WAYNESBORO AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT CURRICULUM - BIOLOGY I COURSE NAME: Biology I UNIT: Basic Biological Principles NO. OF DAYS: 9 KEY LEARNING(S): UNIT ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS: biologists identify and study living things? STANDARD BIO.A.1.1.1 characteristics of life shared by all prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. BIO.A.1..1 Compare cellular structures and their functions in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. BIO.A.1.. Describe and interpret relationships between structure and CONCEPTS Eligible Content & Skills o Scientific Method Steps Factors Law vs. Theory Inference o Characteristics of Life o Levels of organization (Atom to Organism) Protons, Neutrons, and Electrons, Atoms, molecules, macromolecules, organelles, cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, organisms o Chapter 1 review/assesment o Prokaryotes vs Eukaryotes o Basic Cell Structure All # OF DAYS 7 4 4 17 ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS A = Acquisition ET = Extended Thinking we know if something is alive? What are the characteristics of science? What steps do scientists use to solve problems? How are prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells similar and different? es the structure of the plasma membrane allow it to function? How are plant and animal cells different? How are cell organelles important to the function of the cell? RESOURCES/ MATERIALS Lab of some kind Project/group work Pyramid,K-T cards Venn diagram Microscope lab Cell Lab Cell project TIER Adaptation Cell Development Energy Experiment Growth Inference Observation Response Stimulus Theory TIER Biodiversity Biology Cell Theory Cell Wall Centriole Chloroplast Cilia Control Group Cytoplasm Dependent Variable DNA Endoplasmic Reticulum Endosymbiont Theory Eukaryotic Experimental Group Flagella Golgi Independent Variable Lysosome
function at various levels of biological organization (i.e., organelles, cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, and multicellular organisms Use terms: cell membrane and plasma membrane o Chapter review/assessment Macromolecule Metabolism Mitochondria Molecule Nucleus Organelle Peer Review Plasma Membrane Prokaryotic Ribosome Scientific Method Vacuole
COURSE NAME: Biology I UNIT: Cell Growth and Reproduction NO. OF DAYS: 40 KEY LEARNING(S): UNIT ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS: cells grow and reproduce? STANDARD BIO.B.1.1.1 events that occur during the cell cycle: interphase, nuclear division (i.e., mitosis or meiosis), cytokinesis BIO.B.1.1. Compare the processes and outcomes of mitotic and meiotic nuclear divisions. BIO.B..1. Describe processes that can alter composition or number of chromosomes (i.e., crossingover, nondisjunction, duplication, translocation, CONCEPTS Eligible Content & Skills Concepts of s, DNA, Alleles, Genes Cell Cycle Mitosis Regulation of cell cycle/cancer Asexual/sexual reproduction Cell differentiation/stem cells Meiosis o Karyotyping o Nondisjunction o Crossing-Over Chapter 5/Meiosis review/assessment # OF DAYS 1 7 7 8 4 1 ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS A = Acquisition ET = Extended Thinking cells divide? Why do cells divide? es cell division differ between cancer cells and normal cells? Why is meiosis important? es crossing over lead to genetic diversity? RESOURCES/ MATERIALS Diagram Cancer research Graphic organizer Yarn activity Drawings Onion root tip (slides/online) Stem cell research/ current uses Online karyotyping Karyototype cut outs Research/present aneuploidy errors TIER Cell Division Growth TIER N N Allele Anaphase Aster Autosome Centriole Crossing Over Diploid DNA Gamete Gene Haploid Homologous Interphase Karyotype Law of Independent Assortment Law of Segregation Meiosis Metaphase Mitosis Nondisjunction
deletion, insertion, and inversion) Nucleus Polyploidy Prophase Sex Telophase Tetrad Zygote COURSE NAME: Biology I UNIT: Genetics/Punnett Squares NO. OF DAYS: 6 KEY LEARNING(S): UNIT ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS: How is genetic information passed from one generation to the next? STANDARD BIO.B..1.1.- Describe and/or predict observed patterns of inheritance (i.e., dominant, recessive, codominance, incomplete dominance, sex-linked, CONCEPTS Eligible Content & Skills Concepts of s, DNA, Alleles, Genes Inheritance of traits (human traits) Mendel s Laws Punnet Squares o Dominance/Recessiveness (monohybrid/dihybrid) Chapter 6 review/assessment Punnet squares o Incomplete dominance/codominance o Polygenic/epistasis o Multiple alleles (blood types) # OF DAYS 1 4 ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS A = Acquisition ET = Extended Thinking How are inherited traits passed from parent to offspring? Mendel s laws apply to genetics? How can probability be RESOURCES/ MATERIALS Diagram Human traits activity Practice problems/worksheets Blood typing activity Polygenic coin activity TIER Carrier Cell Division Hybrid Pedigree TIER Allele Autosome Codominance Diploid DNA Gamete Gene Genotype Haploid Heterozygous Homozygous Incomplete Dominance Law of
polygenic, and multiple alleles). o Sex-linked o x chromosome inactivation o Lorenzo s Oil Gene linkage/mapping Pedigrees o Various inheritance Karyotyping o review Chapter 7 review/assessment 5 5 1 used to predict traits? How can pedigrees be used to analyze human inheritance? complex patterns of inheritance defy Mendel s rules? Lorenzo s Oil video/guided worksheet mapping activity/ws Interpret pedigrees Draw pedigrees Independent Assortment Law of Segregation Nucleus Phenotype Polygenic Polyploidy Sex Sex-linked Trait zygote COURSE NAME: Biology I UNIT: Ecology NO. OF DAYS: 55 days KEY LEARNING(S): Flow of energy / cycling of nutrients through an ecosystem Relationships between living things and their environment UNIT ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS: What relationships exist between living things and their environment? STANDARD BIO.B.4.1.1. levels of ecological CONCEPTS Eligible Content & Skills Abiotic and Biotic Levels of organization (Organisms to Biosphere) # OF DAYS ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS A = Acquisition ET = Extended Thinking living things rely on RESOURCES/ MATERIALS Pyramid worksheet TIER VOCABULAR Y Adaptation Aerobic Anaerobic Annual TIER Abiotic Aphotic Autotroph Biodiversity
organization (i.e., organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, and biosphere). BIO.B.4.1.. Describe characteristic biotic and abiotic components of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. BIO. B.4..1. Describe how energy flows through an ecosystem (e.g., food chains, food webs, energy pyramids). BIO.B.4... Describe biotic interactions in an ecosystem (e.g., competition, predation, symbiosis). Organisms Population Range of Tolerance Carrying Capacity Limiting Factors Competition Human population o natality, mortality, immigration, emigration Communities o Predator/Prey o Symbiotic Relationships Rhizobium/legumes o Succession o Competition Ecosystem o Terrestrial vs Aquatic o Limiting Factors o Adaptations Biome o Tundra o Boreal Forest/Coniferous Forest/Taiga o Deciduous forest/temperate forest o Grasslands/Savannahs o Desert o Rainforest Biosphere o Biodiversity o Conservation o Extinction Solar System, Galaxy, Universe 9 8 6 6 abiotic and biotic factors? What are the levels of organization in the biosphere? es energy flow through the ecosystem? nutrients cycle through the ecosystem? communities change over time? es range of tolerance affect the distribution of organisms? abiotic factors affect the location of biomes? Graphing activities Predator/Prey Lab Foldables Report? Graphic Organizer Project Create food webs Climate Community Competition Consumer Desert Dispersion Diversity Ecology Energy Extinct Habitat Immigration Limiting Factor Nutrient Resource Perennial Population Producer Succession Tolerance Weather Biotic Background Extinction Calvin Cycle Carnivore Carrying Capacity Cellular Respiration Chloroplast Climax Community Commensalism Demographic Transition Demography Density Density Dependent Density Independent Detritivore Emigration Estuary Food Web Habitat Fragmentation Herbivore Heterotroph Introduced Species Kreb s Cycle Mass Extinction Matter Niche Nonrenewable Omnivore
BIO.4... Describe how matter recycles through an ecosystem (i.e., water cycle, carbon cycle, oxygen cycle, and nitrogen cycle). BIO.B.4..4. Describe how ecosystems change in response to natural and human disturbances (e.g., climate changes, introduction of nonnative species, pollution, fires). Food chains, Food webs, and Pyramids Energy Transfer Trophic Levels Nutrient Cycles Carbon/Oxygen o Photosynthesis o Respiration/ATP Nitrogen o legume/rhizobium/nodule o s eutrophication/nutrient pollution Phosphorus Water Chapter 1-16 reviews/assessments 5 6 8 abiotic factors determine the type of aquatic ecosystem? limiting factors affect population size? How has the human population size changed over time? es biodiversity affect the stability of an ecosystem? Photosynthesi s Lab Overexploitatio n Parasitism Photic Photosynthesis Predation Primary Succession Renewable Resource Secondary Succession Sedimentation Species Symbiosis Tertiary Succession Trophic Level Zero Population Growth BIO.B.4..5. effects of limiting factors on population dynamics and potential species extinction. BIO.A..1.1. factors threaten biodiversity? How can we conserve biodiversity? photosynthesi s and cellular
fundamental roles of plastids (e.g., chloroplasts) and mitochondria in energy transformations. BIO.A...1. Compare the basic transformation of energy during photosynthesis and cellular respiration. respiration relate? autotrophs use energy to make food? es the food we eat give us energy? BIO.A... role of ATP in biochemical reactions.