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BIOLOGY PERIOD 5

Class Hours: 12:15 pm – 1:10 pm (Mon-Wed), 12:30 pm – 1:20 pm (Thursday)

Google Classroom Code: mdg7mso

BIOLOGY PERIOD 7

Class Hours: 2:13 pm – 3:08 pm (Mon-Wed), 2:18 pm – 3:08 pm (Thursday)

Google Classroom Code: cpm7627

SECOND SEMESTER

(04/04 to 04/08)

Topic: Protein Synthesis

Standard: HS-LS1-6 (Molecules to Organisms)

Objectives (Students will be able to understand that):

  1. Gregor Mendel was an Austrian monk that studied science and math at the University of Vienna
  2. Mendel established rules of heredity while studying garden peas: the law of segregation, the law of independent assortment, and the law of dominance. 
  3. Mendel is widely regarded as the father of modern genetics.
  4. Before Mendel’s experiments, scientists largely accepted the blending theory of inheritance.
  5. After allowing the plants to self-pollinate, pure strains called the Parental generation, or P generation, were produced.
  6. Crosses within the P generation produced the F1 generation, a generation of hybrids displaying only dominant traits. 
  7. Crosses between F1 generation plants produced the F2 generation, a generation where 75% of plants displayed dominant traits, and 25% displayed recessive traits. 
  8. Crossing traits with Punnett squares helps determine the probability of which genotype an offspring might inherit.
  9. Crossing a single trait, such as flower color, is known as a monohybrid cross.
  10. Crossing two traits, such as flower color and plant height, is known as a dihybrid cross.

(11/14 to 11/18)

Topic: Atomic Structure

Standard: HS-LS1-2, HS-LS2-2, HS-LS2-7 (Atomic Structure)

Objectives (Students will be able to understand that):

  1. A solution is a uniform mixture of one substance in another, the substance being dissolved in a solution is the solute, and the substance that does the dissolving is the solvent.
  2. The concentration of a solution is a measure of the amount of solute dissolved in a given volume of solvent.  
  3. Solutions can be mixtures of solids, liquids, or gases. 
  4. Neutral solutions have an equal number of hydrogen (H+) and hydroxide (OH–) ions. 
  5. Acids have more hydrogen ions (H+) than hydroxide ions (OH–). Acids taste sour and can be corrosive.  
  6. Bases contain more hydroxide ions (OH–) than hydrogen ions (H+). Bases taste bitter and feel slippery.
  7. The pH scale ranges from 0 (very acidic) to 14 (very basic).   
  8. Buffers maintain a stable pH by neutralizing small quantities of acids or bases.  
  9. The bicarbonate buffer system is a homeostatic mechanism that controls the pH of human blood.

Homework:

(09/27 to 10/08)

Topic: Atomic Structure

Standard: HS-LS1-2, HS-LS2-2, HS-LS2-7 (Atomic Structure)

Objectives (Students will be able to understand that):

  1. Covalent bonds form when two atoms share electrons.
  2. Ionic bonds form when one atom transfers electrons to another atom.  
  3. Hydrogen bonding occurs when hydrogen bonds with a negatively charged atom.
  4. Coefficients tell how many molecules are present and subscripts tell how many atoms of an element are present. If there is no expressed coefficient or subscript, assume it is 1. 
  5. To find the total number of atoms of a specific element in an equation, multiply the coefficient by the subscript. 
  6. Exergonic reactions involve a net release of energy and endergonic reactions involve a net absorption of energy.  
  7. Enzymes are catalysts that accelerate chemical reactions.
  8. Redox reactions are chemical reactions that involve the transfer of electrons between atoms.
  9. In oxidation reactions, a reactant loses 1 or more electrons and becomes positively charged.  
  10. In a reduction reaction, a reactant gains 1 or more electrons and becomes negatively charged.

(09/13 TO 09/24)

Topic: Atomic Structure

Standard: HS-LS1-2, HS-LS2-2, HS-LS2-7 (Atomic Structure)

Objectives (Students will be able to understand that):

  1. Atoms consist of 3 kinds of subatomic particles: protons, neutrons, and electrons. 
  2. The nucleus is the center of an atom and contains the atom’s protons and neutrons. 
  3. Protons are positively charged, neutrons have no charge, and electrons are negatively charged. 
  4. An element’s atomic number is determined by its number of protons. 
  5. An element’s atomic mass is determined by its number of protons + neutrons. 
  6. Electrons spin around an atom’s nucleus in energy levels. 
  7. Atoms have a neutral charge because they contain the same number of protons and electrons. 
  8. The number and arrangement of electrons in an atom determines if it will combine to form compounds.  
  9. Compounds have different physical and chemical properties than the atoms that compose them.

Homework 1:

(08/16 TO 08/27)

Topic: THE UNIFYING THEMES OF BIOLOGY

Standard: HS-LS1-2, HS-LS2-2, HS-LS2-7 (Unifying Themes of Biology)

GOALS:

  1. Join and become familiar with Google Classroom
  2. Explore Google Drive (Docs, Sheets, Slides)
  3. Sign out and receive text books
  4. Learn how to upload an assignment to Google Classroom
  5. Student Handbook: Redos
  6. Website link

Objectives (Students will be able to understand that):

  1. Biology is the study of all living things.
  2. There are 6 themes that unify the study of biology.  
  3. The cell is the basic unit of structure and function.
  4. Unicellular organisms are made up of one cell, whereas multicellular organisms are made up of more than one cell. 
  5. Homeostasis is the state of internal stability. 
  6. DNA is a large molecule containing the hereditary material of a cell.  
  7. Unicellular organisms typically produce offspring identical to themselves via asexual reproduction. 
  8. Multicellular organisms typically produce distinct offspring via sexual reproduction. 
  9. Genes are short segments of DNA that carry the instructions for a single trait of an organism.

Homework 1: