Ap/dc biology With Mr. Wall
Year at a glance FIRST SEMESTER READING MATERIAL LABS/PROJECTS READING MATERIAL LABS/PROJECTS First Quarter Introduction & process skills 3 days Unit 1 Biochemistry 11 days Chapters 2-5 Enzyme Catalysis Unit 2 Cells Chapters 6, 7 Diffusion and Osmosis Lab Unit 3 Cell Respiration 8 days Chapter 8, 9 Cell Respiration Lab Unit 4 Photosynthesis 7 days Chapter 10 Plant Pigments Lab Second Quarter Unit 5 Cell Division Chapter 11, 12 & 13 Mitosis and meiosis Lab Unit 6 DNA/ Proteins 15 days Chapter 16 & 17 Protein Synthesis Scavenger Hunt Thanksgiving break Unit 7 Molecular Chapters 18-21 Biotechnology Lab: Transformation Christmas Break SECOND SEMESTER Unit 8 Genetics 10 days Chapters 14 & 15 Fruit Flies Lab DNA and Histone Model Third Quarter Unit 9 Population Genetics Chapters 22,23, & 24 Population Genetics Lab Unit 10 Classification Chapter 25, 26 Constructing Phylogenetic Tree Unit 11 Simple Life Forms 4 days Chapters 27 & 28 Organism Diversity Project Unit 12 Animals/ digestion Ch. 32,33,34,40,41 Unit 13 Circulation/ Immune 13 days Chapters 42.43 Circulatory Physiology Lab Spring Break Unit 14 Regulation Chapters 44 & 45 Fourth Quarter Unit 15 Reproduction Chapters 46 & 47 Unit 16 Nervous/ Behavior Chapters 48 & 49 Animal Behavior Lab Unit 17 Plant Physiology Chapters 29-30, 35-37 Transpiration and plant tissues Lab Unit 18 Ecology Chapters 50-54 Dissolved Oxygen Lab Unit 19 Special :comparative anatomy 5 days Organism dissections Final Exam
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CURRENT EVENTS Virus current events Find an article about an emerging virus. Ebola and West Nile are out. Information about the virus should include: New or mutated virus Genetic material Animal or plant virus Host range Symptoms and complications from the virus Article cannot be older than 2014.