This course will consist of the following units of study:
COURSE CONTENT:
A. Biochemistry: classification and structure of matter; matter and energy; biological chemistry.
B. Cell Structure and Function: cell theory; structure and function of cell parts; energy production and use within the cell; cellular reproduction.
C. Genetics: genes; chromosomes; DNA.
D. Change with Time: formation, interpretation, and dating of fossils; comparative anatomy; selection and other theories; adaptation and speciation.
E. Classification: theory of classification; system of classification.
F. Simple Organisms: viruses; monerans; protists; fungi.
G. The Plants: nonvascular plants; vascular plants, transport, characteristics of angiosperms.
H. The Animals: invertebrates and vertebrates; digestion, gas exchange, support, excretion, chemical control, nervous, and reproductive systems.
I. Ecology: ecological communities; biotic factors or environment; uses of energy; organisms and the environment.
To complete this course successfully, students will be required to demonstrate a satisfactory or higher level of proficiency and understanding in:
COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
A. Relationships of physics and chemistry to the study of living things.
B. Structure and function of the cell.
Incorporation and use of energy by organisms.
C. Genetics and the methods used to determine genotypes and phenotypes.
Chromosomal basis of heredity.
Chemical basis for the transmission of traits.
D. How living things have changed over time.
How organisms have adapted and how new groups of organisms were formed.
E. Development and use of the 5 kingdom, universal system of classification.
F. Basic features to the three major groups of simple organisms within the kingdoms.
G. Basic features to the major groups of plants.
H. Basic features to the major groups of animals.
Past and present beliefs concerning how living things reproduce.
Digestion as it occurs in simple and complex organisms.
Transport systems in various types of organisms.
Structure and function of skeletal and muscular systems.
Processes of respiration and excretion.
Chemical control systems.
Nervous system structures and their functions.
Some of the patterns of reproduction found in living things.
I. Basic features of life common to all living things.
Basic relationships that exist within the ecosystem.
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