Okanagan Mission Secondary School
Science Department
Ms. A. Nickel
Biology 11H
Biology 11H: Course Outline
Welcome to Biology 11H! This is a fun and interesting course, which will expand
your mind and heighten your awareness of the world around you. In this course we will
be examining various aspects of the living organisms around us – from gymnosperms to
streptococci to nematods! Get ready to take an exciting journey into the intricacies of your
environment!
1) Evaluation
There are approximately 7 major tests for this part of the course, which occur about every 1-3
weeks. If you miss one of these tests YOU are responsible to make it up. YOU must contact me and
we will set up an appropriate time.
I do not allow students to re-take quizzes; however, I will drop the quiz mark if the student
proves to me that they understand the material in the unit/chapter test.
Each term will count for 40% of your FINAL mark; 20% will come from your final exam.
70% = Tests and Quizzes
+ 30% = Assignments and Labs
100% = TOTAL
Each student’s percentage will be converted into a letter grade based on the table below
A
= 86% - 100%
B
= 73% - 85.9%
C+
= 67% - 72.9%
C
= 60% - 66.9%
C= 50% - 59.9%
I
= Below 49.9%
2) Classroom Supplies
All students are required to have with them each class:
- Your notebook and lined paper
- 3 Pens (blue, red and a color of your choice)
- Pencil
- Colored pencils
- Eraser
- Ruler / protractor
- Calculator
Class Syllabus
Class Topic
Intro, Characteristics of Life, Chemicals of Life
Cells and Cell Processes
Evolution: History
Evolution: Lamarck and Darwin
Reading (pages)
Ch. 1 – 1, 2, 3
Ch. 2 – 3
Ch. 17 – 2; 15 – 1
Ch. 15 – 2, 3
TEST #1: Biology Basics
Evolution: Natural Selection
Evolution: Speciation
Evolution: Evidence of Evolution
Evolution: Evidence Continued
Evolution: Human Evolution
Evolution: Origin of Life
Taxonomy and Viruses
Ch. 15 – 3
Ch. 16 – 3
Ch. 16 – 1
Ch. 17 – 1
Ch. 32 – 3
Ch. 17 – 2, 3, 4
Ch. 18; Ch. 19 – 2,3
TEST #2: Evolution
Domain Archabacteria and Eubacteria
Continued
Phylum Porifera and Cnidaria
Ch. 19 – 1
Ch. 19 – 3
Ch. 26
TEST #3: MicroBiology
Phylum Platyhelminthes
Phylum Nematoda
Ch. 27 – 1
Ch. 27 – 2
TEST #4 Plants
Phylum Annelida
Phylum Mollusca
Phylum Arthropoda
Phylum Echinodermata
Lower Vertebrates and Fish
Ch. 27 – 3
Ch. 27 – 4
Ch. 28 – 1, 2, 3
Ch. 28 – 4
Ch. 30 -1, 2
TEST #5 Lower Inverts
Amphibians and Reptiles
Birds and Mammals
Plants: Algae and Bryophytes
Ch. 30 – 3; Ch. 31 - 1
Ch. 31 – 2; Ch. 32 – 1, 2
Ch. 20 – 3,4; Ch. 22 - 2
TEST #6 Higher Inverts
Plants: Ferns and Conifers
Plants: Angiosperms
Ch. 22 – 3,4; 24
Ch. 22 – 5; Ch. 23
TEST #7 Chordates
Review time
FINAL EXAM
“All things are difficult before they are easy”