Biology 2013 – 2014
Week
Semester One Schedule
Dates
Week 1
September 5-7
.
Topics
Assignments
Intro class expectations, lab procedures,
safety, permsion forms, What is biology?,
Systems, Scale, Organic vs. Inorganic
COLLECT BOTTLES
Baseline Bio Pretesting,
Chemistry review: atomic structure,
bonds, water (polar, solvent)
Microscope lab. Cell vs. Molecule,
organic vs. inorganic
Ethanol demo
Process and flow of Matter and Energy in
living things, essential question, What is
food (organic matter) for animals?
Decomposer lab set up, Plant lab set up
Cycle 2 PRE-TEST (hibernating bear)
(carbohydrates, fats, proteins)
Macromolecules, chemical nature of
food, nutrition labels
Signed syllabus(student & parent)
Lab Fee/Form
Biochem PRE-TEST
Chemical nature of food, molecular
modeling, and biosynthesis
Location of digestion, etc
Protein structure/function (intro)
Respiration – burning sugar (NCOSP labs)
Anaerobic respiration (fermentation of
yeast lab) Matter and Energy diagrams
Photosynthesis-How do plants make and
use their own food? Starch and plants.
Stomata lab. Rate of photosynthesis lab.
ANALYZE PLANT GROWTH DATA
Grandma Johnson PRE-TEST
Decomposition: analyze lab data, role of
fungus and bacteria
Carbon cycle, global warming, ocean
acidification
Quiz: atomic structure, water,
carbs, proteins, and fats
Carbon and Energy worksheets
Set up Lab Books
On-line Text Book Chapter Review Qs
Specimen & Cell Microscopy
Atomic Structure worksheets
Week 2
September 10-14
Week 3
September 18-21
Week 4
LA,ER
September 24-28
Week 5
October 1-5
Week 6
October 8-12
Week 7
October 15-19
Week 8
October 22-26
Week 9
LA,ER
Oct 29-November 2
Cells, organelles, cytoskeleton
Cell Models depicting protein
synthesis
Week 10
November 5-9
Cell microscopy lab: plant vs. animal
cells, pro vs. eukaryotic cells
Cell membrane (polar vs nonpolar
molecules, water and lipids)
Week 11
November 12-16
Vets Day 11/11
Cell transport, active and passive
Diffusion lab (dialysis tubing
Cell microscopy lab report
Test: Cellular Respiration,
Photosynthesis, matter and energy
transfers
Decomposition presentations
Diffusion lab report,
Questions, Hypothesis, and
Method for plant experiment
Carbon and Energy worksheets
Questions, Hypothesis, and
Method for decomposition exp.
Binder check
Carbon and Energy worksheets
Test: Bonds, macromolecules,
dehydration synthesis, and
hydrolysis
Carbon and Energy worksheets
Photosynthesis lab report
Matter transfer diagrams
Energy Transfer diagrams
Binder Check
Quiz: Cell Respiration, ATP, carbon
and energy transfers
Week 12
November 19-23
Decomposition lab presentations
(Thanksgiving break short week.)
Osmosis lab (egg lab) Cell division, DNA
replication mitosis lab, animation project
Cell cycle regulation: internal and
external controls
Cancer: unregulated cell growth
Cancer genetics, BRCA genetics,
bioinformatics
Plant lab report/presentations
Week 13
November 26 -30
Week 14
December 3-7
Week 15
December 10-14
Week 16
December 17-21
Bacteria /skin microbes lab.
Winter
Break
Week 17
Dec 22-January 6
Break
Question, Hypothesis, and Method
for bacteria lab
Get Outdoors!
January 7-11
Week 18
January 14-18
Roles of bacteria: pathogens,
decomposers, nitrogen fixation
Viruses (basics, compare to bacteria,
cells vs. noncell)
Population ecology of bacteria: carrying
capacity, growth curve
Osmosis lab report,
Mitosis lab report
Quiz: Cell membrane, organelles,
and transport
Cell cycle website worksheet
NWABR bioinformatics worksheets
Readings and Questions of bacteria
and viruses
Bacteriology lab report
Quiz: Bacteria and viruses
Bryson ch 16
compare to humans, other organisms
Week 19
January 21-26
MLK Day
Week 20
Jan28-Febuary 1
Finals Week
Biology 2012 – 2013
Study for finals!!!!
Semester Two Schedule
Week
Dates
Topics
Week 1
February 4-8
Initial ideas about stem cells
Embryology, differentiation
Stem cells , start planaria lab
Stem cell ethics
Reflect on initial ideas about stem cells
Stem cell readings and questions
LA,ER
Assignments
Week 2
February 11-15
Stem cell ethics reflection
Test: Planaria and stem cells
Mid
winter
break
Week 3
February 15-18
Vacation
Bryson, A Short History of Everything
Get outdoors!!!
February 19-22
Bryson ch 16
Planaria lab report
Genetics worksheets
Week 4
Feb 25- March 1
Mendelian Genetics & meiosis with
airheads/pipecleaner models
Vocab: genotype, phenotype,
homozygous, heterozygous, etc
Traits inventory
Transcription and Translation
Gene to protein
Week 5
LA,ER
March 4-8
Genetic Diseases: SCD, CF
Gene to protein to disease
Bryson ch 18
Quiz: Genetics
Sickle Cell Poster
Bryson ch 17
Central dogma worksheets
Week 6
March 11-14
PD/no school 3/15
Proteins and Enzymes, Peroxidase
Restriction enzymes, gel
electrophoresis
SCD gel diagnosis lab
Gel electrophoresis and forensics
Fingerprint lab
Bryson ch 19
Sickle Cell lab report
Peroxidase lab report
Week 7
March 18-22
Week 8
March 25-29
Immune system, viruses
World Health Week: TB, HIV, Malaria
April 1-5
Evolution/Age of the Earth – Plate
tectonics, Deep time, Radioactive
dating, Fossils
Field Study: Climate Garden
Evolution – Natural selection,
molecular evidence Cambrian
explosion, tetrapod evolution, whale
evolution
Spring Break
Bryson ch 21
Immune system website questions
Malaria research for town meeting
Quiz: Immune system and global
health
Bryson ch 22
Deep time website questions
Week 9
Bryson ch 20
Test: Genetics and central dogma
Week 10
April 8-12
Bryson ch 23
Whale evolution worksheets
Spring
Break
Week 11
April 13-21
April 22-26
Human Evolution, skull lab, Lucy
Climate garden data collection
Week 12
April 29- May 3
Classification and animal phyla
Climate garden data collection
Week 13
May 6-10
Comparative Anatomy: how to
compare systems, pre-dissection
drawings, external anatomy drawings
Bryson ch 27
Pre-dissection drawings
Week 14
LA,ER
May 13-17
Comparative Anatomy: dissections,
posters, lab report
Bryson ch 28
Comparative anatomy report
Week 15
May 20-23
Ecology –– Puget sound beach geology,
zonation marine id and beach ecology
lab. Major animal phyla
Bryson ch 29
Marine life id cards
Week 16
May 28-31
Bryson ch 30
Week 17
June 3-7
Week 18
June 10-14
Intertidal Field Trip
Low tides May 28 -2.8@2pm and May
29 -1.7@ 3pm
Prep for EOC
Analyze intertidal data
Finals
Bryson ch 24
Get outdoors!!!
Bryson ch 25
Skull lab report
Test: Evidence for evolution, natural
selection
Bryson ch 26
Intertidal Ecology lab report
Study for Finals!!!!