be necessary for exp. design) How do organisms capture, use, and store free energy? Harvesting Chemical Energy” Ch 10: “Photosynthesis,” Ch 12: “The Cell Cycle” Ch 13: “Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles” Ch 38: “Angiosperm Reproduction” Ch 46: “Animal Reproduction” Respiration vs. Photosynthesis Venn Diagram Cell Respiration Lab Photosynthesis Lab Fermentation Lab Respiration & Photosynthesis Journal The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lack (book) “But I’m Too A Case Study of Ovarian Cancer”cerormation FRQser Symulationce"e"s will be done starting in April) Mitosis & Meiosis Lab Unit 4 – Heredity: From Gene to Protein 8 39 days (additional days may be necessary for exp. design) How do living systems retrieve, and transmit genetic information critical to life processes? How does the expression of genetic material control cell products which, in turn, determine the metabolism and nature of the cell? What is the relationship between changes in genotype and phenotype and evolution? How can humans use genetic engineering techniques to manipulate genetic information? What are ethical issues raised by the application of these techniques? Ch 14: “Mendel and the Gene Idea” Ch 15: “The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance” Ch 16: “The Molecular Basis of Inheritance” Ch 17: “From Gene to Protein” Ch 18: “Regulation of Gene Expression” Ch 19: “Viruses” Ch 20: “Biotechnology” Ch 21: “Genomes and Their Evolution” Punnett Square Problems Discovery of DNA Scientist Prezi Gene to Protein Paper Simulation Bacterial Transformation Lab Restriction Enzyme Lab DNA analysis Lab Biotechnology Project M&M Chi-Square Lab DNA model DNA/ Protein Synthesis FRQ Transformation FRQ Unit 5 – Evolution 5 weeks
24 days (additional days may be necessary for exp. design) How does evolution by natural selection drive the diversity and unity of life? What scientific evidence from many disciplines, including mathematics, supports models about the origin of life on Earth and biological evolution? How can phylogenetic trees and cladograms be used to graphically model evolutionary history among species? Ch 22: “Descent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life” Ch 23: “Evolution of Populations” Ch 24: “The Origin of Species” Ch 25:The History of Life on Earth” Ch 26:“Phylogeny and the Tree of Life” Ch 29: “ How Plants Colonized Land” Ch 30: “The Evolution of Seed Plants” Ch 32: “An Introduction to Animal Diversity” Ch 47: “Animal Development” Artificial Selection Lab– fast plants Hardy-Weinberg mathematical modeling lab Comparing DNA sequences lab Speciation Web Activity Rock pocket case study Tree Thinking Investigative case study “GEOLogic: The Big Five Mass Extinctions” web activity Unit 6 – Biodiversity & Ecology 6 weeks 42 days (additional days may be necessary for exp. design) How are growth and homeostasis of a biological system influenced by the system’s environment? How do interactions among living systems and with their environment result in the movement of matter and energy? How do interactions between and within populations influence patterns of species distribution and abundance? Ch 52: “An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere” Ch 53: “Population Ecology” Ch 54: “Community Ecology” Ch 55: “Ecosystems” Ch 39: “Plant Responses to Internal and External Signals” Ch 40: Principles of Animal Form and Function” Animal Behavior Lab Dissolved Oxygen Lab Biome Magazine Project Energy Dynamics Lab Transpiration Lab Life video series clips