Advanced+Biology

"The learner will . . ." || **Standard(s)** || **No. of Days** || **Vocabulary Terms** || **Resources** || **Student Learning Activities** || **Assessment** || **Language Arts Standard(s)** || Introduction || Relate the 7 properties of life to a living organism || 12.3.1.b Identify the form and function of sub-cellular structures that regulate cellular activities || 2 || Metabolism Homeostasis Mutation Evolution Natural Selection Ecology || Text Book || Worksheets Labs Projects Notes || Test, Quizzes Projects ||  || Introduction Continued || Metric System The Scientific Method, How Biology Affects Them || 12.1.1.l Use appropriate mathematics in all aspects of scientific inquiry
 * Teachers** (list)**: Shevaun Adams**
 * Textbook** (title, publisher, copyright date): Holt Biology: Holt/Rinehart/Winstson: 2006
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 * **Unit** || **Objective:**
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12.1.2.b Describe how society influences the work of scientists and how science, technology, and current scientific discoveries influence and change society.

12.1.1.a Formulate a testable hypothesis supported by prior knowledge to guide an investigation

12.1.1.c Identify and manage variables and constraints

12.1.1.h Use results to verify or refute a hypothesis

12.1.1.d Select and use lab equipment and technology appropriately and accurately

12.1.1.g Analyze and interpret data, synthesize ideas, formulate and evaluate models, and clarify concepts and explanations || 3 || Metric System Observation Hypothesis Prediction Control group Independent variable Dependent variable || Text Book || Worksheets Labs Projects Notes || Test, Quizzes Projects ||  || Population and growth || Distinguish between the 3 different dispersion patterns in a population.
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Contrast exponential growth with logistic growth

Differentiate between r-strategists and k-strategists || 12.3.3.c Explain how distribution and abundance of different organisms in ecosystems are limited by the availability of matter and energy and the ability of the ecosystem to recycle materials

12.3.4.b Recognize that the concept of biological evolution is a theory which explains the consequence of the interactions of: (1) the potential for a species to increase its numbers, (2) the genetic variability of offspring due to mutation and recombination of genes, (3) a finite supply of the resources required for life, and (4) the ensuing selection by the environment of those offspring better able to survive and leave offspring

12.3.2.d Describe that sexual reproduction results in a largely predictable, variety of possible gene combinations in the offspring of any two parents || 10 || Population size, Population density, Dispersion, Population model, Exponential growth, Logistic growth, Density-dependent factor, Density-independent factor, Hardy-Weinberg Principle, Gene flow, Genetic drift, Polygenic trait, Normal distribution, Directional selection, Stabilizing selection || Text Book || Worksheets Labs Projects Notes || Test, Quizzes Projects ||  || Populations and Ecology || Distinguish between an ecosystem and a community.
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Describe the diversity of a representative ecosystem.

Sequence the process of succession.

Distinguish between producers and consumers.

Compare food webs and food chains.

Analyze the flow of carbon through the carbon cycle.

Identify the role of bacteria in the nitrogen cycle. || 12.3.3.c Explain how distribution and abundance of different organisms in ecosystems are limited by the availability of matter and energy and the ability of the ecosystem to recycle materials.

12.3.3.b Recognize that atoms and molecules cycle among living and nonliving components of the biosphere.

12.3.3.a Explain how the stability of an ecosystem is increased by biological diversity

12.3.3.d Analyze factors which may influence environmental quality. || 10 || Ecology, Habitat, Community, Ecosystem, Abiotic factor, Biotic factor, Biodiversity, Pioneer species, Succession, Primary productivity, Trophic level, Detritivore, Energy pyramid, Biomass Biogeochemical cycle, Transpiration, Nitrogen fixation || Text book || Worksheets Labs Projects Notes || Test, QuizzesProjects ||  || Evolution and biological communities || Describe coevolution,
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Predict how coevolution can affect interactions between species.

Identify symbiotic relationships.

Describe the role of competition in shaping communities.

Summarize the importance of biodiversity.

Recognize the role of climate in determining a community.

Describe how weather affects the distribution of biomes. || 12.3.4.a Identify different types of adaptations necessary for survival (morphological, physiological,behavioral)

12.3.3.a Explain how the stability of an ecosystem is increased by biological diversity

12.3.3.d Analyze factors which may influence environmental quality

12.4.3.d Describe natural influences (Earth’s rotation, mountain ranges, oceans, differential heating) on global climate. || 10 || Coevolution, Secondary compound, Symbiosis, Mutualism, Commensalism Competitive exclusion, Biodiversity, Biome, Littoral zone, Limnetic zone, Profundal zone || Text Book || Worksheets Labs Projects Notes || Test, Quizzes Projects ||  || Plant Adaptations, Growth, and Food use || Summarize how plants are adapted to living on land.
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Distinguish vascular from nonvascular plants.

Describe the basic structures of a vascular plants sporophyte.

Classify plants into 1 of the 12 phyla.

Identify foods that come from plants and their dietary importance.

Identify major nutrients plants need to grow.

Describe how plant hormones control plant growth.

Relate environmental factors to plant growth || 12.3.1.c Describe the cellular functions of photosynthesis, respiration, cell division, protein synthesis, transport of materials, and energy capture/release

12.3.1.a Identify the complex molecules (carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids) that make up living organisms

12.3.4.a Identify different types of adaptations necessary for survival (morphological, physiological, behavioral) || 15 || Cuticle, Stomata, Guard cell, Vascular system, Nonvascular plant, Phloem, Xylem, Meristem, Gymnosperm, Angiosperm, Endosperm, Monocot, Dicot, Vegetative reproduction, Plant propagation, Tissue culture, Dermal tissue, Ground tissue, Epidermis, Sieve tube, Cortex, Petiole, Mesophyll, Vascular bundle, Translocation, Source, Sink, Tropism Auxin, Hormone, Apical dominance || Text Book || Worksheets Labs Projects Notes || Test, Quizzes Projects ||  || Cells - Parts and cell cycle || List the 3 parts of the cell theory.
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Compare the structure of a prokaryotic cell with a eukaryotic cell.

Analyze the role of internal membranes in protein production.

Differentiate between a gene, DNA, a chromosome,and a chromotid.

Compare haploid and diploid cells.

Identify the major events of each of the 5 stages of the cell cycle.

Describe how the cell cycle is controlled. || 12.3.1.b Identify the form and function of sub-cellular structures that regulate cellular activities

12.3.1.a Identify the complex molecules (carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids) that make up living organisms

12.3.1 Students will investigate and describe the chemical basis of the growth, development, and maintenance of cells.

12.3.2.c Recognize how mutations could help, harm, or have no effect on individual organisms || 15 || Cell theory, Cell membrane, Cytoplasm, Cytoskeleton, Ribosome, Prokaryote, Cell wall, Flagellum, Eukaryote, Nucleus, Organelle, Phospholipid, Lipid bilayer, Endoplasmic reticulum, Vesicle, Golgi apparatus, Lysosome, Mitochondria, Chloroplast, Central vacuole, Gamete, Binary fission, Gene Chromosome, Diploid, Haploid, Zygote, Autosome, Sex chromosome, Karyotype, Cell cycle, Interphase, Mitosis, Meiosis, Cytokinesis, || Text Book || WorksheetsLabs Projects Notes || Test, Quizzes Projects ||  || Cellular respiration, photosynthesis, and energy cycles || Analyze the flow of energy through living systems.
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Compare the metabolism of heterotrophs with that of autotrophs.

Describe the role of ATP in metabolism

Identify environmental factors that affect the rate of metabolism.

Summarize how glucose is broken down and ATP is formed. || 12.3.1.c Describe the cellular functions of photosynthesis, respiration, cell division, protein synthesis,transport of materials, and energy capture/release

12.3.1.a Identify the complex molecules (carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids) that make up living organisms

12.3.3.b Recognize that atoms and molecules cycle among living and nonliving components of the biosphere || 10 || Photosynthesis, Autotroph, Heterotroph, Cellular respiration, Pigment, Chlorophyll, Carotenoid, Thylakoid, Electron transport chain, NADPH, Carbon dioxide fixation, Calvin cycle Aerobic, Anaerobic, Glycolysis, Krebs cycle, Fermentation || Text Book || Worksheets Labs Projects Notes || Test, Quizzes Projects ||  || Genetics || Identify the investigator whose studies form the basis of modern genetics.
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Relate the ratios that Mendel observed in his crosses to his data.

Know the 2 Laws of Heredity.

Predict the results of genetic crosses using punnett squares.

Analyze a pedigree.

Identify factors that influence patterns of heredity.

Describe how mutations can cause genetic disorders. || 12.3.2.a Identify that information passed from parents to offspring is coded in DNA molecules

12.3.2.d Describe that sexual reproduction results in a largely predictable, variety of possible gene combinations in the offspring of any two parents

12.3.2.c Recognize how mutations could help, harm, or have no effect on individual organisms

12.3.2.b Describe the basic structure of DNA and its function in genetic inheritance || 15 || Heredity, Genetics, Monohybrid cross, Dihybrid cross, True breeding, P generation, F1 generation, F2 generation, Allele, Dominant, Recessive, Homozygous, Heterozygous, Genotype, Phenotype, Law of segregation, Law of independent assortment, Punnett square, Test cross, Probability, Pedigree, Sex-linked gene, Polygenic inheritance, Incomplete dominance, Multiple alleles, Codominance || Text Book || WorksheetsLabs Projects Notes || Test, Quizzes Projects ||  || DNA and Protein Production || Summarize the process of DNA replication.
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Describe how errors are corrected during DNA replication.

Compare the structure of RNA and DNA.

Explain the process of transcription.

Outline the major steps of translation.

Discuss the evolutionary significance of the genetic code.

Summarize the role of transcription factors in regulating gene expression.

Describe how genes are organized || 12.3.2.b Describe the basic structure of DNA and its function in genetic inheritance

12.3.1.a Identify the complex molecules (carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids) that make up living organisms

12.3.4.c Explain how natural selection provides a scientific explanation of the fossil record and the molecular similarities among the diverse species of living organisms || 15 || Double helix, Transformation, Nucleotide, Deoxyribose, Base pairing rules, Complementary base pair, DNA replication, DNA helicase, Replication fork, DNA polymerase, Ribonucleic acid, Uracil, Transcription, Translation, Gene expression, RNA polymerase, Messenger RNA, codon, Transfer RNA, Anticodon, Ribosomal RNA, Operator, Operon, Repressor, Intron, Exon, || Text Book || Worksheets Labs Projects Notes || Test, Quizzes Projects ||  || Viruses and Bacteria || Describe why a virus is not considered a living thing.
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Describe the basic structure of a virus.

Summarize the steps of viral replication.

Describe different ways bacteria obtain energy.

Determine how bacteria cause disease.

Identify ways that people utilize bacteria in everyday goods.

Explain how bacteria has helped in medical and industrial advances. || 12.1.2.a Recognize that scientific explanations must be open to questions, possible modifications, andmust be based upon historical and current scientific knowledge

12.1.2.b Describe how society influences the work of scientists and how science, technology, and current scientific discoveries influence and change society 12.1.2.c Recognize that the work of science results in incremental advances, almost always building on prior knowledge, in our understanding of the world

12.1.2.d Research and describe the difficulties experienced by scientific innovators who had to overcome commonly held beliefs of their times to reach conclusions that we now take for granted || 10 || Virus, Pathogen, Capsid, Envelope, Glycoprotein, Bacteriophage, Lytic, Lysogenic, Prion, Viroid, Pilus, Bacillus, Coccus, Spirillum, Capsule, Antibiotic, Endospore, Conjugation, Anaerobic, Aerobic, Toxin, Genetically modified organism (GMO) Biotechnology, Recombinant DNA, Transgenic animal, Genetic engineering || Text Book || Worksheets Labs Projects Notes || Test, Quizzes Projects ||  || Behavior (Evolution of) || Distinguish between the "how and why" questions about behavior
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Describe how natural selection shapes behavior.

Compare innate and learned behaviors.

Summarize how behavior is influenced by both heredity and learning.

Be able to describe how animals use signals. Summarize how sexual selection can influence evolution || 12.3.1.d Describe how an organism senses changes in its internal or external environment and responds toensure survival

12.3.4.c Explain how natural selection provides a scientific explanation of the fossil record and the molecular similarities among the diverse species of living organisms

12.3.4.a Identify different types of adaptations necessary for survival (morphological, physiological, behavioral) || 15 || Behavior, Innate behavior, Fixed action pattern behavior, Learning, Conditioning, Reasoning, Imprinting, Sexual selection || Text Book || Worksheets Labs Projects Notes || Test, Quizzes Projects ||  ||