SC3B05
BIOLOGY 11-21
(Honors)
SC3B05
Length: 2 semesters
Credit: 2 credits
Open to Grades: 9-10
Grade Weight: IV
Prerequisite: Placement recommendation, exceptional past performance in science
A laboratory course in biology, inquiry centered for students of superior ability with high motivation. This is the first course in the science honors sequence which leads to Advanced Placement level courses taken in the junior or senior year. The course stresses the nature of life processes as in Biology 12-22 but carries the study to a greater depth and sets higher standards of achievement.
Britt Czupryna, Ruth Gleicher, Jacklyn Naughton
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Department Structure.................................................................................................. [p. 3]
Instructional Materials.................................................................................................. [p.4]
Agreed Upon Elements – First Semester................................................................... [p. 5]
Agreed Upon Elements – Second Semester............................................................. [p. 8]
Units of Instruction with Student Learning Outcomes Coded to State Goals and/or
Benchmark.............................................................................................................. [p. 12]
Summative Assessment Description...................................................................... [p. 18]
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Pathways illustrate typical movement within a sequence of courses; however, adjustments in sequence can be made to accommodate individual needs.
Grade Weight Level is indicated in parentheses.
Physical Science
13-23 (II)
Biology 13-23
(II)
Science Topics
13-23 (II)
Science Research
Topics (III)
Anatomy &
Physiology (III)
ILS 12-22
(III)
Biology 12-22
(III)
Chemistry 10-20
(III)
Physics 10-20
(III)
Anatomy &
Physiology (IV)
Biology 12-22
(III)
Chemistry 12-22
(IV)
Physics 12-22
(IV)
Topics in Astronomy and Modern Physics
(IV)
AP Science
Course (V)
Biology 11-21
(IV)
Chemistry 11-21
(V) and
Student Inquiry and Research (V)
Chemistry 11-21
(V)
Biology 11-21
(IV) and
AP Environmental
Science (V)
Physics 11-21
(V) and
Student Inquiry and Research (V)
Physics 11-21
(V) and
AP Biology
(V)
AP Science
Course (V) and
Student Inquiry and Research (V)
AP Physics
(V) and
AP Chemistry
(V)
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Instructional Materials
West North
Adopted Text
BSCS Biology: A Molecular Approach
Blue Version
Ninth Edition
ISBN: 0-07-866427-6
Biology Pre-AP Lab Manual
Glencoe Science Pre-AP Series
ISBN: 0-07-869730-1
Teacher Resources:
BSCS Biology: A Molecular Approach
Blackline Masters
ISBN: 0-07-872920-3
BSCS Biology: A Molecular Approach
Current Research and Inquiry in Biology
ISBN: 0-07-872921-1
BSCS Biology: A Molecular Approach
Practicing Scientific Methods: Labs and
Analysis of Scientific Writing
ISBN: 0-07-872922-X
BSCS Biology: A Molecular Approach
Forensics and Biotechnology
ISBN: 0-07-860223-8
BSCS Biology: A Molecular Approach
Science Inquiry
ISBN: 0-07-830853-4
The Biology Coloring Book
Robert D. Griffin
Harper & Row, Publishers, New York
ISBN: 0-06-460307-5
Biology Coloring Workbook
Edward Alcamo, PhD.
Random House, Inc., New York
ISBN: 0-679-77884-5
Adopted Text
Second Edition
Campbell, Reece, Simon
Essential Biology with Physiology
ISBN: 0-13-238024-2
Teacher Resources:
Campbell, Reece, Simon
Essential Biology with Physiology
Second Edition
Test Bank
Second Edition
Second Edition
Second Edition
ISBN: 0805321489
Campbell, Reece, Simon
Essential Biology with Physiology
TestGen 7.3 CD-Rom
ISBN: 8085321845
ISBN: 0805304355
ISBN: 0805371168
Campbell, Reece, Simon
Essential Biology with Physiology
Media Manager with Visual Guide
(Includes 12 CD-roms)
Campbell, Reece, Simon
Essential Biology with Physiology
Fifth Edition
Liebaert’s Study Guide
Instructor Guide to Text and Media
ISBN: 080534649X
Campbell, Reece, Taylor, Simon
Biology; Concepts and Connections
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Topics
Inquiry and the
Scientific Method
The Chemistry of
Life
Concepts
Scientific methodology and lab safety.
What is the chemical nature of cells?
Textbook
Chapter(s)
North/ West
Days of Unit
Coverage
Suggested Investigations, Activities, and Projects
Prologue
1
1
2 & 3
6
10
Illinois State
Goals met
Thinking Maps
Lab Safety Scavenger Hunt
Scientific Observation
(Prologue B)
Thumbs-Up Lab Activity
Video: The Accident at Jefferson High
(IRC# 148ACC)
Either the Identify the Control and Variables Activity at www.biologycorner.com/worksheets/controls.html
Mystery Substance (Sand & Yeast) Lab
Termite Lab
11.A.4a –f
11.A.5a –e
Lab: Organisms and pH (1A)
WebQuest: The Nutrition of Carbohydrates http://glencoe.mcgrawhill.com/sites/0078664276/student_view0/unit1/webquest.html
Lab: Compounds of Living Things (1B)
12.C.4b
Video: Chemistry Connections: Explaining the pH/pOH Scale
(United Streaming)
Exploring Water Activity
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Topics
Energy and Life
What is the source of energy that maintains life?
Ecology
Concepts
How do organisms interact with their environment?
Textbook
Chapter(s)
2
5
24 & 25
18, 19, 20
Days of
Unit
Coverage
14
Suggested Investigations, Activities, and Projects
ATP Activity
Lab: Food Energy (2B)
Lab: Enzyme Activity (2C)
Lab: Extracellular Enzymes (Lab 3 – Pre-AP Lab Book)
Video: Managing Your Health: The Digestive System (United
Streaming)
Community & Foodchain Interactions Activity
Colorgram 43 – “Flow of Energy & Matter in the Biosphere”
Video: Ecosystems: Organisms and Their Environment (United
Streaming)
The Food Chain Game
Kool Aid Activity
Illinois State Goals met
12.B.4a
12.B.4b
18 Lab: Relationships between a Plant and an Animal (24B)
Oh, Deer!
The Biome Project
Prairie Biomass
Human Interactions with Ecosystems (PBL)
Field Trip to Forest Preserve to study Ecological Impact on
Water
12.B.5b
12.B.4b
12.B.5a
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Topics
Photosynthesis
Cellular
Respiration
Concepts
How do organisms acquire and use energy?
Cells & Cellular
Transport
What are the building blocks of life?
A Tour of the
Cell
How do organisms exchange materials with their surroundings?
Textbook
Chapter(s)
4
7
5
6
6
4
Days of
Unit
Coverage
12
Suggested Investigations, Activities, and Projects
Lab: Rate of Photosynthesis (4B)
Lab: Leaf Disc Lab
Lab: Leaf Prints
9
Lab: Rates of Respiration (5B)
Lab: Cellular Respiration (CBL Lab)
Lab: Drink Lab
5
String Cells
Sell a Cell
Lab: Mystery Cell
3
5
8
Lab: Effects of Three Solutions on Potato Cores
(Teachers Resource ELP 4)
OR
Maintaining Water Balance
Lab: Cells and Movement of Materials (3A)
Coupled Channels Interactive Investigation
Cryogenics
12.A.4b
12.A.5a
Illinois State Goals met
12.A.4b
12.A.4b
12.A.4b
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Topics
Cell Cycle
Concepts
DNA: Structure How does an
& Function organism use
DNA?
Textbook
Chapters
How is the cell cycle important in the growth and development of multicellular organisms?
8
8
(Includes
Meiosis)
9
10
Days of Unit
Coverage
6 - 10
8
Suggested Investigations, Activities, and Projects
Illinois State Goals met
Modeling Cells: Surface Area to Volume
Cell Cycle Game http://nobelprize.org/medicine/educational/2001
Slooze Worm Mutagenesis Computer Activity @ http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/disorders/sloozeworm/scenario.cfm
DNA Activity Replication Activity with manipulatives
Lab: Diffusion and Cell Size (3B)
Lab: Mitotic Cell Division (8B)
Lab: DNA Extraction – comparing the DNA from different sources
Cancer and the Cell Cycle (NIH)
12.A.4b
12.A.4a
12.A.5b
Break the Code Activity
Computer Activities
Transcribe & Translate a Gene @ http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/basics/transcribe
Discover How Proteins Function @ http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/basics/protein
What Makes a Fire Fly Glow? @ http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/basics/firefly
Protein Synthesis Activity with manipulatives
What is a Mutation and
Mutate a DNA Sentence! @ http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/disorders/mutations
Video: Understanding Viruses (United Streaming)
DNA Scavenger Hunt
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Topics
Meiosis and
Genetics
Concepts
Meiosis & asexual vs. sexual reproductive strategies
How are traits inherited?
8
13 & 14
9
Textbook
Chapter(s)
Days of
Unit
Coverage
12
Suggested Investigations, Activities, and Projects
C ferns
Virtual Fly Lab
Marshmallow Babies
Video: Blueprint of Life (573.2GEN)
Comparing Inherited Human Trains/Tree Activity
Case of the Hooded Murderer
Reading Activity – Supplementary Topic 5 with article discussion question
Computer Activities:
Genes & Blood Type, What are Blood Types, and What are Blood
Transfusions? @ http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/basics/blood
What Can Our Chromosomes Tell Us? @ http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/disorders/karyotype
Finding a Gene on a Chromosome Map
Find the Gene for Whirling Disorder @ http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/disorders/pedigree
Illinois State Goals
met
12.A.4a
12.A.5b
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Topics
DNA
Technology
Concepts
What are the basic aspects of recombinant
DNA technology and genetic engineering?
Textbook
Chapter(s)
Days of
Unit
Coverage
15
11
12
8
Suggested Investigations, Activities, and Projects
Illinois State Goals
met
Simulating DNA Typing
Reading Activity – Gene Doping
Recombinant DNA Activity
Video: The DNA Revolution (575.1DNA)
Paper Electrophoresis Activity
Video: Biotechnology: Plants, Animals and People (660.6PLA)
Colorgram: Recombinant DNA
Computer Activities:
Review Using Karyotypes to Predict a Genetic Disorders @ http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/disorders/karyotype/karyotypeinfo.cfm
What are Genetic Disorders? @ http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/disorders/whataregd
How Do Mutations Cause Genetic Discorders? @ http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/disorders/proteinrole
Do the How do Mutations Cause Genetics Disorders? Activity and What is Gene Therapy? @ http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/genetherapy/whatisgt
Gene Delivery: The Key to Gene Therapy @ http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/genetherapy/gtdelivery
Go back to the “What is Gene Therapy” site and continue through the
Cystic Fibrosis Case Study (found on the right of the screen)
Video: Murder, Rape and DNA (614.1MUR)
Gel Electrophoresis
Stem Cell Project
Thermocycler
13.A.4c
13.B.5b
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Topics
Evolution
Diversity
Why are there so many different living things?
Concepts
Why are there so many different living things?
Textbook
Chapter
P, 17,19
13, 14
Evolution
18
15,
Microbes
16, Plants
17, Animals
Days of
Unit
Coverage
12
Suggested Investigations, Activities, and Projects
“Who Ate the Beans?” Investigating Natural Selection
Colorgram 6-1: The Origin of Organic Molecules
Video: One Voice in the Fugue
Origins: A WebQuest on Microevolution
Colorgram 6-2: The Origin of Life
Fossil Hunt: Cartoon Activity
Comparative Anatomy and Evolutionary Adaptations Field Study
(Lincoln Park Zoo Fieldtrip)
Video: Classification
Video: 5 Kingdoms of Life
Activity: Bugs vs. Birds
Illinois State Goals met
12.A.4c
12.A.4c
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Niles North
Niles West
Prologue: Biology and the Molecular Perspective
Chapter 1: Biology Today
Objectives: Students should be able to:
Illinois State Goals/Standard and Benchmarks
1. Identify and explain the role of the following with regard to scientific methodology:
a) Observation
b) Hypothesis
c) Controlled Experiment
d) Data Collection & Analysis
e) Variables:
- Controlled
- Experimental
- Dependent
- Independent
2. Design a lab and communicate the results to an audience using proper
scientific format
11.A.4a
11.A.4b
11.A.4c
11.A.4f
13.A.4a
13.A.4b
13.A.5a
13.A.5b
13.A.5c
13.A.4d
Chapter 1: The Chemistry of Life
Chapter 2: Essential Chemistry for Biology
Chapter 3: Molecules of Life
Objectives: Students should be able to:
Illinois State Goals, Standards and Benchmarks
3. Explain the relationships among atoms, isotopes, ions, molecules,
elements, and compounds.
4. Describe the types of chemical bonds: covalent (polar and non-polar),
ionic, and hydrogen.
12.C.4b
12.C.4b
5. Define pH, and explain why it is important that pH remains within
natural limits.
6. Relate the characteristics and functions of the four classes of
macromolecules.
7. Describe dehydration synthesis and hydrolysis reactions and their
relationship to organic molecules
8. Describe how the polarity of water is responsible for the following
characteristics:
- Adhesion
- Cohesion
- Moderation of Temperature
- Changes in Density
- Versatile Solvent
12.A.5a
12.A.4b
12.A.4b
12.C.5b
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Chapter 2: Energy, Life and the Biosphere
Chapter 5: The Working Cell (pp. 72-79)
Objectives : Students should be able to:
Illinois State Goals, Standards and Benchmarks
9. Explain why organisms need energy, how they obtain it, and the implications that the first and second laws of bioenergetics
(thermodynamics) have for living systems.
10. Explain why enzymes are so critical to organisms, how enzymes
catalyze biological reactions by lowering the energy of activation,
and the environmental factors affect the activity of enzymes.
11. Summarize the importance of ATP in cellular energy transfer.
12.C.4a
12.A.4b
12.A.4b
Chapter 24: Ecosystem Structure and Function and
Chapter 25: Change in Ecosystems
Chapter 18 The Ecology of Organisms and Populations
Chapter 19: Communities and Ecosystems
Chapter 20: Human Impact on the Environment
Objectives : Students should be able to:
12. Describe the relationship between autotrophs and heterotrophs in
determining the flow of energy and nutrients in the ecosystem, define the
trophic levels that occur in most ecosystems and explain how energy
flow through trophic level structure results in an energy pyramid; state
the 10% rule of energy pyramids and explain its significance.
Illinois State Goals,
Standards and Benchmarks
12.B.4a
13. Compare the following types of interactions between species in a community: competition, predation, parasitism, mutualism and
commensalism. Give an example of each.
14. Explain how carbon nitrogen, and water are recycled in an
ecosystem.
15. Distinguish between exponential and logistic growth models of
16.
population growth, explaining the effects of existing population
size, limiting factors, and carrying capacity of growth rate.
17. Identify the levels of ecological organization (biosphere, ecosystem,
community, population) and describe their interrelationship.
12.B.4a
12.B.4a
12.B.4b
12.B.4a
Chapter 4: Autotrophy: Collecting Energy from the Nonliving Environment
Chapter 7: Photosynthesis: Using Light to Make Food
Objectives: Students should be able to:
Illinois State Goals,
Standards and Benchmarks
18. State the importance of photosynthesis and identify the plant structures that are involved in photosynthesis.
19. Identify the sources and destinations of the reactants and products of the light reactions and Calvin Cycle and their location within a chloroplast.
20. Identify environmental factors that affect the rate of photosynthesis and lead to photorespiration and explain the adaptations that plants have evolved to overcome these factors.
21. Describe the impacts of photosynthesis on global climate change.
12.A.4b
12.A.4b
12.B.4a
12.B.4a
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Chapter 5: Cell Respiration: Releasing Chemical Energy
Chapter 6: Cellular Respiration; Obtaining Energy From Food
Objectives: Students should be able to:
Illinois State Goals,
Standards and Benchmarks
22. Describe the three stages of cellular respiration, determine the
relative amount of ATP produced in each, and identify how ATP is
produced in each stage.
23. Relate the three stages of cellular respiration to their location within a cell and whether they are anaerobic or aerobic processes.
24. Explain the significance of the electron transport system to cellular
respiration and how it is related to the chemiosmotic production of ATP
and the consumption of oxygen in the cell.
25. Describe the connection between fermentation and glycolysis and why
it is valuable to a cell.
12.A.4b
12.A.4b
12.A.4b
12.A.4b
26. Describe the two ways that ATP is made within a cell (chemiosmosis
and substrate-level phosphorylation)
27. Describe the connections between cellular respiration and
photosynthesis and their relationship to living things
12.A.4b
12.A.4b
Chapter 6: Cell Structures and Their Functions
Chapter 4: A Tour of the Cell
Objectives: Students should be able to:
28. Explain the basic tenets of the cell theory.
29. Distinguish between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells; identify the cell structures and functions of each.
Illinois State Goals, Standards and Benchmarks
12.A.4b
12.A.4b
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Chapter 3: Exchanging Materials with the Environment
Chapter 5: The Working Cell (pp. 80-85)
Objectives: Students should be able to:
Illinois State Goals, Standards and Benchmarks
12.A.4b
30. Discuss the structure and function of membranes in living organisms.
31. Describe how materials are passively exchanged across membranes via the following processes:
- Diffusion
- Facilitated Diffusion
- Osmosis
32. Explain the signficance of hypertonic, hypotonic, and isotonic
environments on the movement of water in living organisms.
33. Describe how materials are actively exchanged across membranes via the following processes:
- Active Transport
- Endocytosis
- Exocytosis
12.A.4b
12.A.5a
12.A.4b
12.A.5a
12.A.4b
12.A.5a
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Chapter 8: The Cell Cycle
Chapter 8: Cellular Reproduction: Cells from Cells (pp. 120-129)
Objectives: Students should be able to:
1. Describe the four phases of the cell cycle and how they are
controlled.
Illinois State Goals, Standards and Benchmarks
12.A.4b
12.A.4b
2. Describe the changes that occur to chromosomes throughout the
cell cycle.
3. Summarize the events of DNA replication and evaluate the
importance of correcting DNA replication errors.*
4. Describe the stages of mitosis and compare and contrast mitosis
in plant and animal cells.
12.A.4b
12.A.4b
*This outcome will be addressed in Chapter 10 of Essential Biology at West.
Chapter 9: Expressing Genetic Information
Chapter 10: Structure and Function of DNA
Objectives: Students should be able to:
5. Describe the structure of DNA.
6. Explain the connection between DNA and RNA in protein
synthesis; describe the genetic code and its role in protein
synthesis.
7. Explain why proteins are important to biological systems.
8. Summarize the events that occur in RNA processing.
9. Identify the different types of RNA and describe their functions.
Illinois State Goals, Standards and Benchmarks
12.A.4b
12.A.4a
12.A.4b
12.A.4b
12.A.4b
12.A.4b
Chapter 12: Reproduction
Chapter 8: Cellular Reproduction: Cells from Cells (pp.130-140)
Objectives: Students should be able to:
Illinois State Goals, Standards
and Benchmarks
12.A.4b
10. Explain the importance of meiosis in maintaining chromosome
numbers and identify the stages of meiosis.
11. Compare and contrast meiosis and mitosis.
12. Explain how events in meiosis contribute to genetic variation.
12.A.4b
12.A.4b
12.A.5b
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Chapter 13: Patterns of Inheritance
Chapter 9: Patterns of Inheritance
Objectives: Students should be able to:
13. Explain the relationship among alleles, genes, chromosomes,
genotype and phenotype.
14. Apply the principles of probability to monohybrid crosses,
dihybrid crosses, and test crosses.
15. Explain the reasoning that led to the development of Mendel’s
principles of segregation and independent assortment.
16. Describe the following types of inheritance: complete
dominance, incomplete dominance, codominance, gene linkage,
sex-linkage, and multiple alleles.
17. Summarize the effects of nondisjunction in the context of a
karyotype.
Illinois State Goals, Standards and Benchmarks
12.A.4a
12.A.5b
10.C.4a
10.C.4c
11.A.5d
12.A.4a
12.A.5b
12.A.4a
12.A.5b
12.A.4b
Chapter 15: Advances in Molecular Genetics
Chapter 11: How Genes are Controlled
Chapter 12: DNA Technology
Objectives: Students should be able to:
18. Explain the universality of the genetic code.
19. Describe the following technologies and their role in biotechnology: gel electrophoresis, PCR, and gene cloning.
Illinois State Goals, Standards and Benchmarks
12.A.5b
13.A.4c
13.B.5b
13.B.5b
13.A.4c
Prologue
Chapter 16: Population Genetics
Chapter 19: Changes in Species
Chapter 13: How Populations Evolve
Chapter 14: How Biological Diversity Evolves
Chapter in BSCS book
P.
19
16
16
19
Objectives: Students should be able to:
20. Summarize Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection, and apply this theory to how organisms change over time.
21. Cite evidence from fossils, homologies, embryology,
biogeography, and molecular biology that support the
theory of evolution.
22. Explain and apply the Hardy Weinberg Model
23. Explain genetic drift, gene flow, and mutation and their effects on microevolution.
24. Discuss isolation mechanisms that can cause
speciation.
Illinois State Goals, Standards and Benchmarks
12.A.4c
12.A.4c
12.A.4c
12.A.4c
12.A.4c
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Chapter 18: Diversity and Variation
Chapter 15: The Evolution of Microbial Life
Chapter 16: Plants, Fungi and the Move onto Land
Chapter 17: The Evolution of Animals
Objectives: Students should be able to:
Illinois State Goals, Standards and Benchmarks
12.A.4c
25. Describe the classification hierarchy used to categorize
organisms and how they relate to one another.
26. Describe the general characteristics of the 5 kingdoms.
12.A.4c
ACT-Style Assessment
Objectives: Students should be able to:
27. Apply scientific reasoning to answer the following types of ACT
questions regarding semester content:
- Data Interpretation
- Research Summary
- Conflicting Viewpoints
Illinois State Goals, Standards and Benchmarks
11.A.4c
11.A.4d
13.A.4b
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