• 1st Quarter

    1) Introduction to Biology and Review of Scientific Concepts

    • Characteristics of Life
    • Scientific Method and Laboratory Safety
    • Metric System

    2) Biochemistry and Cellular Membranes

    • Nature of Matter (atoms, bonding)
    • Properties of Water
    • pH
    • Carbon compounds
    • Enzymes and Chemical Reactions

     

    3) Cells (carries into second quarter)

    • Fluid Mosaic Model
    • Cell membrane Function
    • Osmosis, diffusion and active transport
    • Structure and function
    • Cell theory and germ theory
    • Cell cycles (mitosis)
    • Cell organelles

     
Last Modified on September 22, 2014