Biology Curriculum Outline

2016-2017 School Year

Unit I Structure and Function of Matter and Organisms
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Homeostasis
Biomolecules
Cellular Respiration
Photosynthesis
Unit II- Inheritance and variation of traits

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Cell Division: Mitosis

Cell Division: Meiosis
Mendelian Genetics
Pedigrees
Sex-linked genes
Gene expression (codominance, incomplete dominance, polygenic inheritance)
Blood types
Protein synthesis including mutations
Unit III- Natural Selection and Evolution

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Microevolution (Variation within a population)

Statistics and Probability (Excluding Hardy Weinberg equilibrium)
Gene Pool
Selection Pressure
Speciation
Macroevolution
Fossils and radiometric dating
Homologous structures
Embryology
Analogous structures
Cladograms
Vestigial structures
Unit IV- Organisms and interdependent relationships with incorporation of human
impact on populations and communities

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Population ecology and dynamics

Carrying capacity (Predator/Prey relationship and limiting factors)
Communities (Energetics, biogeochemical cycles, Food webs, Symbiotic relationships)
Human impact on the environment
Environmental management plans and solutions