First Semester

Unit

Chapters

 

 

Time

Associated Labs

Lab Date

Unit 1: Chemistry of Life

2, 3, 4, 5

2 weeks

Organic Molecules

8/14-15 in class

Unit 2: Cells

7, 8, 11, 12

3 weeks

#3a Mitosis

9/10-9/11 in class

#5 Respiration

Tue, 9/30 after school

Unit 3: Energetics

6, 9, 10

3 weeks

#2 Enzyme Catalysis

Tue, 10/21 after school

Unit 4: Heredity

13, 14, 15

3 weeks

#3b Meiosis

10/9 in class

#7 Genetics of organisms             (mate fruit flies)

10/27 in class

#7 Genetics of organisms (Count fruit flies)

TBA in class

Unit 5: Molecular Genetics

16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21

4 weeks

#6a Bacterial Transformation

Wednesday 11/19 after school

#6b Gel Electrophoresis

12/2-12/3 in class

Unit 6: Evolution

22, 23, 24, 25

2 weeks

#8 Hardy Weinberg

Thur, 1/12 in class

Second Semester

Unit

Chapters

Time

Associated Labs

Lab Date

Unit 7: Diversity

26, 27, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34

2 weeks

Gram Stain

1/23 in class

Unit 8: Animals

40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49

6 weeks

#10 Circulation

3/5-6, 3/9 in class

#11 Behavior

Fri, 4/24 in class

Unit 9: Plants

29, 30, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39

5 weeks

#4 Photosynthesis

TBA after school

#9 Transpiration

4/13-4/17 in class

Unit 10: Ecology

50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55

Time Permitting

#12 Dissolved Oxygen

TBA after school