BIOLOGY SYLLABUS

Spring semester

UNIT 5: GENETICS AND INHERITANCE

Week 1: chapter 11- introduction to genetics

Week 2: chapter 11

Week 3: chapter 14- the human genome

Week 4: chapter 12- DNA & RNA

Week 5: chapter 12

Week 6: chapter 12

TEST 2/11

UNIT 6: EVOLUTION

Week 7: chapter 15- Darwin's theory of evolution

Week 8: chapter 16- evolution of populations

ENRICHMENT WEEK

Week 9: chapter 16

TEST 3/15

UNIT 7: THE ANIMAL KINGDOM

Week 10: chapter 18- classification>>chapters 26, 29- animal kingdom &

invertebrates

Week 11: chapter 29>>chapters 30, 33- chordates

Week 12: chapter 33

SPRING BREAK

Week 13: chapter 33

TEST 4/15

UNIT 8: THE PLANT KINGDOM

Week 14: begin wheatgrass lab>>chapter 22- plant diversity

Week 15: chapter 23- roots, stems and leaves

Week 16: chapter 23

Week 17: chapter 24- reproduction of seed plants

WHEATGRASS REPORT DUE 5/17

Week 18: chapter 24

Week 19: exams