Unit 1 Scientific/Life Processes and Characteristics of Life (Week 1-2)
Core Performance Indicators: 1.2(b-d), 5.2a, 5.3a-b
Subtopics for Unit 1
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Safety
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Scientific Method
Experimental Design
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Graphing Skills and Types of
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Metrics
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Microscopes
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Observing Living Things/Life
Processes/Living vs. Non-living
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Unit 2 Basic Chemistry/Biochemistry (Week 3-5)
Core Performance Indicators: 1.2i, 1.2k-m, 5.1f-g
Subtopics for Unit 2:
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Acids/Bases
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Structure and Function of
Organic/InOrganic Molecules
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Carbohydrates/Fats/Proteins
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Enzymes
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Structure and Function of Atoms and
Types of Bonding
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Unit 3 Cells/ Cell Processes (Week 6-7)
Core Performance Indicators: 1.2a-b, 1.2e-j,1.2g,1.3a-c, 5.2a-b
Subtopics for Unit 3:
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Structure and Function of Animal and
Plant cells (including organelles)
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Types of Cells
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Cell Theory
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Cell Size and Volume
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Osmosis and Diffusion/Active vs.
Passive Transport
Gas Exchange and Transport
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Structure of Cell Membrane
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Unit 4 Cellular Respiration (Week 8)
Core Performance Indicators: 5.1a-c
Subtopics for Unit 4:
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Aerobic vs. Anaerobic Respiration
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3 Stages of Cellular Respiration
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Equation for Cellular Respiration
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Sructure of organelle used in
Cellular Respiration (Mitochondria)
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Unit 5 Photosynthesis (Week 9)
Core Performance Indicators: 5.1a-c
Subtopics for Unit 5:
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Products of Light and Dark Reaction
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Equation for Photosyntheis
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Structure of organelle used in
Photosynthesis (Chloroplast)
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Location of Light and Dark Reaction
in the chloroplast
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Part of light spectrum where
photosynthesis takes place
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Leaf Structure and Chromotography
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Unit 6 Taxonomy/Classification (Week 10)
Core Performance Indicators: 3.1 p-r
Unit 6 Subtopics:
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Importance of Classsification
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Binomial Nomenclature/
Phylogeny/Cladograms
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How to classify organisms and
Categories of Classification
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Kingdoms and Domains-Linnaeus
hierarchical system of classification
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Unit 7 Evolution (Week 11)
Core Performance Indicators: 3.1a-r
Unit 7 Subtopics:
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LaMarck vs. Darwin Theories
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Natural Selection
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Types of Natural Selection
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History of Life on Earth
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Evolution of Populations
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Mutations
Variation
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