FALL 2009
|
DATE |
TOPIC |
| AUG 31 | What is science? Nature and Processes of Science and Inquiry |
| SEPT 2 |
What are the characteristics of living things? FOSS - Diversity of Life |
| SEPT 7 | Labor Day Holiday |
| SEPT 9 |
How do scientists organize life on earth? Classification
and Biodiversity FOSS - Animals 2x2 |
| SEPT 14 |
How do scientists organize life on earth? Classification
and Biodiversity FOSS - New Plants |
| SEPT 16 |
How do scientists organize life on earth? Classification
and Biodiversity FOSS - Diversity of Life (Set up mini ponds) |
| SEPT 21 |
What is the chemical nature of life? Water, chemical
bonds and large biomolecules FOSS - Food and Nutrition |
| SEPT 23 |
Chemical nature of life: Continued
FOSS - Food and Nutrition |
| SEPT 28 | Structure of DNA, RNA |
| SEPT 30 | What is the Central Dogma of life? Replication, transcription and translation |
| OCT 5 | How are biomolecules organized in living things? Cell theory and cell structure |
| OCT 7 |
Cell theory and cell structure (microscope work)
FOSS - Diversity of Life |
| OCT 12 | FALL BREAK |
| OCT 14 |
Cell theory and cell structure (microscope work)
FOSS - Diversity of Life |
| OCT 19 | How do things get into and out of cells? Cellular Transport Processes (diffusion, osmosis and endocytosis) |
| OCT 22 | How do cells obtain energy to stay alive? Bioenergetics |
| OCT 26 |
Cellular metabolism (respiration)
FOSS - Food and Nutrition |
| OCT 28 | Cellular metabolism (photosynthesis) |
| NOV 2 | Global Warming and the CO2 Cycle |
| NOV 4 | How do cells reproduce? Mitosis using plastic tableware |
| NOV 9 | Prelude to sex (meiosis not foreplay) |
| NOV 11 | Reproductive cycles |
| NOV 16 | Introduction to Genetics |
| NOV 18 |
Mendelian Genetics FOSS - Populations and Ecosystems |
| NOV 23 |
Mendelian Genetics FOSS - Populations and Ecosystems |
| NOV 25 |
Population Genetics FOSS - Populations and Ecosystems |
| NOV 30 |
Genetic Disequilibrium FOSS - Populations and Ecosystems |
| DEC 2 | Basics of population ecology |
| DEC 7 | Human population growth |
| DEV 9 | Issues of global concern |
| DEC 8 | Final Exam Week |
TEXT BOOK: None required.
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