OAKHAVEN EARLY COLLEGE HIGH- SYLLABUS
1st Nine Weeks
Course Title: Biology
Teacher Name: Mrs. Anderson
Course Meeting Time: Daily (Rm#205)
Teacher Email: andersonkj@mcsk12.net
Course Description
Biology is a course in which students continue their study of living things. Through a balance of classroom
and laboratory work, students will explore the following: basic life processes at the molecular, cellular,
systemic, organismal, and ecological levels of organization within the biosphere; interdependence and
interactions within the environment to include relationships, behavior, and population dynamics; cultural
and historical scientific contributions of men and women; evidence that supports biological evolution; and
current and future technologies.
Elements of the Class:
Bell work (Daily)
Cornell Note-taking (Daily)
Lecture/Discussion/Q & A (Weekly)
Videos and virtual experiences
(Weekly)
 Concept Mapping (Weekly)
 Independent work (assignments,
quizzes, tests) (Daily)
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 Cooperative learning assignments
(Weekly)
 Projects (at least 1 major project each
nine weeks)
 Hands on activities (Weekly)
 Lab experiments w/lab reports
(Biweekly)
 Science Article Critiques (Biweekly)
 Homework Assignments (Daily)
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Technology Applications:
The use of technology will be integrated into daily lessons, homework assignments, projects, and
laboratory experiments. Students will use their school issued GaggleTN accounts to submit most
assignments for this course. Additionally, students will use the web as a resource in the completion
of in class assignments and projects.
Web Resources:
- www.biologygmh.com
- memphis.gaggletn.com
- ohssciencewiz.wikispaces.com
Student Expectations:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Promptly arrive to class fully prepared to learn each day.
Be in your seat when the bell rings and begin work immediately
Always have respect for yourself, teachers, administrators, and peers
Raise your hand and wait for permission to speak and get out of your seat
Follow directions the 1st time they are given
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OAKHAVEN EARLY COLLEGE HIGH- SYLLABUS
1st Nine Weeks
Supplies Needed: Pencils, Blue/Black Pens, Composition Book, 1 Gb Flash Drive
Grading Policy
a. MCS grading scale
A=93-100
B=85-92
C=76-84
b. How Grades are Calculated
D=70-75
F=Below 70
I=Incomplete
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Quizzes/Tests (40%)
Lab Exams/Lab Reports (25%)
Homework (5%)
Projects (15%)
Classwork/Class Participation (15%)
Late Work Policy:
1. For excused absences, work may be turned in for full credit within 2 days of returning to class (this includes
missed quizzes and tests)
2. For unexcused absences, work may be turned in for full credit on the day that you return from an absence.
There will be a penalty of a letter grade/day for each assignment missed if it is not turned in by the deadline.
Required Texts:
Glencoe Science Biology (Tennessee Edition)
Academic Honesty Policy
Oakhaven
Early College
High
Attendance Policy- Students are expected
to attendSchool
each class on time!
a. Academic honor is strictly enforced
b. Any evidence of cheating and/or plagiarism will result in the following: 1 st Forfeiture of students’
grade on assignment in question and 2nd Parental Contact will be made
c. If behavior continues, students’ name will be submitted to Main Office for Administrative Discipline
a. Excused tardies/absences- submit a request through your Gaggle account for make-up work
i.
Place you’re excuse in the basket on my desk and retrieve missed items from absentee folder. Do
not forget to sign the homework folder.
ii.
Begin Bellwork/Classwork
iii.
Ask your peers for help on any missed assignment(s) FIRST.
b. Unexcused tardies/absences- work is due upon return to class in order to avoid penalties (see Late Work
Policy). Students with multiple tardies and/or absences will receive parental and administrative
notification.
1st 9 Weeks -Essential
Biology
Scientific Method
observation
hypothesis
experiment
experimental group
Vocabulary (Use Concept Mapping withVocabulary)
control group
independent variable
dependent variable
controlled variables
theory
law
bias
inference
organisms
biomolecules
carbohydrates
proteins
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OAKHAVEN EARLY COLLEGE HIGH- SYLLABUS
1st Nine Weeks
lipids
nucleic acids
monosaccharides
disaccharides
polysaccharides
glucose
amino acids
enzymes
activation energy
DNA
RNA
Cells
eukaryotic cells
prokaryotic cells
organelles
cell membrane
cell wall
cytoplasm
nucleus
vacuoles
ribosome
mitochondria
chloroplast
vacuole
lysosome
nucleolus
golgi apparatus
endoplasmic reticulum
phospholipid bilayer
active transport
protein pump
passive transport
diffusion
osmosis
hyper/ hypotonic solution
concentration gradient
facilitated diffusion
photosynthesis
cellular Respiration
aerobic respiration
anaerobic respiration
glycolysis
kreb's cycle
electron transport chain
mitosis
meiosis
1st Nine Weeks State Performance Indicators (SPI):
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SPI 3210 Inq.1
Select a description or scenario that reevaluates and/or extends a
scientific finding.
SPI 3210 Inq.2
Analyze the components of a properly designed scientific investigation.
SPI 3210 Inq.3
Determine appropriate tools to gather precise and accurate data.
SPI 3210 Inq.4
Evaluate the accuracy and precision of data.
SPI 3210 Inq.5
Defend a conclusion based on scientific evidence.
SPI 3210 Inq.6
Determine why a conclusion is free of bias.
SPI 3210 Inq.7
Compare conclusions that offer different, but acceptable explanations for
the same set of experimental data.
SPI 3210.Math.1
Interpret a graph that depicts a biological phenomenon.
SPI 3210.Math.2
Predict the outcome of a cross between parents of known genotype.
SPI 3210.1.1
Identify the cellular organelles associated with major cell processes.
SPI 3210.1.2
Distinguish between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
SPI 3210.1.3
Distinguish among proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, and nucleic acids.
SPI 3210.1.4
Identify positive tests for carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins.
SPI 3210.1.5
Identify how enzymes control chemical reactions in the body.
SPI 3210.1.6
Determine the relationship between cell growth and cell reproduction.
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OAKHAVEN EARLY COLLEGE HIGH- SYLLABUS
1st Nine Weeks
SPI 3210.1.7
Predict the movement of water and other molecules across selectively
permeable membranes.
SPI 3210.1.8
Compare and contrast active and passive transport.
SPI 3210.3.2
Distinguish between aerobic and anaerobic respiration.
SPI 3210.3.3
Compare and contrast photosynthesis and cellular respiration in terms
of energy transformation.
Course Breakdown Week-by-Week
DATES
WEEK 1
August
8-12
MONDAY
August
15-19
SPI
3210.1.3-1.5
WEEK 3
August
22-26
SPI
3210.1.3-1.5
WEDNESDAY THURSDAY
-Introduction & - Intro. to Biology -Scientific Inquiry
-Chemical
Orientation to
- Overview of
& Investigation
Bonding
Class
study skills, note
-Atoms,
-Diagramming
-overview of
taking skills, lab
Elements, &
Ionic vs Covalent
rules,
safety, and
Compounds (6.1)
Bonds
expectations,
technology use
- Test for Simple
and syllabus
Sugars (Group
Minilab pg 154)
SPI 3210
Inq.1-7
WEEK 2
TUESDAY
-Vocabulary
Review & Quiz
-Enzymatic
Browning
Activity
- Vocabulary
Review & Quiz
Nutrition Label
Analysis
Data Analysis Lab
FRIDAY
-Chemical
Reactions and
Enzymes (6.2)
-Balancing
Equations
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-Chemical vs
Physical Change
Demo
Water’s Polarity -What the pH?
-Carbon-the
(6.3)
-Determining pH building block Distinguish among
-Examining
of common
structure &
Mixtures of
solutions
Distinguish
function of
Water
-Buffers
among structure Macromolecules
-Acids vs Bases
& function of
Macromolecules
In the Field (pH BioLab-enzymatic
and alkalinity)
reactions
-Lab Overview
Exam Review
Exam #1
Chemistry in
Biology (Chapter
6)
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OAKHAVEN EARLY COLLEGE HIGH- SYLLABUS
1st Nine Weeks
The History of -Light vs Electron Basic Cell Types
WEEK 4 the Microscope
Microscopes
-Homeostasis of
August
and Cell
Discovery of Cells
the Cell
29Discovery (7.1)
(MiniLab 7.1)
-The Plasma
September -Compound
Membrane (7.2)
2
Microscope
Activity
SPI
3210.1.1-1.2,
1.6-1.7
Holiday
WEEK 5
September
5-9
-Vocabulary
Review & Quiz
-Comparison of
Cell Types
SPI
3210.1.1-1.2,
1.6-1.7
DATES
MONDAY
TUESDAY
Vocabulary
Review & Quiz
Making Pickles!
WEEK 6
Sept. 12-16
Cell Trafficking –
Data Analysis 7.2
Osmosis vs.
Facilitated
Diffusion
WEDNESDAY
-Modeling the -Data Analysis Lab
Semifluidity of
7.1
the Plasma
-Review of
Membrane
Microscope
Technology and
Cell Theory
-Cellular Structure
Cellular
Structures and
Functions (TNotes)
THURSDAY
Cellular Transport
-Diffusion Demo
and discussion
FRIDAY
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Diffusion and Exam Review (Game Exam #2 Cellular
Osmosis BioLab
Show)
Structure and
Active Transport
Function
-Review of
Cellular Transport
-Lab Overview
SPI
Osmosis MiniLab
3210.1.7-1.8
7.2
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OAKHAVEN EARLY COLLEGE HIGH- SYLLABUS
1st Nine Weeks
Launch Lab-How Cellular Energy
Cellular
MiniLab 8.1
WEEK 7
is Energy
and Energy
Metabolism and (Photosynthesis vs.
Transformed? Transformations
ATP
Cellular Respiration)
Sept. 19-23
(8.1)
-MiniLab 8.1
Part 2
(Photosynthesis
-What is
How do
vs. Cellular
photosynthesis?
Organisms Obtain Respiration) Part
Energy?
1
SPI
3210.3.2-3.3
-Photosynthesis The Calvin Cycle
Demo (Elodea) and Alternative
-Visualizing the
Pathways
Sept. 26-30 ETC (Electron -Photosynthesis
Transport Chain)
Review
WEEK 8
SPI
3210.3.2-3.3
WEEK 9
Oct. 3-7
SPI
3210.3.2-3.3
WEEK 10
Oct. 10-14
All SPI’s
Cellular
Respiration
-Energy
Expenditure
Activity
Glycolosis and the
Kreb’s Cycle
-Diagramming
Pathways,
Summarizing
The Light
Reactions
-Observing
Chloroplasts
The Electron
transport Chain
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-Vocabulary
Photosynthesis
Virtual LabBioLab- How do
Photosynthesis,
Review and Quiz and Respiration- Photosynthesis
different
Respiration and
-Anaerobic
a Comparison and Respiration wavelengths of light the Ecosystem
Respiration
affect the rate of
-Data Analysis
photosynthesis?
Lab 8.1
Nine Week
Review for
Projects Due Cumulative exam
(presentations if
nec.)
9 week Exam
-Exam Make-up day
-Make-up
assignment day
-Pre-reading
“Cellular
Reproduction”
Fall Break
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