Unit I – Biology in the 21st Century & Chemistry of Life
2014 – 2015 Bensalem High School: Honors Biology Calendar
Day/Date
Day 1
M: 8/25 (9th
grade only)
Day 2
T: 8/26
(10th-12th
only)
Day 3
W: 8/27
Day 4
Th: 8/28
Day 5
T: 9/2
Day 6
W: 9/3
Day 7
Th: 9/4
Class Work
Homework
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Introduce Course/Introduce each other
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Get papers signed
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Introduce Course/Introduce each other
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Get papers signed
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Chemistry Pre-Test
Scientific Method Lecture
Intro the Scientific Method Lab
Review HW
Scientific Method Lab
Complete Questions from Lab
Review HW
Lecture: Atoms (2.1) & Properties of Water
(2.2)
Check pH of household items
Review HW
Properties of Water Lab
Work On Lab Reports
Complete Lab Reports In Class Today
Review for Quiz Next Class
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Reinforcement 1.3
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Day 8
F: 9/5
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Day 9
M: 9/8
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Reinforcements 2.1 & 2.2
“Chemistry of Life” Study Guide
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Work on relating lab questions to class notes.
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Study For Quiz Next Class by completing an
outline and definitions of vocab terms for
chapter 2 sections 1 & 2
What’s in your food? (wkst)
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Reinforcement 2.3
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Work On Lab Reports
Study For Quiz Tomorrow by outlining chapter
2 section 3 and complete definitions of vocab
terms.
Reinforcement 2.4
Day 10
T: 9/9
Day 11
W: 9/10
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Review Lab reports
Quiz: 2.1, 2.2, & Properties of water lab
Begin Lecture: Carbon-Based Molecules
(2.3)
Review HW
Finish Lecture (2.3)
Group Work/Posters—Four Different
types of Bio molecules.
Each group presents one molecule to the
class.
Review HW
Food Types Lab
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Complete Lab Questions In Class Today
Review for Quiz Next Class
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Day 12
Th: 9/11
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Quiz: 2.3, & Food Lab
Begin Lecture: Chemical Reactions (2.4) &
Enzymes (2.5)& Dehydration Synthesis/
Hydrolysis (2.3)
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Unit I – Biology in the 21st Century & Chemistry of Life
Review Quiz
Review HW
Complete Lecture 2.4, 2.5
Intro work for the enzyme lab.
Review HW
Enzyme Lab
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Reinforcement 2.5
Day 14
M: 9/15
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Work on Lab reports
Day 15
T: 9/16
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Work on Lab Questions In Class
Review Lab
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Read Chapter 2 all sections. Do flashcards of all
bold-faced terms for sections 2.4, 2.5
Complete a summary/outline of sections 2.4,
2.5
Study for test on day 17
Read Chapter 2 all sections. Do flashcards of all
bold-faced terms for sections 2.4, 2.5
Complete a summary/outline of sections 2.4,
2.5
Study for test next class
Microscope Part Review Sheet
Day 13
F: 9/12
Day 16
W: 9/17
Day 17
Th: 9/18
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Review for test
Post Test Biochem
Test (Day 1 – 16 concepts  Chapters 1 &
2)
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Unit Vocab
ATP
Acid
Adhesion
Atom
Base
Biological Macromolecule
Carbohydrate
Catalyst
Cohesion
Dehydration synthesis
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)
Enzyme
Fact
Freezing Point
Hydrogen bond
Hydrogen ion
Hydrolysis
Hydroxide ion
Hypothesis
Inference
Ion
Law
Lipid
Molecule
Monomer
Neutral
Nonpolar
Nucleic acid
Observation
pH
Polar
Polymer
Principle
Products
Protein
Reactants
Solute
Solvent
Specific heat capacity
Substrate
Theory
Temperature
Unit I – Biology in the 21st Century & Chemistry of Life
Unit I – Biology in the 21st Century & Chemistry of Life
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Keystone Eligible Content covered in this unit:
BIO.A.1.1
Explain the characteristics common to all organisms.
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BIO.A.1.2
Describe the characteristics of life shared by all prokaryotic and eukaryotic
organisms.
Describe relationships between structure and function at biological levels of
organization.
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Compare cellular structures and their functions in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
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Describe and interpret relationships between structure and function at various levels
of biological organization (i.e., organelles, cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, and
multicellular organisms).
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BIO.A.2.1
Describe how the unique properties of water support life on Earth.
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BIO.A.2.2
BIO.A.2.3
Describe the unique properties of water and how these properties support life on
Earth (e.g., freezing point, high specific heat, cohesion).
Describe and interpret relationships between structure and function at various levels of
biochemical organization (i.e., atoms, molecules, and macromolecules).
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Explain how carbon is uniquely suited to form biological macromolecules.
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Describe how biological macromolecules form from monomers.
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Compare the structure and function of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic
acids in organisms.
Explain how enzymes regulate biochemical reactions within a cell.
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Describe the role of an enzyme as a catalyst in regulating a specific biochemical
reaction.
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Explain how factors such as pH, temperature, and concentration levels can affect
enzyme function.
BIO.B.3.3
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Distinguish between the scientific terms: hypothesis, inference, law, theory,
principle, fact, and observation.