Advanced Biology 2010-2011 Tentative Course Syllabus
Keep in mind that this is a tentative syllabus and will almost certainly change, but it gives you a good idea of the sequence of things…
Week of:
8/26 Ch 1 – Introduction: The Scientific Study of Life (Th/Fri only)
8/30 Ch 2 – The Chemical Basis of Life (Inorganic Chemistry/Properties of Water)
9/06 Labor Day (no school
9/07 Ch 3 – The Molecules of Cells (Properties of Carbon, Functional Groups, Macromolecules)
9/13 Test I – Chapters 1-3
Ch 4: A Tour of the Cell (Cellular properties and types, Cellular organelles)
9/20 Ch 5: The Working Cell (Cellular Transport)
Osmosis Lab
Assign Membrane Project (Due 10/05)
9/23 Wild Kingdom Day
9/27 Ch 6: How Cells Harvest Chemical Energy (Only through 6.8)
Test II – Chapters 4, 5 and 6.1-6.8
09/30 Midterm Trimester 1
10/4 Fall Break (No School)
10/05 Membrane Song Due, Ch 8: The Cellular Basis of Reproduction and Inheritance
Onion Root Tip Lab
10/11 Ch 8 Continued
Test III – Chapter 8
10/14 Parent-Teacher Conferences (No School)
10/18 Ch 9: Patterns of Inheritance
10/25 Test IV – Chapter 9
Ch 10: Molecular Biology of the Gene
Assign DNA Project (Due 11/08)
11/01 Ch 10 Continued, Ch 11: The Control of Gene Expression
11/08 DNA Project Due, Test V – Chapters 10 and 11
11/12 End of 1st Trimester
11/15 No School – Teacher Inservice
11/16 Ch 12: DNA Technology and the Human Genome
11/22-11/23 Senior Retreat Mon-Tues
Watch: GATTACA
11/24-11/28 Thanksgiving Break
11/29 DNA Technology Continued
Assign DNA Technology Issues Paper (Due 12/13)
12/06 Test VI – Chapter 12 and video
Watch: Cracking the Code of Life
12/13 DNA Technology Issues Paper Due, Midterm Review/Midterm
12/18-1/02 Holiday Break
1/03 (No School Mon) Ch 13: How Populations Evolve
1/10 Ch 14: The Origin of Species
1/14 End of 2nd Trimester 6 weeks
1/17 (No School Monday) Ch 15: Tracing Evolutionary History
1/24 Test VII – Chapters 13, 14, and 15
Ch 16: The Origin and Evolution of Microbial Life: Prokaryotes and Protists
1/31 Ch 16 Continued
Ch 17: Plants, Fungi, and the Colonization of Land
2/07 Ch 17 Continued
Possibly Floral Dissections
2/14 Test VIII – Chapters 16-17
Ch 18: The Evolution of Animal Diversity
Ch 18 Continued (possibly parts of Ch 19)
2/17-2/21 Winter Break
2/25 End of 2nd trimester
2/28 Test IX – Chapter 18
Ch 20: Unifying Concepts of Animal Structure and Function
3/07 Ch 21: Nutrition and Digestion
Assign/Begin Diet Log
3/14 Diet Log Due
Ch 21 Continued
Test X – Chapters 20 and 21
Ch 22: Respiration: the Exchange of Gases
3/21 Ch 22 Continued
Ch 23: Circulation
3/25 No School
3/28 Ch 23 Continued
Ch 24: Immune System (abbreviated)
4/01-4/10 Spring Break
4/11 Ch 25: Control of the internal environment
Overview of other organ systems??
Test XI – Chapters 22-25 (These chapters will not be covered in great detail)
4/15 End of 3rd Trimester 6 weeks
4/18 Ch 34: The Biosphere…
Assign Ecology Project (Due 5/07)
Ch 35: Population Dynamics
4/25 Ch 35 Continued
Ecology Lab??
Ch 36: Communities and Ecosystems
5/02 Ecology Project Due
Continue Ch 36
Test XII – Chapters 35 and 36
5/06 Derby Eve (No school)
5/09 Ch 38: Conservation Biology
Test XIII – Chapter 38
5/? Final Exam
Remember, all of these dates are tentative and will almost certainly change…
Some useful links to keep on hand…
Jason Johnson – 744-8590 Please do not call after 10pm.
Email: Jason.johnson@kcd.org – I use this for most communication
Webpages:
https://mybackpack.kcd.org -This will be used for sending out homework and where you can check your grade.
http://ww2.kcd.org/staff/johnson/classes/advbio.html (also linked at the bottom of every email) – Here you will find my personal study guides, RPS guides and glossary, as well as copies of the workbook pages.
http://www.aw-bc.com/campbell - Textbook Website that has all kinds of good study aids plus the online quizzes.