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Unit 1: Chemistry of Life 8-11%

❑ Polarity of water ❑ Lipid structure & function

❑ Hydrogen bonding ❑ Protein structure & function
❑ Properties of water ❑ Nucleic Acid structure & function
❑ CHNOPS ❑ Dehydration synthesis & hydrolysis
❑ Carbohydrate structure & function

Big Ideas Energetics, Information Storage and Transmission, Systems Interactions

Science Concept Explanation, Visual Representations, Argumentation

Practices

Unit 2: Cell Structure and Function 10-13%

❑ Cell types ❑ Active vs. Passive Transport
❑ Surface area to volume ratio ❑ Concentration gradient
❑ Organelle structures & functions ❑ Tonicity
❑ Endomembrane system ❑ Water potential
❑ Endosymbiosis theory ❑ Endocytosis & exocytosis

Big Ideas Evolution, Energetics, Systems Interactions

Skills Concept Explanation, Visual Representation, Questions and Methods, Representing

and Describing Data, Statistical Tests and Data Analysis, Argumentation

Unit 3: Cellular Energetics 12-16%

❑ Enzyme structure & function ❑ Mitochondria structure & function
❑ Activation energy & graphing ❑ ATP
❑ Photosynthesis events ❑ Fermentation
❑ Chloroplast structure & function ❑ Fitness
❑ Cellular respiration events

Big Ideas Energetics, Systems Interactions

Science Concept Explanation, Questions and Methods, Representing and Describing Data,
Practices Argumentation

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Unit 4: Cell Communication and Cell Cycle 10-15%

❑ Autocrine, paracrine, endocrine ❑ Homeostasis
❑ Signal transduction pathway events ❑ Interphase (G1, S, G2)
❑ Phosphorylation ❑ Mitosis (PMAT) & Cytokinesis
❑ Ligands ❑ Chromosome structure
❑ Positive vs. Negative Feedback ❑ Cell Cycle regulation

Big Ideas Energetics, Information Storage and Transmission

Science Concept Explanation, Representing and Describing Data, Statistical Tests and Data
Practices Analysis, Argumentation

Unit 5: Heredity 8-11%

❑ Meiosis (PMAT I & PMAT II) ❑ Non-mendelian genetics
❑ Diploid vs. haploid ❑ Allele expressions
❑ Homologous chromosomes ❑ Punnett Squares
❑ Independent assortment ❑ Probability rules
❑ Chromosomal disorders ❑ Chi-square analysis
❑ Mendelian genetics

Big Ideas Evolution, Information Storage and Transmission, Systems Interactions

Science Concept Explanation, Questions and Methods, Statistical Tests and Data Analysis,
Practices Argumentation

Unit 6: Gene Expression and Regulation 12-16%

❑ DNA vs. RNA structure & function ❑ mRNA processing
❑ Nitrogenous base pairings ❑ Transcription vs. Translation
❑ Semiconservative replication ❑ Codon chart
❑ DNA polymerase ❑ Mutations
❑ DNA directionality ❑ Prokaryotic vs. Eukaryotic gene regulation
❑ Leading vs. lagging strands ❑ Biotechnology
❑ RNA polymerase

Big Ideas Information Storage and Transmission

Science Concept Explanation, Visual Representation, Questions and Methods, Argumentation

Practices

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Unit 7: Natural Selection 13-20%

❑ Natural selection conditions ❑ Evidence of evolution
❑ Artificial selection ❑ Speciation & Extinction
❑ Causes of evolution ❑ Phylogenetic trees & cladograms
❑ Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium ❑ Origin of life
❑ Allele frequencies

Big Ideas Evolution, Systems Interactions

Science Concept Explanation, Visual Representation, Questions and Methods, Representing

Practices and Describing Data, Statistical Tests and Data Analysis, Argumentation

Unit 8: Ecology 10-15%

❑ Communication strategies ❑ Simpson’s diversity index
❑ Food webs ❑ Exponential vs. logistic growth
❑ Trophic levels ❑ Niche
❑ Autotroph vs. heterotroph ❑ Community relationships
❑ Population growth limitations ❑ Human impacts on ecosystems

Big Ideas Evolution, Energetics, Information Storage and Transmission,

Systems Interactions

Science Questions and Methods, Representing and Describing Data, Statistical Tests and Data
Practices Analysis, Argumentation

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