Yearlong

Semester 1 Semester 2
Unit 1 2 3 4
Timeline 6-7 weeks
8/03/14-9/26/14
7-8 weeks
9/2914-11/21/14
8-9 weeks
12/01/14-2/10/15
6-7 weeks
2/17/15-4/03/15
Content
Standards
SB4 a-f SB1a-d SB2a-e SB3a-d and SB5a-e
Themes Ecology
The Real World Wide
Web
Cells
What Cells can Tell
Growth and Heredity
The Gene achine
!rganisms and
E"ol#tion
$ll in the %amily
History
To&ics
1. Characteristics of Life and
Levels of Organization
2. Biomes
3. Plant & Animal Adaptations
4. elationships
!. "lo# of $nerg% & &atter
' food #e(s)food
chains)(iogeochemical
c%cles*
1. Cell str+ct+re and
"+nction
2. Cell $nerg% 'A,P-
Photos%nthesis- Cell
espiration*
3. Chemistr% of Life .
evie# of the
atom)Properties of /ater
4. 0omeostasis . Cell
&em(rane)Cell+lar
,ransport
!. "+nction of Organic
&olec+les .1 #ee1
1. 23A and 3A
processes
2. Chromosomes and
m+tations
3. Cell 4ro#th &
eprod+ction
4. &endelian 4enetics
!. 4enetic $ngineering
1. Classification
'5ingdoms and
vir+ses*
2. 0istor% of Life
3. ,heor% of $vol+tion
and 3at+ral 6election
4. Biological esistance
'm&ortant
(otes
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This ti#eline all"ws f"r a 2 week re'iew f"r the )*+T after s&rin% break
The ,abits "f -ind .+hara$teristi$s "f S$ien$e/ standards sh"!ld be ta!%ht in $"n0!n$ti"n with the $"ntent standards f"r ea$h !nit(
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