Notes from Class

Click on the links below each unit title.  Chapters covered in the notes are referenced in the (parentheses). 

Unit 1: Science as a Process

• Science as a Process (Ch 1.1 & 1.2)

• Living vs. Non-living (Ch 1.3)

Unit 2: Chemistry of Life

• Atoms, Molecules, and Bonding (Ch 2.1)

• Properties of Water  (Ch 2.2)

• Carbon Compounds and Enzymes  (Ch 2.3 & 2.4)

Unit 3: Ecology

• Intro to Ecology (Ch 3.1)

• Food webs & Energy Pyramids (Ch 3.2 & 3.3)

• Cycles of Matter (Ch 3.4)

• Climate (Ch 4.1)

• Species Interactions (Ch 4.2)

• Succession (Ch 4.3)

• Biodiversity (Ch 4.3)

• Biomes and Ecosystems (Ch 4.4)

• Population Dynamics (Ch 5.1-5.3)

Unit 4: Cells

• Cell Types and Structure (Ch 7.1 & 7.2)

• Membrane structure & Transport (7.3)

Unit 5: Cell Energy

• Photosynthesis (ch 8.1-8.3)

• Cellular Respiration (ch 9.1-9.4)

Unit 6: Cell Division

• Cell Size & Reproduction Types (ch 10.1)

• Mitosis (ch 10.2)

• Cell Cycle & Cancer (ch 10.3)

• Stem Cells (ch 10.4)

Unit 7: Molecular Biology

• DNA Structure (ch 12.1 & 12.2)

• DNA Replication (ch 12.3)

• DNA vs. RNA (13.1)

• Protein Synthesis (13.2)

• Mutations (13.3)

• Genetic Engineering (15.1-15.4)

Unit 8: Genetics

• Meiosis (ch 11.4)

• Intro to Genetics (ch 11.1)

• Mendelian Genetics: Intro to Punnet Squares (ch 11.2)

  • Lecture online

• Dihybrid/Polyhybrid cross (ch 11.2)

• Modes of Inheritance (ch 11.3 & 14.1)

  • Lecture online (part 1)

  • Lecture online (part 2)

• Pedigrees (ch 14.1) 

Unit 9: Evolution

• Intro to Evolution (ch 16.1-16.3)

• Evidence of Evolution (ch 16.4)

• Hardy Weinberg (17.2)

• Mechanisms of Evolution (ch 17.2-17.3)

• Phylogenetic Trees (18.1)

Unit 10: Body Systems

• Frog dissection

• Cow eye dissection