BIOLOGY
Pacing Guide
Content
Scientific Investigation
Chemistry Concepts
Important to the Study of
Life
Ecology
Content
Scientific Investigations
(Review)
History of Biological
Concepts
Chemistry Concepts
Important to the Study of
Life
Cell Structure and
Function
FIRST NINE WEEKS
Standards to be Tested
SOL
- Observation
- Hypothesizing
- Experimental design
1a - 1m
- Use of scientific tools,
equipment
- Scientific research
- Water chemistry
- Macromolecules
3a – 3c
- Enzymes
- Biochemistry
- Population dynamics
- Energy flow
9a – 9e
- Succession patterns
- Ecosystems
- Nutrient cycling
SECOND NINE WEEKS
Standards to be Tested
SOL
- Hypothesis
- Variables
1b, 1c, 1e, 1i
- Scientific Technology
- Concluding
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Cell Theory
Photosynthesis
Respiration
Cellular Energy
Prokaryote/Eukaryote
Similarity between
cell/organism
Cell membrane
Diffusion, osmosis,
active transport
Resources
Chapters 1 - 6
Chapter 2
Chapters 3-6
Resources
Chapters 7-9
2a
Chapter 7
3d
Chapters 8-9
4a, 4c, 4d
Chapter 7
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BIOLOGY
Pacing Guide
Content
Scientific Investigation
(Review)
History of Biological
Concepts
Chemistry Concepts
Important to the Study of
Life (Review
Mechanism of Inheritance
THIRD NINE WEEKS
Standards to be Tested
SOL
- Graphing
- Data analysis
1d, 1g
- Development of &
evolutionary theories
2b, 2d, 2e
- DNA model
- Scientists
- Macromolecules
- Enzymes
3b, 3c
-
Evolution
Content
Scientific Investigation
(Review)
History of Biological
Concepts
Cell Structure and
Function
Kingdoms of Life
Classification Systems
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Cell growth
(Mitosis/Meiosis
Genetics/Heredity
DNARNAProtein
DNA Technology
Mutations
Fossil records
Natural selection
Speciation
Resources
Chapters 10-17
Chapters 12, 15
6a – 6i
Chapters 10-14
8a - 8e
Chapters 15-17
FOURTH NINE WEEKS
Standards to be Tested
SOL
- Observation
- Hypothesizing
- Experimental design
1a – 1m
- Use of scientific
equipment
- Scientific research
- Germ theory
2c
- Diseases
- Diversity and
variation of
eukaryotes
4b, 4c
- Similarity
cell/organism
- Comparing animals,
plants, fungi, protists,
and monerans
5a – 5d, 5f
- Viruses
- Human health
5e
physiology
- Criteria for classifying
living things
7a – 7e
- Taxonomy
Resources
Chapters 18-33
Chapter 40
Chapters 20-33
Chapter 19-33
Chapter 18
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