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August 2007*
(* subject to change)

 Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

13
Welcome, Policy

Themes of Biology

14
Textbooks

HW ch1

15
Ch 1

Characteristics of Life

Observation skills, lab safety

16
Scientific method

graphing, measurements

17
SI units

graphing, measurements

20
Microscope care and parts

21
Resolution, magnification, field of view

22
LAB: Using the Compound Microscope

23

microscope quiz

24

TEST ch 1

27
Action of Enzymes

(Demo)

28
Ch 2

Matter, energy, solutions

29
LAB: Testing for Organic Compounds

30

Ch 3

Building Biomolecules

31

Building Biomolecules

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September 2007*

 Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

3

Labor Day Holiday

4

 

5

6


 

7

TEST ch 2 & 3

10 Ch 4

Cell structure and function; organelles;
Multicellular organization

11

cell organelles

12

video: cell organelles

13

Lab: Cell surface area and volume

14 Ch 5

Active and passive transport


17

Active and passive transport

 

18

cell transport

19

Test ch4&5

20

Ch 19

Levels of organization
Biotic vs abiotic factors

niche (fundamental or realized)

 


21
LAB: Viewing Lichens

Character displacement

 


24

Ch 20
Populations

population regulators

Growth Curves

25
Populations

species interactions

26

Ch 21

Communities

Succession

Review

27

Ecosystems

28

Energy pyramids

 

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October 2007*

 Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

1
carbon, water, nitrogen cycles

2
Terrestrial biomes

aquatic biomes

3

Biodiversity


4
El-nino and global warming

(Parent Confer.

3-6pm)

 

5

 

8

Fall Break

9

Fall Break

10

Gateway Practice and review

 

11

Nine weeks test (ch1-5, 19-22)

12

Biomes

 

15

Terrestral Biomes

16

Aquatic Biomes

17

Human impact

Types of learning

18

review

19

Test ch22/23

&Animal Behavior

22 Ch 6

The chloroplast

Calvin cycle

23


Light independent cycle and light- independent cycle


24

review video

25

Lab:Chromatography

 

26

Test ch 6 Photosynthesis

29

Test ch 7

Cell. respiration and glycolysis

30

Structure of Mitochondria

 

 

31

Anaerobic respiration/ Aerobic Respiration

   
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November 2007*

 Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday



1

Alcoholic Fermentation; Krebs cycle and ETC

2

Test ch 7

Cellular Respiration

5

Ch 8

Chromosome structure.

 

6

Cell reproduction

Eukaryotic mitosis

7

meiosis in gamete formation

8

Lab: mitosis in plant cells

9

Karyotyping

12

Veterans' Day--Holiday

13

Test ch 8

Cell Reproduction

14

Ch 9 Mendelian Genetics

Dominant vs. recessive genes

Monohybrid and dihybrid crosses

15

Codominance, incomplete dominance
ABO blood types

16

iBooks

 

19

Ch 10

DNA replication

20

RNA transcription

21
Holiday

22
Holiday

23
Holiday

 

26

Protein synthesis

 

27

review

28

Mystery organism

 

29

Lab: Modeling DNA replication and transcription

30

Test ch 9 and 10

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December 2007*

 Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

3

Ch 11

Gene expression in prokaryotes and eukaryotes

4

Ch 12

Human genetics mutations

5

pedigrees

6

Ch 13

DNA technology

7

Recombinant DNA

10

DNA fingerprinting

11

Restriction maps



12

Genetic disorders

13

Test ch 11-13

14

Review

17

Nine Weeks Test ch 6-13

18

Review

19

Semester Exams

20

Semester Exams

21
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