Mr. Whaley

Text: AGS Biology: Cycles of Life

Room B109

 

 

Area                                                               Chapter            Pages         Test      Laboratories          

Unity And Diversity

I.         Investigating the Cycles of Life

 

1. Introduction                                                       
2. Lab Safety                                                                                             X                                                                           
3. Formats
4. New Biology                                                   1                    2-10                                    
5. E.        Scientific Method                                  1                    10-17                                                                                                             

 

Molecules and Cells

1. Basic Biological Chemistry

  

1. Atoms, Molecules and bonding                          2                   30-48
2. Acids, bases, buffers                                       2                   48-59                                                          

C.            Important inorganic molecules            3                   70-97

D.            Carbon, functional groups

E.         Chemical Reactions                                 3                   70-97

F.         Carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins

            Nucleic Acids                                            3                    70-97                                 

G.     enzymes: Coenzymes, cofactors

Rates of activity, regulation                                    3                    70-97             X               

 

Area                                                           Chapter        Pages       Test       Laboratories          

III.    Cells

 

1. Cell Theory                                               4            102-131
2. Prokaryotes vs. Eukaryotes                         4            102-131
3. Cell Organelles:                                         5            132-159                  Microscope   

Structure and Function      

1. Cell Membranes:                                       5            132-159                            

            Structure and Function                                                                    Osmosis   

            E..        Cell Cycle                               9            246-265          X

F.         DNA Replication                                  9             246-265

            G.         Mitosis and Cytokinesis            9             246-265                  Microscope

1. Energy Transformations

 

1. A.            Organisms and Energy               6            168-191
2. B.            Energy Flow                             6            168-191                            
3. C.            Metabolism and energy transfer  6             168-191           X

                                                                                                                       

Recombinant Dna And Heredity

1. Molecular Genetics

 

1. RNA: structure as relates to flow of           11           222-226                             

Information,

1.   transcription                                           11            222-226                  Modeling

2.  translation                                               11           222-226

B.         Mutagens                                        11            222-226          X

 

 

 

 

V.        Heredity

 

A.         Meiosis                                           10             276-301                  Punnet Squares

B.         Mendelian Genetics                          10              276-301       

C.         Non-Mendelian inheritance patterns    10             276-301        

D.         Human genetic defects                    10             276-301                   Project

E.         Recombinant DNA, cloning, DNA        10             276-301          X      

      

1. Taxonomy

 

1. A.            Principles of taxonomy            15               456-500
2. B.            Five Kingdom System             15               456-500
3. C.            Survey of Protista, Monera, Fungi, 15          456-500        X          Dissections  

Plantae and Animalia                                                                 

 

VII     Evolution

 

1. Origin of life                                         13               386-423
2. Evidence for evolution                           13              386-423
3. Hardy Weinberg principle and the

role of natural selection                                13              386-423

1. Speciation: isolating mechanisms,            13              386-423
2. allopatry, sympatry, adaptive radiation                                        

E.         Patterns of evolution, gradualism

punctuated equilibrium                               13              386-423         X