Course _____Biology Units___________________________________________________
Unit
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Unit Title
Ecology
Essential
Standard
2.1
RBT
Tag
Analyze,
Understand
Clarifying
Objectives
2.1.1
2.1.2
2.1.3
2.1.4
1
Biochemistry
3
Major Concepts
Succession
Compare density-dependent
vs. density-independent
limiting factors
Survival and reproductive
adaptations, behavior
Interactions & stability in
ecosystems
Populations and Carrying
capacity
Human Impact
Conservation
Understand
2.2.1
2.2.2
3.2
Understand
3.2.3
Environmental influence over
gene expression
4.2
Analyze
4.2.1
Carbon Cycle
4.1
Understand
4.1.1
4.1.2
4.1.3
1.2
Analyze
1.2.1
2.1
Analyze
2.1.1
1.1
Understand
1.1.1
1.1.2
1.1.3
Structure and function of
organic molecules
Nucleic Acids & Protein
Synthesis(Relationship)
Enzymes
pH and homeostasis
(enzymes)
Nitrogen cycle in relation to
nucleic acids and protein
Cell structure and function
Prokaryotic vs. Eukaryotic
Cell differentiation
Assessment
Notes
Flow of energy, cycling of
materials,
2.2
2
Cells
Honors Concepts
Organelles
Microscope use
Stem cells, neurons, red
blood cells
Tay Sachs and the Founder
Effect
Socratic seminar on
human impact and
sustainability
Euglena lab showing
comparison of chloroplast
Hydrolysis and condensation
reaction
Inquiry/comparative lab
on food
Cell surface area to volume
ratio
Golgi body, ER, lysosomes,
centrioles
Scientists and their
contribution to understanding
of the cell as well as the
development of a theory:
Build cell model focusing
on form and function
while identifying
organelles and their
purpose
1.2
Analyze
1.2.1
1.2.2
1.2.3
Homeostasis
Cell Cycle
Unicellular adaptations
Transport, buffers, pH
Cancer
Leeuwenhoek, Schleiden,
Schwann, Virchow, Hooke
Exocytosis and endocytosis
Use of vocab: hypertonic,
hypotonic, isotonic,
hydrophobic, hydrophilic
Onion root tip lab
Cilia, cell wall, contractile
vacuole, flagella,
microvilli, pseudopodia,
eyespots, cysts
3.1
Understand
3.1.3
Cancer, injury repair
3.4
Understand
3.4.1
4.2
Analyze
4.2.1
4.2.2
Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic
evolution
Metabolism (photosynthesis &
respiration)
Using ATP
Research paper
Endosymbiotic theory
Include light dependent,
chemiosmosis, and lightindependent reactions
Indirect measurement of
the rate of
photosynthesis lab
Glycolysis, Krebs cycle, ETC
4
Molecular
Genetics
3.2
Understand
3.2.1
Sexual reproduction (meiosis)
2.1
Analyze
2.1.2
3.1
Understand
3.1.1
3.1.2
3.1.3
1.1
Understand
1.1.1
1.1.2
1.1.3
1.2
Analyze
1.2.2
Reproduction, growth &
development
Respiration and nutrition
Structure and function of DNA
Protein synthesis
(DNARNAProteinTrait)
Mutations
How DNA controls all cell
activities
Comparison of Prokaryotic and
Eukaryotic
Gene expression
Cell cycle , S phase, (DNA
Replication)
Nondisjunction,
karyotyping
Terminology to include
frameshift, deletion, insertion,
translocation, duplication
mutations
Circadian rhythms, fight or
flight response
Biology Project
karyotyping virtual lab
Tay-Sachs disease, muscular
dystrophy, achondroplasia,
polydactyly, albinism
Genotype to phenotype
activity
Informational genetic
disorder brochure
Replication enzymes i.e. DNApolymerase, RNA-polymerase
5
6
7
Genetics
DNA
Technology
Evolution
3.2
3.3
3.4
Understand
Understand
Understand
3.2.2
Inheritance patterns
3.2.3
Environmental influence on
phenotype
3.3.1
Gel electrophoresis
3.3.2
3.3.3
Transgenic organisms,
bacterial transformation
Ethical issues
3.4.1
Evidence for evolution
3.4.2
3.4.3
Natural Selection
Influence of various disease
agents on natural selections
2.1
Analyze
2.1.2
2.1.3
2.1.4
Reproductive adaptations
Interaction with environment
Evolution within a population
3.1
Understand
3.1.3
Mutations change in
function and phenotype
Dominance, codominance,
incomplete dominance,
multiple alleles, blood
types, pedigree analysis,
sickle cell anemia, cystic
fibrosis, Huntington’s,
hemophilia, color
blindness, sex-linked,
polygenic
PKU, diabetes, heart
disease, skin, lung and
mouth cancer
General steps, restriction
enzymes, DNA
fingerprinting, identifying
endangered species
Insulin
Cloning, stem cell
research, Human Genome
Project, genetically
modified organisms, gene
therapy – SCID, cystic
fibrosis
Fossils, biochemistry,
anatomy, experiments
used to suggest cell
evolution, endosymbiosis,
embryology
Bacterial, virus, toxins,
antibiotic resistance,
immunity
Types of natural selection
Pfiesteria, AIDS, Dutch
Elm disease, influenza, TB
Dihybrid crosses, test cross,
Mendel and other specific
scientists’ contributions to
inheritance knowledge
Historical perspective on the
theory of evolution beginning
with abiogenesis including
specific scientists
Gene pool, gene flow, genetic
drift, sexual selection
Biomes and the animals that
are adapted to live there
3.2
8
Understand
3.2.1
Diversity
3.5
(Classification)
Analyze
3.5.1
3.5.2
2.1
Analyze
2.1.2
1.1
Understand
1.1.2
Role of sexual reproduction in
genetic variation
History of classification
Classification based on
phylogeny
Adaptations (including
behavioral)
Prokaryotic vs. Eukaryotic
Eukaryotic kingdoms
Dichotomous keys,
phylogenetic tree
Structure and function
Endosymbiotic
cladograms
Study of comparative anatomy
to include dissections