HONORS+BIOLOGY

=Honors Biology=

Period 1, room 18
Course Syllabus

__//**Important due dates:**//__

Second Semester
 * 1/07 - Final Exam corrections (Multiple Choice questions ONLY!). For each question that you missed, find and mark the correct answer, and write a brief explanation for why you think you missed this question.
 * 1/12 - Read chapter 10.2, answer Assessment questions and draw a picture of each phase of the cell cycle.
 * 1/14 - Read chapters 10.3 and 10.4. Answer Assessment questions and interpreting data questions for each section
 * 1/18 - Artistic representation of DNA Replication
 * 1/20 - Read chapter 11.4, and answer Assessment questions 1-5.
 * 1/21 - Cell Cycle lab due
 * 1/25 - Read chapter 11.1, complete the Quick Lab and the section Assessment questions
 * 1/28 - Read chapter 11.3, answer the Analyzing Data and section Assessment questions
 * 2/03 - Read chapter 13.1, answer section Assessment questions
 * 2/07 - Dragon Genetics, answer the lab questions and draw a large, colorful picture of your baby dragon
 * 2/09 - Summary: 2-3 paragraphs on the pros, cons, and ethical issues associated with cloning
 * 2/10 - Read chapters 14.3 and 15.2, answer the assessment questions at the end of each chapter
 * 2/14 - Read chapter 14.2, answer the Analyzing Data and the Assessment questions
 * 2/15 - Genetics Unit Exam! You may use a concept map to help you on this exam. A list of concept mapping terms can be found here.

First Semester
 * 8/25 - Parent signatures (letter + safety contract)
 * 8/26 - Read and define vocabulary from chapter 1.1 (textbook)
 * 8/27 - Last day to earn points for covering your textbook!
 * 8/30 - Burning candles lab report due
 * 9/01 - Characteristics of Living Things notes due (read chapter 1.3)
 * 9/03 - Dimensional analysis problems
 * 9/08 - Read chapter 2.2, answer "Assessment" questions (pg. 44)
 * 9/09 - Read chapter 2.3, fill out "Macromolecules chart" based on chapter (chart will be handed out on Tues. 9/07)
 * 9/22 - Macromolecule project display due - small group teaching will occur today
 * 9/23 - Quiz corrections: 3 - 5 sentences to correct each mistake on Monday's Pop Quiz, plus reference to where you found this information (either a page in the book, or a date in your class notes or warm-ups).
 * 10/1 - UNIT EXAM! The Characteristics and Chemistry of Life
 * 10/4 - Enzyme activity lab report
 * 10/6 - Read chapter 3.1, make a concept map using the chapter vocabulary. Include definitions and examples.
 * 10/8 - Read chapter 3.2, make a concept map using the chapter vocabulary. Include definitions and examples.
 * 10/19 - Read chapter 3.4, answer the section Assessment questions. Also draw a diagram of each cycle mentioned in this chapter and write a paragraph to describe each cycle (water, nitrogen, carbon, etc.)
 * 10/21 - Read chapter 3.3, answer the section Assessment questions, and draw and describe the significance of figures 3.11 and 3.12.
 * 10/22 - The Dead Zones: Read, and take notes using the graphic organizer
 * 10/26 - Lab report due: The effects of fertilizer on algae
 * 11/01 - Read chapters 4.1 and 4.2. Answer Section Review questions 1&2 (Ch. 4.1, pg. 98) and Analyzing Data questions (Ch. 4.2, pg. 102)
 * 11/02 - Biomes of the world, map and notes based on reading of chapters 4.4 and 4.5.
 * 11/04 - Biomes Brochures DUE!
 * 11/05 - Exam: Ecology
 * 11/10 - Read Chapter 7.1. Answer Assessment questions 1-5 (pg. 194); define and draw a picture to illustrate the chapter vocabulary.
 * 11/12 - Read Chapter 7.4. Answer Interpreting Data questions and Assessment questions
 * 11/16 - Cell lab response questions DUE
 * 11/18 - Read "Life From Scratch: Relaunching Biology From The Beginning" and answer the response questions on the last page.
 * 11/19 - Cell organelles and transport quiz. IF YOU WILL BE OUT OF TOWN, YOU NEED TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO TAKE THE QUIZ __**BEFORE**__ YOU LEAVE!
 * 11/29 - Cell Transport Lab (aka Egg Diffusion Lab) due
 * 12/01 - Read chapter 8.3, answer Assessment questions at the end of the chapter
 * 12/03 - Read chapter 9.2, answer Assessment questions at the end of the chapter
 * 12/08 - Read chapter 9.3, answer Assessment questions at the end of the chapter

__//**Class activities, handouts, etc:**//__

FIRST SEMESTER 1 - The Characteristics and Chemistry of Life
 * Learning Goals
 * Class notes - [|The Characteristics of Living Things]
 * Class notes - [|Properties of Water]
 * Macromolecule project
 * Class notes - [|Metabolism, Monomers, Polymers, and Nucleic Acids]
 * Class notes - [|Chemical Reactions, Enzymes, and Form and Function]
 * Class notes - [|A review of organic macromolecules]
 * Concept mapping - organic chemistry vocabulary and terms

2 - Ecology and the Diversity of Life on Earth
 * Travel brochures - Biomes of the World!

SECOND SEMESTER: 1 - Genetics
 * Class notes
 * Concept Mapping Terms

2 - Evolution
 * Plant Kingdom Museum Display project

3 - Microbial Biology
 * The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly - Bacteria Presentations