Biology 2013-2014 Calendar
Quarter 1
W-Th
F-T
8/28-29
8/30-9/3
Introduction/Characteristics of Life
Hierarchy of Life/Themes of Biology
W-Th
F-M
9/4-5
9/6-9
Seminar: Death/Check for Understanding
Diversity Indices
T-W
Th-F
9/10-11
9/12-13
Diversity transects
MAPs/ Data Analysis: Diversity Transects
M-T
W-Th
F-M
9/16-17
9/18-19
9/20-23
Systematics/Dichotomous keys
Tree Walk/Intro to Skulls
Skull Lab
T-W
Th-F
9/24-25
9/26-27
Skull Lab
Plant Structure
M-T
W-Th
F-M
9/30-10/1 Food Webs
10/2-3
Pyramids/10% Rule
10/4-7
Assessment/Lab Practical
T-W
Th-M
10/8-9
10/10-14
Nutrient Cycles/Limiting Nutrients/Elodea-Snail
Elodea-Snail/Nutrients for Life
T-W
Th-F
10/15-16
10/17-18
Nutrients for Life/Climate
Nutrients for Life/Habitat/Niche/Competitive Exclusion
M-T
W-Th
10/21-22
10/23-24
Nutrients for Life/ Soil Organisms/Predation/Symbioses
Thinking Like A Mountain/Succession
Unit 1:
Ecology
Quarter 2
F-M
T-W
Th-F
10/25-28 Pop Growth/Carrying Capacity
10/29-30 Pop Regulation: Density Dep/Indep
10/31-11/1 Human Impacts/Invasive Sp
M-T
11/4-5
Guest Speaker: Local Issues
W-M
11/6-11
Atoms/Molecules/CHNOPS
T-W
Th-F
11/12-13
11/14-15
Water
Intro to Macromolecules: Dehydration synthesis/hydrolysis, Carbohydrates
M-T
W-Th
F-M
11/18-19
11/20-21
11/22-25
Carbohydrates Lab
Carbohydrates/Lipids
Lipids Lab
T(R)
11/26
Lipids Lab: Data Analysis/Nucleic Acids
M(W)
T-W
Th-F
12/2
12/3-4
12/5-6
Proteins Lab
Proteins: Structure
Enzymes Lab
M-T
W-Th
F-M
12/9-10
12/11-12
12/13-16
Enzymes Lab
Enzymes Lab
Cellular Organisms: Bacteria (Yogurt Lab)
T(R)
W-F
12/17
12/18-20
Microscope Lab
Semester Exams
M(W)
T-W
Th-F
1/6
1/7-8
1/9-10
Microscope Lab
Cellular Organisms: Bacteria and Protist microscope labs
Cells and Organelles
M-T
W-Th
1/13-14
1/15-16
Cell Boundaries: Osmosis/Diffusion Lab
Cell Boundaries: Osmosis/Diffusion Lab
C. Gay
8/20/13
Unit 2:
Molecular/Cellular
Biology
SSHS Biology
Quarter 3
T-W
Th-F
1/21-22
1/23-24
Check for Understanding/ATP
Cell Respiration: Song, Story, Lab
M-T
W-Th
F-M
1/27-28
1/29-30
1/31-2/3
Cell Respiration/Fermentation Lab
Check for Understanding/Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis Lab
T-W
Th-M
2/4-5
2/6-10
Cell SA/V
Cell Cycle: Mitosis
T-W
Th-F
2/11-12
2/13-14
Molecular Genetics: DNA Structure
Molecular Genetics: DNA Extraction/nucleic acid testing
M-T
W-Th
F-M
2/24-25
2/26-27
2/28-3/3
DNA Replication
DNA Replication/Mitosis revisited/Cancer
Check for Understanding /Protein Synthesis
T-W
3/4-5
Protein Synthesis
M-T
W-Th
F-M
3/10-11
3/12-13
3/14-17
Mutations
Introduction to Genetics, problems
Solving Genetics Problems
T-W
Th-F
3/18-19
3/20-21
Non-Mendelian Genetics
Check for Understanding/Meiosis, Linked Genes and Gene Maps
M-F
M-F
3/24-28
3/24-28
(CSAPs) Human Genetics
(CSAPs) Human Genetics
Unit 2:
Molecular/Cellular
Biology
Quarter 4
M-T
W-Th
F-M
3/31-4/1
4/2-3
4/4-7
Human Genetics Disorders Project
Human Genetics Disorders Project Assessment
Forensic DNA Fingerprinting
T-W
Th-M
4/8-9
4/10-14
Forensic DNA Fingerprinting
Forensic DNA Fingerprinting
T-W
Th-F
4/15-16
4/17-18
Check for Understanding/Rules of Science
Day the Universe Changed: Darwin’s Revolution
M-T
W-Th
F-M
4/28-29
4/30-5/1
5/2-5
Evolution: Predator and Prey
Evolution: Predator and Prey
Coevolution: Sexual Encounters of the Floral Kind
T-W
Th-F
5/6-7
5/8-9
Check for Understanding/History of Life
History of Life
M-T
W-Th
F-M
5/12-13
5/14-15
5/16-19
Fossil Layer Cake
Fossil Layer Cake
Fossil Layer Cake
T-W
Th-F
5/20-21
5/22-23
Cladistics and Caminicules
Caminicules
T-W
Th-F
5/27-28
5/29-30
MAPs
Final Exam Part I Ceremony/Evolutionary Classification
M-T
W-Th
6/2-3
6/4-5
Evolution and Ecology
Adaptations, Niches, and Ecology
F-W
6/6-11
Final Exam: Parts II and III
C. Gay
8/20/13
Unit 3:
Genetics and Evolution
SSHS Biology