Course title

5020

Pre-requisite

Exceeds 8th grade AIMS science or A in 8th grade science or Earth Science

Course description

This course is designed to help students become aware of the major concepts of Biology including ecology; the cell; genetics and evolution. A major emphasis is the teaching of the scientific method and inquiry. Laboratory experience leads to many open-minded investigations and class discussions. Upon completion of this course; students will have a greater awareness and understanding of populations; communities; and ecosystem relationships. The curricular focus will be on mastery of content associated with the performance objectives from the Arizona State Science Standards.

Biology 1 course content
The science of Biology
• What is science
• How scientists work
• Studying life
• Tools and procedures
The chemistry of life
• Nature of matter
• Properties of water
• Carbon compounds
• Chemical reactions and enzymes
The biosphere
• What is ecology?
• Energy flow
• Cycles of matter
Ecosystems and communities
• Role of climate
• What shapes an ecosystem
• Biomes
• Aquatic ecosystems
Populations
• How populations grow
• Limits to growth
• Human population growth
Humans in the biosphere
• Changing landscape
• Renewable and nonrenewable resources
• Biodiversity
• Looking to the future
Cell structure and function
• Life is cellular
• Eukaryotic cells
• Cell boundaries
• Diversity of cellular life
Photosynthesis
• Energy and life
• Photosynthesis overview
• The reactions of photosynthesis

Cellular respiration
• Chemical pathways
• Krebs cycle and electron transport
Cell growth and division
• Cell growth
• Cell division ( mitosis)
• Regulation of the cell cycle
Intro to genetics
• Work of Gregor Mendel
• Probability and Punnett squares
• Exploring Mendelian genetics
• Meiosis
• Linkage and gene maps
DNA and RNA
• DNA
• Chromosomes and DNA replication
• RNA and protein synthesis
• Mutations
• Gene regulation
Genetic engineering
• Changing the living world
• Manipulating DNA
• Cell transformation
• Applications of genetic engineering
Human genome
• Human heredity
• Human chromosomes
• Human molecular genetics
Darwin’s theory of evolution
• Puzzle of life’s diversity
• Ideas that shaped Darwin’s thinking
• Darwin presents his case
Evolution of populations
• Genes and variation
• Evolution as genetic change
• The process of speciation
History of life
• Fossil record
• Earth’s early history
• Evolution of multicellular life
• Patterns of evolution
Classification
• Finding order in diversity
• Modern evolutionary classification
• Kingdoms and domains

School country

United States

School state

Arizona

School city

Cottonwood

High school

Mingus Union High School

School / district Address

1801 E Fir Street

School zip code

86326

Requested competency code

Lab Science

Date submitted

11/25/2013

Approved

Yes

Approved competency code

• LBIO
• Biology

Approved date

05/22/2014

Online / Virtual

No