductive or geographic isolation affects speciation.
Standard Group 7 Evidence for Evolution
8.e. Students know how to analyze fossil evidence with regard to biological diversity, episodic speciation, and mass extinction.
8.f.* Students know how to use comparative embryology, DNA or protein sequence comparisons, and other independent sources of data to create a branching diagram (cladogram)
that shows probable evolutionary relationships.
8.g.* Students know how several independent molecular clocks, calibrated against each other and combined with evidence from the fossil record, can help to estimate how long
ago various groups of organisms diverged evolutionarily from one other.
Instructional Component 3
Standard Group 1 Gas and Nutrient Exchange
9.a. Students know how the complementary activity of major body systems provides cells with oxygen and nutrients and removes toxic waste products such as carbon
dioxide.
9.f.* Students know the individual functions and sites of secretion of digestive enzyme (amylases, proteases, nucleases, lipases), stomach acid, and bile salts.
9.g.* Students know the homeostatic role of the kidneys in the removal of nitrogenous wastes and the role of the liver in blood detoxification and glucose balance.
9.i.* Students know how hormones (including digestive, reproductive, osmoregulatory) provide internal feedback mechanisms for homeostasis at the cellular level and in
whole organisms.
Standard Group 2 Electrochemical Communication and Response
9.b. Students know how the nervous system mediates communication between different parts of the body and the body’s interactions with the environment.
9.d. Students know the functions of the nervous system and the role of neurons in transmitting electrochemical impulses.
9.e. Students know the roles of sensory neurons, interneurons, and motor neurons in sensation, thought, and response.
9.h.* Students know the cellular and molecular basis of muscle contraction, including the role of actin, myosin. Ca+2, and ATP
Standard Group 3 Feedback Mechanism
9.c. Students know how feedback loops in the nervous and endocrine systems regulate conditions in the body.
9.i.* Students know how hormones (including digestive, reproductive, osmoregulatory) provide internal feedback mechanisms for homeostasis at the cellular level and in
whole organisms.
Standard Group 4 Infection/Immunity
10.a. Students know the role of the skin in providing nonspecific defenses against infection.
10.b. Students know the role of antibodies in the body’s response to infection.
10.c. Students know how vaccination protects an individual from infectious diseases.
10.d. Students know there are important differences between bacteria and viruses with respect to their requirements for growth and replication, the body’s primary
defenses against bacterial and viral infections, and effective treatments of these infections.
10.e. Students know why an individual with a compromised immune system (for example, a person with AIDS) may be unable to fight off and survive infections by
microorganisms that are usually benign.
10.f.* Students know the roles of phagocytes, B-lymphocytes, and T-lymphocytes in the immune system.
Standard Group 5 Ecology
6.a. Students know biodiversity is the sun total of different kinds of organisms and is affected by alterations of habitats.
6.b. Students know how to analyze changes in an ecosystem resulting from changes in climate, human activity, introduction of nonnative species, or changes in
population size.
6.c. Students know how fluctuations in population size in an ecosystem are determined by the relative rates of birth, immigration, emigration, and death.
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6.d. Students know how water, carbon, and nitrogen cycle between abiotic resources and organic matter in the ecosystem and how oxygen cycles through photosynthesis
and respiration.
6.e. Students know a vital part of an ecosystem is the stability of its producers and decomposers.
6.f. Students know at each link in a food web some energy is stored in newly made structures but much energy is dissipated into the environment as heat. This dissipation
may be represented in an energy pyramid.