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Identify and summarize the characteristics of life.
Provide examples of the characteristics of life.
Explain the characteristics of science.
Compare and contrast science and pseudoscience.
Understand and use the metric system.
Identify the scientific method.
Answer questions using the scientific method.
Differentiate between a control, independent and dependent variable.
Differentiate between hypotheses, theories, and laws.
Identify and diagram the parts of an atom.
Identify the most common elements found in living things.
Compare and contrast covalent and ionic bonding.
Identify the parts of a chemical reaction.
Describe the importance of enzymes in chemical reactions.
Balance chemical equations and understand the law of conservation of matter.
Describe the structure and function of the four biological macromolecules.
Identify examples of the four biological macromolecules.
Describe how dehydration and hydrolysis make and break down macromolecules.
Understand the pH scale.
Describe the difference between acids and bases.
Describe why water is a good solvent.
Explain why water is polar.
Summarize hydrogen bonding.
Summarize the principles of the cell theory.
Identify the scientist that contributed to the cell theory.
Compare compound light microscope to electron microscope.
Differentiate between prokaryotic cell and a eukaryotic cell.
Compare and contrast plant and animal cell structures.
Identify and explain the structure and function of a typical eukaryotic cell.
Summarize how the plasma membrane helps maintain homeostasis for the cell.
Compare and contrast active and passive transport.
Identify examples of active and passive transport.
Differentiate between isotonic, hypotonic, and hypertonic solutions.
Identify the laws of thermodynamics.
Identify the ultimate source of energy for living things.
Describe the structure of ATP and why ATP is important to organisms.
Identify where energy is stored in the ATP molecule.
Summarize the process of photosynthesis (light dependent and light independent/Calvin).
Summarize the process of cellular respiration (Glycolysis, Krebs, & Electron Transport).
Identify the reactants and products of photosynthesis and cellular respiration.
Write the chemical reactions for photosynthesis and cellular respiration.
Explain how organisms obtain and use energy.
Identify cell structures involved in photosynthesis and cellular respiration.
Summarize fermentation.
Compare alcoholic fermentation and lactic acid fermentation.
Explain why cells are small.
Identify what limits cell size.
Recognize and summarize the stages of the cell cycle (Interphase, Mitosis, Cytokinesis).
Identify the structures involved in the cell cycle.
Explain how the cell divides its nucleus in Mitosis.
Differentiate between plant and animal cell Cytokinesis.
Understand the results of mitosis and the cell cycle.
Identify the number of chromosomes in daughter cells as a result of mitosis.
Explain how the cell cycle is regulated.
Describe cancer and how it relates to the cell cycle.
Explain apoptosis.
Summarize stem cells and their importance.
Recognize and summarize the stages of meiosis and the structures involved.
Explain how meiosis provides genetic variation.
Understand the results of meiosis and the chromosome number in each new cell.
Recognize and summarize the stages of meiosis.
Summarize the results of meiosis.
Compare and contrast mitosis and meiosis.
Explain why cell division is important.
Summarize the basic structure of DNA.
Diagram or label the structural components of DNA.
Explain how DNA replicates.
Describe the importance of DNA replication.
Summarize the three types of RNA including their function.
Compare and contrast DNA & RNA.
Explain how DNA and RNA are involved in transcription.
Describe the process of transcription and where it takes place in the cell.
Explain how RNA is involved in translation.
Describe the process of translation and where it takes place in the cell.
Analyze the importance of protein synthesis.
Decode a segment of DNA into the correct amino acid sequence (protein).
Explain how genes are regulated.
Describe how mutations occur.
Identify examples of mutations.
Analyze how mutations can affect protein synthesis.
Differentiate between a somatic (body) cell and sex cell mutation.
Summarize traits are passed from parents to offspring.
Differentiate between heterozygous and homozygous genotypes.
Describe Mendel’s Law of Segregation and Law of Independent assortment.
Identify genotypes and phenotypes of parents and offspring.
Differentiate between traits, genes, and alleles.
Analyze how dominant and recessive alleles display phenotypes.
Conduct single trait crosses and determine the genotype and phenotype of the offspring.
Predict the genotypes and phenotypes of offspring.
Explain genetic recombination and identify examples.
Summarize polyploidy and how it affects different organisms.

Week 1 – Introduction Unit & Pre-test
Weeks 2-4 – Unit 1 Scientific Method & Characteristics of Life
Weeks 5-6 – Unit 2 Chemistry of Life
Weeks 7-8 – Unit 3 Cell Structure & Function
Weeks 9-10 – Unit 4 Cellular Energy
Weeks 11-12 – Unit 5 Cell Reproduction/Division
Weeks 13-14 – Unit 6 DNA & Protein Synthesis
Weeks 15-16 – Unit 7 Mendelian Genetics
Weeks 17-18 – Study & Final Exam

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