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)

  • Typed out notes (1.1 only)

• 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)

• Macromolecules and Enzymes  (Ch 2.3 & 2.4)

Unit 3: Ecology

• Intro to Ecology (Ch 3.1)

• Climate and Life (Ch 3.2)

• Biomes and Aquatic Ecosystems (Ch 3.3)

• Energy Flow in Ecosystems (Ch 4.2)

• Cycles of Matter (Ch 4.3)

• Population Dynamics (Ch 5.1-5.3)

• Species Interactions (Ch 6.1)

• Succession (Ch 6.2)

• Biodiversity (Ch 6.3)

Unit 4a: Cells: Structure & Function

• Cell Types and Structure (Ch 8.1 & 8.2)

• Membrane structure & Transport (8.3 & 8.4)

Unit 4b: Cellular Energy

• Photosynthesis (ch 9.1-9.3)

• Cellular Respiration (ch 10.1-10.4)

Unit 4c: Cell Division

• Cell Size & Reproduction Types (ch 11.1)

• Mitosis (ch 11.2)

• Cell Cycle & Cancer (ch 11.3)

• Stem Cells (ch 11.4)

Unit 5: Genetics

• Meiosis (ch 12.4)

• Intro to Genetics (ch 12.1)

• Mendelian Genetics: Intro to Punnet Squares (ch 12.2)

  • Lecture online

• Dihybrid/Polyhybrid cross (ch 12.2)

• Modes of Inheritance (ch 12.3 & 15.1)

  • Lecture online (part 1)

  • Lecture online (part 2)

Pedigrees (ch 15.1) 

Unit 6: Molecular Biology

• DNA Structure (ch 13.1 & 13.2)

• DNA Replication (ch 13.3)

• DNA vs. RNA (14.1)

• Protein Synthesis (14.2)

• Mutations (14.4)

• Genetic Engineering (16.1-16.3)

Unit 7: Evolution

• Intro to Evolution (ch 17.1-17.3)

• Evidence of Evolution (ch 17.4)

• Hardy Weinberg (18.1)

• Mechanisms of Evolution (ch 18.2-18.3)

• Phylogenetic Trees (19.1)

Unit 8: Body Systems

• Frog dissection

• Cow eye dissection