Module A
Module B
Getting Started The Building Blocks of Life:
With Life
Animal Cells:
Science
-structure
Essential
-replication
Question: What -heredity
is Life?
Health Micro-Life:
The Scientific
-bacteria & viruses
Method
-fighting disease
Plants & Ecology:
Inquiry Model
Plant Biology:
-structure parts
-photosynthesis & growth
-reproduction
Scientific
Measurement
Micro Life Lab
kits
Shared
Practicum at
the end of both
modules (?)
Labs:
-looking at cells with microscopes
-respiration
Hot Topics:
-Stem Cells
-Flu Epidemics
-Genetic Engineering
Ecological Micro-Life:
-protists & fungi
-Water Quality
Plant Cells:
-structure
-replication
-heredity
Labs:
-worm bin ecology
-looking at cells with microscopes
-Pond Water
-Duck Weed
-Fast Plants
Module C
Module D
The Human Animal:
Animals:
Human Biology:
-cells
-tissue
-organs
-systems
-body
-taxonomy & Classification
-behavior patterns
-Populations
-Habitats
-Biomes
-Species Succession
-Climax and indicator species
-Change over time
Labs:
-bones
-the heart
Hot Topics:
-Human Interaction with Nature:
-ECO tourism
-“Nature-Scaping”
-Alien Invasive species
Hot Topics:
-Migratory species
-Endangered species
-Bio-Diversity
Theme
Connection/
Project ideas:
Stories of inventors
“If Plants Could Talk….”
Stories of people involved in current
innovations
Newly discovered Life Forms?