General Biology



College Prep Biology 1426

Teacher- Mr. Cassel

Course Number- 1426

Textbook:- Biology; Kenneth R. Miller and Joseph Levine, Prentice Hall c2008

Class Overview

Introductory Concepts (Chapter 1)

-Laboratory Skills and Safety

-Scientific Method

-Experimental Design and Write-up

-Lab and Paper

-Metric System Review

-Characteristics of Living Things (begin egg-speriment)

Chemical Basis of Life (Chapter 2)

-Characteristics of Living Things

-Properties of Water

-Chemical Reactions

Cell Biology (Chapter 7)

-Microscopes and the Cell Theory

-Cell Structure and Functions

-Cell Membranes and Osmosis

-Cell Specialization

Chapter Test

Cell Energy (Chapter 8 & 9)

-Photosynthesis

-Glycolysis, Fermentation and Respiration

-Cell Growth, Division, and DNA

Chapter Test

Cell Growth and Division (Chapter 10)

-Cell Growth

-Mitosis

Genetics (Chapter 11)

-Begin genetics Lab

-Mendelian principals

-Meiosis

-Genes and Chromosomes

-Linkage and Gene Maps

Chapter Test

Nucleic Acids- DNA and RNA Chapter 12

-Deoxyribonucleic Acid and Replication

-Ribonucleic Acid and Transcription

-Proteins and Translation

-Mutations

-Chapter Mastery Test

Genetic Engineering (Chapter 13)

-DNA Manipulation

-Application of Genetic Engineering

- Alternative Assessment

-Lab and Lab Report

Modern Human Genetics (Chapter 14)

-Human Genome

-Genetic Disorders- Projects and Reports

-Tools and Techniques

-Ethical and Social Issues

-Chapter Test

Evolution (Chapters 15-18)

- Charles Darwin and Natural Selection

-Evidence of Evolution

-The Fossil Record and Human Evolution

-Chapter Test

Review

-Final Exam

 

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