Life Science Detailed Course Outline Unit 1- Life Science through Inquiry What is Life metric System Science/Biology? ● laboratory safety ●laboratory equipment ● scientific method ● Unit 2 – Cell Theory and Cell Processes Microscopes characteristics of living things respiration ● ● the cell ●photosynthesis ● cell transport ● Unit 3 – Genetics DNA structure genes and inheritance Punnett squares biotechnology DNA fingerprinting ● ● ● ● Unit 4 – Adaptations and Natural Selection Adaptations natural selection artificial selection evolution ● ● ● Unit 5 - Classification Phylogeny levels of taxonomy scientific names dichotomous keys field guides ● ● ● ● Unit 6 – Simple Organisms Viruses archaea bacteria protozoa algae fungus-like protists fungi ● ● ● ● ● ● Unit 7 – Invertebrate Animals Kingdom Animalia biological symmetry sponges cnidarians flatworms roundworms ● ● ● ● ● segmented worms mollusks echinoderms ● ● ● ● arthropods ●insect ecology integrated pest management ● Unit 8 – Vertebrate Animals Phylum Chordata fish amphibians reptiles birds mammals ● ● ● ● ● Unit 9 – Plants Characteristics of plants mosses and liverworts ferns and horsetails gymnosperms ● ● ● flowering plants agricultural technology ● ● Unit Ten – Ecology and Environmental Science Interactions between organisms populations and ecosystems biomes ecological succession ● ● ● cycles of matter ● ● invasive species ●biodiversity
Life Science Detailed Course Outline Unit 1- Life Science through Inquiry What is Life Science/Biology? ● laboratory safety ●laboratory equipment ● metric System ● scientific method Unit 2 – Cell Theory and Cell Processes Microscopes ● characteristics of living things ● the cell ●photosynthesis ● respiration ● cell transport Unit 3 – Genetics DNA structure ● genes and inheritance ● Punnett squares ● biotechnology ● DNA fingerprinting Unit 4 – Adaptations and Natural Selection Adaptations ● natural selection ● artificial selection ● evolution Unit 5 - Classification Phylogeny ● levels of taxonomy ● scientific names ● dichotomous keys ● field guides Unit 6 – Simple Organisms Viruses ● archaea ● bacteria ● protozoa ● algae ● fungus-like protists ● fungi Unit 7 – Invertebrate Animals Kingdom Animalia ● biological symmetry ● sponges ● cnidarians ● flatworms ● roundworms ● segmented worms ● mollusks ● echinoderms ● arthropods ●insect ecology ● integrated pest management Unit 8 – Vertebrate Animals Phylum Chordata ● fish ● amphibians ● reptiles ● birds ● mammals Unit 9 – Plants Characteristics of plants ● mosses and liverworts ● ferns and horsetails ● gymnosperms ● flowering plants ● agricultural technology Unit Ten – Ecology and Environmental Science Interactions between organisms ● populations and ecosystems ● biomes ● ecological succession ● cycles of matter ● invasive species ●biodiversity