IB Biology (SL & HL1) 2017-2018 Pacing Guide Month Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sep 2017 3 4 5 1st day of School 6 W Introductions Topic 1.1 7 L Topic 1.1 8 W Topic 1.1 9 10 11 L Topic 1.1 12 W Topic 1.2 13 L Topic 1.2 14 W Topic 1.3 15 L 1.3 IA Research Plan Due 16 17 18 W Topic 1.4 19 L Topic 1.4 20 W Topic 1.4 21 L Topic 1.4 QUIZ (1.1-1.3) 22 W Topic 1.5 QUIZ (1.1-1.3) 23 24 25 L Topic 1.5 Begin gathering/ purchasing IA materials 26 W Topic 1.6 27 L Topic 1.6 IA Materials Order Due (allow 2 weeks delivery for some items) 28 W Topic 1.6 29 L Topic 1.6 30 Oct 2017 1 2 W Topic 2.1 3 L Topic 2.1 4 W 1 Test (review due) 5 L Topic 1 Test (review due) 6 W Topic 2.2 7 8 9 Columbus Day 10 L Topic 2.2 11 (PSAT’s) (frehsmen conferences) ½ day 12 W 2.3 13 L Topic 2.3 14 15 16 W IA in class Materials brought to class for in Class IA’s 17 L IA in class 18 W IA in 19 L IA in class 20 W IA in class 21 22 23 L IA in class 24 W Topic 2.4 25 L Topic 2.4 26 W Topic 2.5 27 L Topic 2.5 28
Nov 2017 29 30 W Topic 2.6 *quarter week 31 L 2.6 1 W Topic 2.6 QUIZ (2.1-2.5) 2 L Topic 2.6 QUIZ (2.1-2.5) 3W Topic 2.7 4 5 6 L Topic 2.7 7 No School-grading day 8 W Topic 2.7 2nd quarter begins 9 L Topic 2.7 10 No Day 11 12 13 W Topic 2.8 14 L Topic 2.8 15 W Topic 2.9 16 L Topic 2.9 17 W Topic 3.1 18 19 20 L Topic 2 Test (review due) 21 W Topic 2 Test (review due) 22 No school - 23 Thanksgiving 24 No school 25 26 27 L Topic 3.1 28 W Topic 3.1 29 L Topic 3.1 Rough Draft IA Due (all classes) 30 W 3.1 1 L Topic 3.2 2 Dec 2017 3 4 W Topic 3.2 5 L Topic 3.2 6 W Topic 3.2 7 L Topic 3.3 QUIZ (3.1-3.2) 8 W Topic 3.3 QUIZ (3.1-3.2) 9 10 11 L Topic 3.4 12 W Topic 3.4 13 L Topic 3.4 Early Release 14 W Topic 3.4 15 L Topic 3.5 16 17 18 W Topic 3.5 19 L Topic 3.5 20 W Topic 3 Test (review due) 21 L Topic 3 Test (review due) 22 Winter Break 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 School-
Month Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Jan 2018 31 1 Winter 2 W Topic 4.1 3 L 4.1 4 W Topic 4.1 5 L Topic 4.1 6 7 8 W Topic 4.2 9 L Topic 4.2 10 W Topic 4.2 11 L 4.2 Materials for Project Due Start Project 12 W Topic 4.3 Materials for Project due 13 14 15 NO School - MLK 16 L Topic 4.3 17 W Topic 4.3 18 L Topic 4.3 *Quarter exams begin 19 W Topic 4.4 Final Draft IA Due (all classes) 20 Science Fair 21 22 L Topic 4.4 23W Topic 5.1 24 L Topic 4 Test (review due) 25 W Topic 4 Test (review due) 26 No School prep 27 28 29 L Topic 5.1 3rd quarter begins 30 W Topic 5.1 31L Topic 5.1 1 W Topic 5.2 2 L Topic 5.2 3 Feb 2018 4 5 W Topic 5.2 6 L Topic 5.2 7 W Topic 5.3 8 L Topic 5.3 QUIZ (5.1-5.2) 9 W Topic 5.3 QUIZ (5.1-5.2) 10 11 12 L Topic 5.3 13 W 5.4 14 L Topic 5.4 Early Release 15 W Topic 5.4 16 L Topic 5.4 17
18 19 No President’s Day 20 W Topic 5 Test (review due) 21 L Topic 5 Test (review due) 22 W Topic 6.1 23 L 6.1 24 25 26 W Topic 6.1 27 L 6.1 28 W Topic 6.2 1 L Topic 6.2 Tentative Due Date for Journal 2 W Topic 6.2 Tentative Due Date for Journal 3 Mar 2018 (Group 4 project Field Trip Pending to be scheduled this month) 4 5 L Topic 6.2 6 W Topic 6.2 7 L Topic 6.2 8 W Topic 6.3 QUIZ (6.1-6.2) 9 L Topic 6.3 QUIZ (6.1-6.2) 10 11 12 W Topic 6.3 13 L Topic 6.3 14 W Topic 6.3 15 L 6.4 16 W *Quarter exams begin Topic 6.4 17 18 19 L Topic 6.4 20 W Topic 6.4 21 L Topic 6.4 22 W Topic 6.5 23 L Topic 6.5 24 25 26 Spring 27 28 29 30 31 Apr 2018 1 2W Topic 6.5 3 L Topic 6.5 4 W Topic 6.6 5 L Topic 6.6 6 W Topic 6.6 7 8 9 No School for students Grade prep day 10L 4th quarter begins Topic 6.6 11W Topic 6 Test (review due) 12L Topic 6 Test (review due) 13W Option C.1 14
15 16L Option C.1 17 W Option C.2 18 L Option C.2 19 W Option C.2 20 L Option C.2 21 22 23 W Option C.3 24 L Option C.3 25 W Option C.3 26 L Option C.3 27 W Option C.4 28 May 2018 29 30 L Option C.4 1W Option C.4 2 L Option C.4 3 W Option C Test (review due) 4 L Option C Test (review due) 5 6 7 W REVIEW 8 L REVIEW 9 W REVIEW 10 L REVIEW 11 W REVIEW 12 13 14 L IB Exam Paper 1+2 (p.m.) 15 W IB Exam Paper 3 (a.m) 16 L Project and or Trips/Labs 17 W Project and or Field Trips/Labs 18 L PROM 19 20 21 W Senior Experience Begins SOL Adjusted Schedule Begin Biotechnology Labs for the remainder of the school year. 22 L SOL Adjusted Schedule 23 W SOL Adjusted Schedule 24 L SOL Adjusted Schedule 25 W SOL Adjusted Schedule 26 27 28 No School Memorial Day 29L 30W 31L 1W 2