Unit 8 DNA/Genetics/Protein Synthesis (Week 1-3)
Core Performance Indicators: 2.1a-l,e,4.1c
Unit 8 Subtopics:
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DNA/RNA Structure and Function
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DNA Synthesis and Protein Synthesis
(Transcription/Translation,etc)
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DNA and RNA Replication
Recombinant DNA
Restriction Enzymes
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DNA and Chromosomal
Abnormalities
Mutations
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Pedigrees, LInkage, Homozygous vs.
Heterozygous
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Technological Advances and
Techniques
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Punnett Squares
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Laws of Dominance
Recessive vs. Dominance
Probabilities
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Chromosome Structure and Function
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Unit 9 Mitosis/Meiosis/Reproduction and Development (Week 4-5)
Core Performance Indicators: 2.1d,3.1b-d, 4.1a-h,5.2i
Unit 9 Subtopics
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Types of Asexual Reproduction
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Human Development
Stages of Pregnancy
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Menstrual Cycle
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Stages of Meiosis and Mitosis
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Oogenesis vs. Spermatogenesis
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Unit 10 Human Physiology (Week 6-7)
Core Performance Indicators: (see below)
Unit 10 Subtopics:
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Nutrition (1.2i, 5.1f)
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Disease and Immunity (5.2a-j, 5.1g)
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Excretion (1.2b)
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Nervous and Hormonal Regulation
(1.2c, 1.2l, 4.1e, 5.3a-b, 5.1g)
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Body Systems Structure
and Function
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Unit 11 Ecology (Week 8)
Core Performance Indicators: 1.1a-d, 6.1a-g, 6.2a-c, 6.3a-d
Unit 11 Subtopics:
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Population Diversity
Organism Relationships
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Biotic vs. Abiotic factors
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Energy Flow
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Material Cycles (Water, Carbon,
Phosphorus)
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Biodiversity
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Ecological Succession
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