Biology

Course Description
Biology attempts to identify, explain, and predict the phenomenon of life from the molecular, cellular, individual, and ecological levels. Units focus on (1) food (units of general chemistry, chemicals of life, movement through membranes, & bio energy), (2) shelter (units on ecological principles and conservation of resources and theories of natural selection), (3) a mate (units on DNA, cell structures and functions, plant and animal reproductive systems, and genetic), and (4) types of life (units on taxonomy). Scientific methodology of experimental design and the collection, display, and interpretation of data to logical conclusions is integrated throughout the units of study.

Units:
Cell Division
    Cell Growth Division & Reproduction 10.1
    The Process of Cell Division
    Regulating the Cell Cycle
    Regulating the Cell Cycle - Checkpoints & Cancer
    Meiosis

Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration
    Photosynthesis: An Overview
    Cellular Respiration: An Overview
    Energy & Life

The Chemistry of Life
    The Chemistry of Life: Carbon Compounds
    The Chemistry of Life: Carbon Compounds II
    The Chemistry of Life: Biology Atom Structure
    The Chemistry of Life: Biology Properties of Water