Vance County Early College High School Pacing Guide Course: Biology Honors (Semester II) Week(s ) Dates Unit Unit Title Essential Questions / Topic Questions 1-3 1 Patterns of Inheritance 1. What controls inheritance? 2. What are the definitions of the following: allele, genotype, and phenotype? 3. What are the differences between the following patterns of inheritance: complete dominance, incomplete dominance, codominance, and X-linked inheritance? 4. What is multiple allele inheritance, and what is a common example of that type of inheritance? 5. How do you predict offspring ratios based on a variety of inheritance patterns? 6. What is a test cross? 7. What are the phenotypes and genotypes present in the human ABO blood group system? How are they determined? 8. What is a karyotype and how is it used to diagnose human genetic diseases? North Carolina Essential Standards (Biology) Explain how traits are determined by the structure and function of DNA (Bio.3.1) Understand how the environment, and /or the interaction of alleles, influences the expression of genetic traits (Bio.3.2) Activities Zork Genetics Worksheet Practice With Punnett Squares Incomplete and Codominance Worksheet X-Linked Genetics Worksheet Multiple Alleles Worksheet Pedigree Analysis Worksheet Cracking the Code of Life video and (Part 1) Blood Typing Lab Human Karyotyping Lab
9. What are some examples of common human genetic diseases, and what are their patterns of inheritance? 10. How do mutations in DNA result from interactions with the environment? 4-5 2 Molecular Biology, DNA and Protein Technologies, and the HGP 1. What is the central dogma of biology? 2. What are transcription and translation, and where do they take place in the cell? 3. What was the HGP and when and where did it takes place? 4. How is DNA used for comparison and identification of organisms? 5. What is cloning? 6. How are transgenic organisms engineered, and how do they benefit society? Understand the application of DNA technology (Bio.3.3) Sizing Up Molecules with Electrophoresis Lab Cracking the Code of Life video and (Part 2) Diagnosing Disease With Biomarkers Lab 6-8 3 Evolution 1. What is the theory of evolution by natural selection, and what lines of evidence exist for its validity? 2. How does natural selection influence the changes in species over time? 3. How did/does evidence for evolution by natural selection change the nature of classification systems over time? Explain the theory of evolution by natural selection as a mechanism for how species change over time (Bio.3.4) Nuts and Bolts Cladogram Problem Evolution Crossword Puzzle Evidence for Evolution: Amino Acid Sequences Assignment PBS Evolution: Great Transformations video and
4. How can various disease agents (bacteria, viruses, chemicals) influence natural selection? 9-10 4 Plants: Form and Function 1. What are the characteristics of plants? 2. What are the differences between plant cells and animal cells? 3. How did plants evolve? 4. What are the two types of angiosperms, and what are their characteristics? 5. What are the major anatomical structures in angiosperms? 6. How does a plant obtain nutrients and expel or release waste products? 7. What are the different soil types, and what is N-P-K? Gymnosperms Versus Angiosperms Worksheet Sowing the Seeds for Better Agriculture video and Seed Story Worksheet Super Seeds video and N-P-K Soil Testing Lab 11-13 5 Animals: Form and Function 1. What are the characteristics of animals? 2. How did animals evolve? 3. How are animals classified, and what are the nine major animal phyla? 4. What are the main nutrients and waste products in animals, and how do animals obtain and release them, respectively? 5. What are the four types of tissues in animals? 6. How do you define organ and organ system? How many organ system do human have? Animal Phyla Worksheet Animal Game Creation Activity (Jeopardy, Kahoot!, SpeedMatch, or Board Game) Chordate Crash Course video and
7. What are negative feedback and positive feedback, and how do they help animals achieve homeostasis? 8. What are the definitions of the following terms: torpor, estivation, and hibernation? 14-16 6 Ecology 1. What constitutes the biosphere on Earth? 2. What is a biome, and what are the types of biomes on Earth? 3. What is a population, and what are its limiting factors? 4. What is an ecosystem? 5. How do energy and matter flow through ecosystems? 6. How do you define the following: producer, consumer, autotroph, and heterotroph? 7. What are the following and how are they different from each other: food chain, food web, and energy pyramid? 8. What is symbiosis, and what are the different types? What other ways can organisms interact with each other? 9. How do human activities affect the environment? 17 EOC Review 18 EOC Exam Analyze the interdependence of living organisms within their environments (Bio.2.1) Understand the impact of human activities on the environment (Bio.2.2) Biome Group Powerpoint Project Deer Game (Food, Shelter, Water) Human Population Growth Graphing Exercise Outdoor Observations Strange Days on Planet Earth video and Global Warming Discussion