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Description |
Tentative
Lesson Dates |
California
State Science Standards* |
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Introduction
to the Study of Life |
September
4 to September 7 |
Inv&Exp.1,
6a-g |
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Chemical
Basis of Life |
September
10 to September 14 |
1b,
4f |
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The
Molecules of Cells |
September
17 to October 26 |
1h |
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A
Tour of the Cell |
October
29 to November 30 |
1c,
e-g,i, j |
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The
Working Cell |
December
3 - December
21 |
1a |
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How
Cells Harvest Chemical Energy |
January 7 to January 25 |
1i,
9a |
| Chapter
7 |
Photosynthesis:
Using Light to Make Food |
February
4 to February
14 |
1f, 1i |
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Cellular
Basis of Reproduction |
February
19 to February
29 |
2a-e |
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Patterns
of Inheritance |
March 3 to March 14 |
2f-g,
3a-d |
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Molecular
Biology of the Gene |
March 22
to April 21 |
1d,
4a-c, 4d-e, 5a-b |
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The
Control of Gene Expression |
April 24 to
May 7 |
4d, |
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DNA
Technology |
May 10
to May 14 |
5c-e |
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Testing |
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How
Populations Evolve |
May 17 to May 31 |
7a-f,
8a-g |
| Chapter
24 |
The
Immune System |
April
28 - May 16 |
10a-e |
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Drawing
the Line |
May
19 -
June 6 |
9c |
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Final
Examination** |
June
9 - June 16 |
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*Standards
relating to scientific methods, experimental design, data interpretation
and bioethical issues will be incorporated into the content units.
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Midterm will not include the material from Chapter 9. The Final Examination
will include material from Semester 1 but will emphasize the materials from
Semester 2. |
