Quarter 1

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Biology 2012-2013 Calendar

Quarter 1

W-Th 8/29-30

F-T 8/31-9/4

W-Th 9/5-6

F-M 9/7-10

T-W

Th-F

9/11-12

9/13-14

M-T 9/17-18

W-Th 9/19-20

F-M 9/21-24

T-W

Th-F

9/25-26

9/27-28

M-T 10/1-2

W-Th 10/3-4

M-T 10/8-9

W-Th 10/10-11

F-M 10/12-15

T-W

Th-F

10/16-17

10/18-19

Introduction/Characteristics of Life

Hierarchy of Life/Themes of Biology

Seminar: Death/Check for Understanding

Diversity Indices

Diversity transects

Diversity transects

Data Analysis: Diversity Transects

Seminar: Biodiversity

Systematics/Dichotomous keys

Tree Walk/Food Webs

Plant Structure/Pyramids/10% Rule

Skull Lab

Skull Lab

Assessment/Lab Practical

Nutrient Cycles/Limiting Nutrients/Elodea-Snail

Elodea-Snail/Soil analysis

Climate

Habitat/Niche/Competitive Exclusion

M-T 10/22-23 Soil Organisms

W-Th 10/24-25 Soil Organisms/Predation/Symbioses

Quarter 2

F-M 10/26-29 Thinking Like A Mountain/Succession

Unit 1:

Ecology

T-W

Th-F

M-T

10/30-31 Pop Growth/Carrying Capacity

11/1-2 Pop Regulation: Density Dep/Indep

11/5-6

W-M 11/7-12

Human Impacts/Invasive Spp

Guest Speaker: Local Issues

T-W 11/13-14 Biome Project: written assessment

Th-F

M-T

11/15-16

11/19-20

Atoms/Molecules/CHNOPS/Water

Water

M-T 11/26-27 Intro to Macromolecules: Dehydration synthesis/hydrolysis, Carbohydrates

W-Th 11/28-29 Carbohydrates Lab

F-M 11/30-12/3 Carbohydrates/Lipids

T-W

Th-F

12/4-5

12/6-7

M-T 12/10-11

W-Th 12/12-13

F-M 12/14-17

Lipids Lab

Proteins Lab

Proteins: Structure

Nucleic Acids

Enzymes Lab

Unit 2:

Molecular/Cellular

Biology

T-W

Th-F

12/18-19

12/20-21

M-T 1/7-8

W-Th 1/9-10

F-M 1/11-14

T-Th 1/15-17

Enzymes Lab

Assessment: Lab Practical

Microscope Lab

Cellular Organisms: Bacteria and Protist microscope labs

Cells and Organelles

Cell Boundaries: Osmosis/Diffusion Lab

C. Gay 8/18/12 SSHS Biology

Quarter 3

T-W

Th-F

1/22-23

1/24-25

M-T 1/28-29

W-Th 1/30-31

F-M 2/1-4

T-W 2/5-6

Th-M 2/7-11

T-W

Th-F

2/12-13

2/14-15

M-T

W-Th 2/27-28

F-M

2/25-26

3/1-4

T-W

Th-F

3/5-6

3/7-8

M-T 3/11-12

W-M 3/13-18

T-W

Th-F

3/19-20

3/21-22

M-F 3/25-29

Quarter 4

M-T 4/1-2

W-Th 4/3-4

F-M 4/5-8

T-W 4/9-10

Th-M 4/11-15

T-W

Th-F

4/16-17

4/18-19

M-T 4/29-30

W-Th 5/1-2

F-M 5/3-6

T-W

Th-F

5/7-8

5/9-10

M-T 5/13-14

W-Th 5/15-16

F-M 5/17-20

T-W

Th-F

5/21-22

5/23-24

T-W

Th-F

5/28-29

5/30-31

M-T 6/3-4

W-Th 6/5-6

F-W 6/7-12

Cell Boundaries: Osmosis/Diffusion Lab

Check for Understanding/ATP

Cell Respiration: Song, Story, Lab

Cell Respiration/Fermentation Lab

Check for Understanding/Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis Lab

Cell SA/V

Cell Cycle: Mitosis

Unit 2 Assessment: Molecular/Cellular Biology

Introduction to Genetics, problems

Solving Genetics Problems

NonMendelian Genetics

Meiosis, Linked Genes and Gene Maps

Check for Understanding/Human Genetics and Chromosomal Inheritance

Human Genetics Disorders Project

Human Genetics Disorders Project Assessment

Molecular Genetics: DNA Structure

Molecular Genetics: DNA Extraction

(CSAPs) DNA Replication

Unit 3:

Genetics and Evolution

Forensic DNA Fingerprinting

Forensic DNA Fingerprinting

Forensic DNA Fingerprinting

Check for Understanding /Protein Synthesis

Protein Synthesis

Mutations

Check for Understanding/Rules of Science

Day the Universe Changed: Darwin’s Revolution

Evolution and Natural Selection

Evolution: Predator and Prey

Evolution: Predator and Prey

History of Life/Check for Understanding

Fossil Layer Cake

Fossil Layer Cake

Fossil Layer Cake

Classification of flower parts

Coevolution: Sexual Encounters of the Floral Kind

Cladistics and Caminicules

Final Exam Part I Ceremony/Evolutionary Classification: Caminicules

Caminicules

Adaptations, Niches, and Ecology

Final Exam: Parts II and III

C. Gay 8/18/12 SSHS Biology

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