BIOLOGY PACING GUIDE 2012-2013
SEMESTER 1
IMPORTANT DATES
TO REMEMBER
STANDARDS/TOPICS
COVERED
8/15 – 8/21
Welcome Back to
School!
Investigation and
Experimentation;
Scientific Method
8/22 – 8/31
8/22 Late Start
8/29 Late Start
Cell Biology;
Biomolecules
9/4 – 9/7
9/3 Holiday
9/5 Late Start
9/10 – 9/14
9/12 Late Start
Cell Biology;
Cell Types
Cell Biology; Cellular
Organelles
DATES
9/17 – 9/21
9/19 Late Start
9/24 – 9/28
9/26 Late Start
Cell Biology; Cell
Membrane and its
Functions
Cell Biology:
Photosynthesis
10/1 – 10/5
10/5 Late Start
Cell Biology:
Cellular Respiration
10/8 – 10/11
10/10 Late Start
Cell Biology: Mitosis
10/12
FRIDAY!
Cell Biology
PAGES TO READ
IN TEXTBOOK
Chapter 1:
Pages 3-23
Chapter 6:
Pages 148-152,
157-163
Chapter 7:
Pages 171 - 174
Chapter 7:
Pages 179 - 187
Chapter 6:
Pages 154 – 156
Chapter 7:
Pages 175 – 178
Chapter 8:
Pages 195 - 200
Chapter 9:
Pages 225 – 230
Chapter 9:
Pages 221 – 224 AND
231 - 237
Chapter 8:
Pages 201 - 210
Review all pages and
notes from above
SUGGESTED
LABS/ACTIVITIES
Syllabus,
Lab Safety,
What is Life Lab,
Popcorn Lab
pH Lab pg 151,
Properties of Water
Lab
Prokaryotic/Eukaryotic
Foldable, Microscope
Intro Lab
Plant and Animal
Microscope Lab
Osmosis Lab
Photosynthesis Lab
ATP Models,
Comparison of
Photosynthesis and
Cellular Respiration,
Mitosis Manipulative
STUDY for the
Benchmark!
ASSESSMENTS
Vocabulary Quiz,
Safety quiz
Vocabulary Quiz,
Content Quiz,
Biomolecule Test
Vocabulary Quiz,
Content Quiz
Vocabulary Quiz,
Content Quiz
Vocabulary Quiz,
Content Quiz
Vocabulary Quiz,
Content Quiz
Vocabulary Quiz,
Content Quiz
Vocabulary Quiz,
Content Quiz
BENCHMARK 1
IMPORTANT DATES
TO REMEMBER
STANDARDS/TOPICS
COVERED
PAGES TO READ IN
TEXTBOOK
10/15 – 10/19
10/17 Late Start
Genetics; DNA
replication
Chapter 11:
Pages 281 – 287
10/22 – 10/26
10/24 Late Start
10/29 – 11/2
10/31 Late Start
Genetics: Meiosis
Genetics: Mendel,
Punnett Squares
Chapter 10:
Pages 263 – 273
Chapter 10:
Pages 253 - 261
SUGGESTED LABS AND
ACTIVITIES
DNA models, DNA
Extraction
Demonstration
Meiosis Manipulative,
Chromosome Structure
Picture
Practice Punnett
Squares
11/5 – 11/9
11/7 Late Start
Chapter 10:
Pages 260 - 262
Practice: Punnett
Squares
Vocabulary Quiz,
Content Quiz
11/13 – 11/16
11/19 – 11/23
11/12 Holiday
11/14 Late Start
Thanksgiving Break!
Chapter 12:
Pages 315 - 322
Practice Punnett
Squares
Vocabulary Quiz,
Content Quiz
Chapter 12:
Pages 323 – 329
Practice Punnett
Squares
Transcription/Translation
Manipulative and
Practice
Vocabulary Quiz,
Content Quiz
Pedigrees, Genetic
Disease Worksheet
Vocabulary Quiz,
Content Quiz
DATES
Genetics: Dihybrid
Crosses
Genetics: Complex
Patterns of
Inheritance
11/26 – 11/30
11/28 Late Start
Genetics: Complex
Patterns of
Inheritance in
Humans
12/3 – 12/7
12/5 Late Start
Genetics: Protein
Synthesis
12/10 – 12/14
12/12 Late Start
Genetics: Mutations
12/17 – 12/19
FINALS SCHEDULE
Investigation and
Experimentation, Cell
Biology, and Genetics
Chapter 11:
Pages 288 – 295
Chapter 11:
Pages 296 – 301
Chapter 12:
Pages 309 – 314
Study all content
from the beginning
of the year.
The difference between a
successful person and others is
not a lack of strength, not a lack of
knowledge, but rather in a lack of
consistent effort to achieve goals.
ASSESSMENTS
Vocabulary Quiz,
Content Quiz
Vocabulary Quiz,
Content Quiz
Vocabulary Quiz,
Content Quiz
Vocabulary Quiz,
Content Quiz
BENCHMARK 2