District Office Pacing Calendar Biology September 2017 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1

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1 September 7 4 Labor day- No School Professional Development Getting to know you and establish procedures 7 Getting to know you and establish procedures Getting to know you and establish procedures,,4 Introduce naturally occurring elements formed in supernovae HS-LS-,,4,, Explain the formation of Earth s naturally occurring elements,,4,, Identify two theories regarding the origin of life on Earth 4,,4,, Describe two theories regarding the origin of life on Earth,,4,, Identify an object as living or non-living and explain the characteristics,,4,, Living things share characteristics that support the hypothesis of a single ancestor, analyze these characteristics,,4,, Characteristics of Life Lab science/biology/originsof-life,,4,, Compare how living things share processes that support the hypothesis of a single ancestor HS-L- contrast photosynthesis and cellular respiration,,4,, Graph the evolution of living organisms on Earth HS-L- Determine the relationship between photosynthesis in the cycling of nutrients,,4,, Complete questions associated with graph the evolution of living organisms on Earth HS-L- Distinguish and determine how the rate of photosynthesis is impacted by light intensity DOQ A Bio,,4,, Characteristics of Life Lab SET UP Equipment and do hypothesis science/biology/originsof-life HS-L- Photosynthesis Lab

2 October 7 Develop a model to illustrate the role of cellular respiration in the cycling of carbon 3 Graph the role of cellular respiration 4 Describe the products of fermentation contrast the interrelationships between photosynthesis and cellular respiration Cellular Respiration Lab DOQ A Bio Explain factors that affect carrying capacity 0 Use mathematical representations to support evidence about factors of biodiversity Evaluate the claims of complex interactions in ecosystems List and describe the six categories of terrestrial biomes List and describe the marine ecosystems Show the path of energy flow from organism to organism 3 Use quantitative analysis to compare relationships among interdependent factors 7 Virtual Ecosystem Lab 4 Consider the models of population growth, what factors contribute to the carrying capacity of a population? Inquiries in Science: Sustaining Ecosystem (EdConnect Interim October - November 4) DOQ 3A Bio Introduce interactions in ecosystems Understand how humans have impacted the ecosystem both positively and negatively Evaluate the claims, evidence and reasoning that the interactions in ecosystems maintain Professional Development Describe the difference between exponential and limited population growth

3 November 7 Describe the organisms role in their ecological niche Demonstrate how organisms are put into their ecological niche 3 Explore species living and interacting in a community contrast how changing conditions may result in a new ecosystem Explore how disease, predation and limited resources affect a population s growth (PSAT) HS-ES773- Hs-LS-7 Current models predict future regional climate changes 7 Election - District Holiday 4 Explore how disease, predation that and limited resources affect a population s growth HS-ES3- Hs-LS-7 Why climate changes strongly depend on the amounts of human-generated greenhouse gases are added to the atmosphere contrast how changing conditions may result in a new ecosystem Virtual Population Lab biologycorner.com/wor ksheets/ virtual_lab_populations.html pm dismissal for all staff HS-ES3- Hs-LS-7 Identify atmospheric gases like carbon dioxide, methane, and water and what their role is in the greenhouse effect NJEA Conference Virtual Population Lab Analysis and conclusion biologycorner.com/ worksheets/ virtual_lab_populati ons.html 3 Happy Thanksgiving 0 NJEA Conference Veteran s 7 DOQ 4A Bio HS-ES3- Hs-LS-7 Understand weather and climate and its relationship to ecosystems 4 Happy Thanksgiving

4 pm dismissal HS-ES3- HS-LS-7 How do human activities influence the global ecosystem District Office Pacing Calendar 7- pm dismissal HS-ES3-4 HS-ES3- HS-LS-7 Discuss how human activities influence the global ecosystem HS-ESS-4 contrast the uneven heating of the Earth 30 HS-ESS-4 Explain how ocean currents transfer heat in the biosphere December 7 HS-ESS-4 Introduce global climate change 4 HS-ESS3.4 How can global climate change affect circulation Introduce Prokaryotes and the two kingdoms HS-ESS3.4 Future impacts of global climate change on Earth s systems Discuss Prokaryotes structure Describe why modern civilization depends on major technological systems Explain how virus injects its DNA in a host cell and replication 7 HS-ESS3- HS-ESS3- Solve a community based issue having to do with global warming 4 contrast viruses and how they replicate through the lytic cycle or lysogenic cycle DOQ A Describe that science investigations use different methods to obtain data Explain different shapes and types of bacteria, Use gram stains to distinguish between different types of bacteria Have a safe and Happy Holiday Discuss benefits of bacteria in our lives Have a safe and Happy Holiday Discuss bacteria growth and reproduction Have a safe and Happy Holiday Describe how bacterial gene expression responds to environmental conditions Have a safe and Happy Holiday pm dismissal for all staff DOQ A Have a safe and Happy Holiday

5 January New Years - No School (EdConnect Interim January - ) ( day) Move lessons according to testing day Martin Luther King Jr. Describe how eukaryotes differ from prokaryotes cells Compare gene expression in prokaryotes and eukaryotes Explain how a gene is a segment of DNA needed to make a protein Form a complimentary strand of DNA given the base sequence Gene Expression Activity (Genes; NJCTL) 3 Compare Surface area to volume ratio in cells and how it relates to their size 30 Follow the protein through the endomembrane system 3 Describe the components of nucleic acids 0 Replication practice problems 7 contrast the 3 types of RNA that are created using transcription 4 Review the structure of the organelles in a plant and animal cell 3 Introduce the role of the Endoplasmic Reticulum and ribosomes 4 Model the shape of DNA Trace the formation of a protein from a gene Introduce translation and the three types of RNA s role in making proteins contrast the functions of the organelles Learn the four bases of DNA and the 4 bases of RNA Explain the process of transcription by which RNA strands are synthesized DOQ 7A Bio Discussion of Mutations in the DNA sequence Explain the function of the nucleus of the cell

6 February Plant vs Animal Cell Lab Interphase of the cell cycle should be shown in chart and the 3 sub-phases described Introduce the energy-converting organelles in plants and animals Analyze cytokinesis in both plant and animal cells 7 Summarize all other organelles and their function 4 Onion Root Tip Lab Describe the three main functions of the plasma membrane DOQ A Bio Introduce Mitosis Analysis of Onion Root Tip Lab and label slides in different phases of mitosis Contrast endocytosis and exocytosis Describe the five stages of Mitosis Explain how the body controls division of cells President s - District Holiday Interpret examples of independent assortment and how chromosomes sort independently Compare the cell cycle control system and relate to cancer and how it is caused by uncontrolled cell division Justify accidents in Meiosis when children are born with abnormal chromosome number Describe how Meiosis reduces chromosome numbers to create sex cells DOQ A Discuss Gregor Mendel and his pea plant experiments Recognize the consecutive divisions in Meiosis 3 Understand that crossing over can occur many times

7 March Compare blending inheritance with inheritance of acquired traits contrast phenotype and genotype Introduce Punnett Squares and model practice problems (EdConnect Interim 3 March - ) Adjust lessons to allow day for interim test 7 Explain Mendel s hybridization and P, F and F generations Justify Mendel s Hypotheses Calculate the probability of the genotype and phenotype using the Punnett Square HS-LS3-3 Calculate a test cross and formulate a hypothesis HS-LS3-3 Explain Law of Segregation 4 DOQ 0A Bio Explain the Dihybrid Cross Practice Dihybrid Crosses Probability and Inheritance Activity 3 Professional Development Discuss reasons why Compare complete vs. Infer how codominance Examine Sickle Cell Mendelian Genetics do incomplete dominance affects the phenotype Disease and how not always work and from two dominant genotype affects the relate alleles Introduce polygenic Inheritance contrast heredity and environmental factors alleles Discuss inherited disorders person DOQ A Bio 30 Good Friday

8 April District Holiday 3 schools closed 4 Schools Closed schools Closed Schools closed Describe evidence that supports the theory that all life has a common ancestor (PARCC April - May ) Describe how evolution leads to diversity 0 Introduce LUCA the Last Universal Common Ancestor 7 Population, Genetics and Evolution Lab NJCTL Explain adaptation and the structure, function or behaviors that makes an organism better to survive Review Lamarck s Inheritance of acquired traits and compare them to inherited traits Utilize empirical evidence to differentiate between cause and correlation and make claims about natural selection HS-LS- Introduce Epigenetics contrast adaptations of populations Describe how environmental factors regulate gene expression 3 pm dismissal for all staff PD for High School P/T conference Family and elementary schools DOQ A Bio 30 Using comparative anatomy compare and contrast homologous structures and vestigial structures 4 pm dismissal for all staff P/T conference for High School Introduce Charles Darwin and his contributions to the understanding of evolution HS-LS- Discuss findings at Galapagos Islands contrast the finch s beak size and structure and how it relates to adaptation and evolution HS-LS- Compare Darwin s Evidence for evolution and the 4 categories he used to develop the theory (Comparative anatomy, Comparative embryology, Fossils and Biogeography)

9 May Describe comparative HS-LS- Discuss the fossil record and how they are aged 3 Compare biogeography and the geographical 4 DOQ A Bio embryology, discuss human embryonic distribution of species development and Apoptosis 7 District Holiday Introduce Natural Selection and Speciation 4 Discover how new species form through speciation and isolation theories Solve practice problems of Hardy- Weinberg Equilibrium Problems Introduce population genetics and examine how frequencies of alleles in populations change Predicting Populations according to Hardy- Weinberg Show how organisms share many conserved core processes and features that evolved and are widely distributed among organisms today. Analyze genetic variation 3 Predicting Populations according to Hardy- Weinberg 0 contrast the three modes of natural selection (Stabilizing selection, Disruptive selection and Directional selection) 7 Introduce Hardy- Weinberg Equilibrium Theory 4 Review conditions in a population for Hardy-Weinberg to be calculated contrast the three modes of natural selection (Stabilizing selection, Disruptive selection and Directional selection Calculate frequencies of genotypes using the Hardy-Weinberg theory The Hardy- Weinberg Equation can be used to show whether of not a population is evolving. The chance changing of allelic frequencies of a population is genetic drift. DOQ 4A Bio (Entire Period because of math calculations 30 Populations Genetics Lab NJCTL - Evolution 3 Populations Genetics Lab NJCTL - Evolution

10 June Pack up Lab and collect all materials Last of School