Pre-AP BIOLOGY 3rdnd Quarter SYLLABUS
2011-2012
Ms. Mandy Love
BGJHS Room A5
Email: amanda.love@bgreen.kyschools.us
Website: http://www.bgreen.kyschools.us/
School phone: 270-796-2290
I.
Late/Make-up Work:
Make-up work will be allowed under certain circumstances. It is the STUDENT’S
RESPONSIBILITY to ask me about receiving make-up work. If make-up work is given, it
MUST be returned within five days after the assignment was given, and will not be made-up
during instruction time.
Retakes may be taken during a student’s study hall period after a unit test. Only one retake is
allowed per unit test.
II.
Behavior:
ANY MISBEHAVIOR in this class may result in immediate removal from the Pre-AP
Biology course. Misbehavior WILL NOT be tolerated as this is a fast past, high
intensity class.
III. Grading—YOU MUST HAVE A GRADE OF “B” or HIGHER to earn high school
credit for this class!!
Your grade will be determined by your scores on tests, quizzes,
labs, and classwork as follows:
60% TESTS
20% QUARTER FINAL
10% QUIZZES
10% ENGAGEMENT: Classwork, Homework, Labs,…
Topic
Organic
Molecules
Lab: McMush,
Organic
Compound
Tentative Course Schedule for 2011-2012—2nd QUARTER:
Unit Goals
I Cans…
Key Vocabulary
The students will:
*I CAN name the elements that are
 functional groups
1. Explain the difference
commonly found in organisms.
 monosaccharaides
between organic and inorganic
 disaccharides
compounds.
 polysaccharides
*I CAN describe the function(s) of
 carbohydrates
2. Describe the general structure carbohydrates, proteins, lipids,
 fatty acids
and function(s), including
and nucleic acid in an organism.
Foldable
Unit Test:
October 25
common functional groups, of
monosaccharaides, disaccharides,
polysaccharides, carbohydrates,
fatty acids, glycerol, glycerides,
lipids, amino acids, dipeptides,
polypeptides, proteins, and
nucleic acids.
*I CAN draw the common
functional groups.
*I CAN draw the chemical
structure of carbohydrates,
proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids.
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Cell Structure
and Function
Lab: Build a Cell,
Microscope Lab
Unit Test: Nov 2
Cell Transport
1. Illustrate how all cell
organelles work together by
describing the step-by-step
process of the translation of an
mRNA strand into a protein and
its subsequent processing by
organelles so that the protein is
appropriately packaged, labeled,
and eventually exported by the
cell.
* I CAN compare prokaryotic to
eukaryotic cells.
* I CAN compare and contrast
plant and animal cells.
*I CAN list the organelles found
inside plant and animal cells.
I CAN describe the functions of
cell organelles.
*I CAN contrast the structure and
function of components of cell
movement (e.g. cilia, flagella,
pseudopodia).
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1. Describe life processes at the
cellular level by describing how
molecules enter and leave the
cell.
* I CAN explain how the cell
controls movement of substances
both into and out of the cell.
*I CAN explain how the cell
controls the movement of
substances within the cell.
*I CAN contrast Active Transport
and Passive Transport.
*I CAN describe and contrast:
osmosis, diffusion, facilitate
diffusion, and active transport.
*I CAN explain how the cell
membrane maintains homeostasis.
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Active Transport
Passive Transport
Osmosis
Facilitative
Diffusion
1. Describe the function of
enzymes.
* I CAN describe the function of
enzymes in a chemical reaction.
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Enzyme
Chemical
Lab: Egg Lab,
Elodea Lab,
Bigger is Not
Always Better!
Unit Test: Nov 9
Enzymes
Labs: Liver
glycerol
glycerides
lipids
amino acids
dipeptides
Polypeptides
Proteins
nucleic acids
condensation
reaction
hydrolysis
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Cell
Prokaryotic
Eukaryotic
Membrane
Organelle
Cytoplasm
Endoplasmic
Reticulum
Golgi Body
Lysosome
Vacuole
Cell Wall
Nucleus
Cilia
Flagella
Pseudopodia
Catalyst Lab
Unit Test: Nov 16
Cellular
Energy
*I CAN describe how enzymesubstrate specificity works in
biochemical reactions.
Labs: DNA
Extraction,
Reading
Anticodons,
Imaginary
Creature From
Proteins
Webquest
Unit Test: Dec 15
Reaction
Catalyst
1. Describe the use of energy at
the cellular level.
*I CAN identify the cellular sites
of and follow through the major
pathways of anaerobic respiration.
*I CAN compare reactants and
products for each process.
*I CAN account for how aerobic
respiration produces more ATP
per monosaccharide.
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Anaerobic
Aerobic
Respiration
ATP
Photosynthesis
Pigments
Metabolism
1. Understand how genetic
structure and processes provide
the information for heredity.
*I CAN describe the basic
structure and function of DNA,
mRNA, amino acids, polypeptides,
and replication (e.g. replication,
transcription, and translation).
*I CAN describe the experiments
of major scientists in determining
both the structure and central
dogma of DNA.
*I CAN use mRNA codon charts to
determine amino acid sequences of
example polypeptides.
*I CAN use mRNA codon charts to
determine the effects of different
types of mutations on amino acid
sequence and protein structure
(e.g. sickle cell anemia resulting
from base substitution).
*I CAN describe how gene
suppression is regulated in
organisms such that specific
proteins are synthesized on when
they are needed by the cell
(allowing cell specialization).
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DNA
RNA
mRNA
amino acid
polypeptide
protein
replication
transcription
translation
codon
mutation
Labs:
Photosynthesis
Lab, Leaf Disk
Lab, Webquest
Unit Test: Dec 1
Structure of
DNA, RNA,
and Protein
Synthesis
Transduction
and
Transcription
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