Biology 1B

Course Description

Biology IB is designed for students who need more time and teacher assistance. The course will cover classification of organisms, adaptations of organisms overtime, causes of disease, genetics, ecology, and plants.

Rationale

Biology IB is a biology class for students who are undecided about pursuing additional biological science classes. For this reason, a more generalist or naturalist approach is used. The knowledge about biology is ever-growing, so the key is to look for the simple ideas that explain why nature behaves the way it does and how it got that way. The curriculum is taught thematically. Each theme stresses a new idea. The themes centralize information and develop connections within science and across various disciplines. This course seeks to motivate students by making biology relevant.

Course Goals

To acquire an overview of biological concepts and their interrelatedness
To evaluate relationships
To analyze scientific information
To predict outcomes
To conduct laboratory investigation

COMPETENCIES AND STATE ALIGNMENT

Competency	Activities	Assessment
1. Use scientific tools to select and organize information about characteristics of living systems.	One Graph is Worth a Thousand Words Use of the Compound Light Microscope How Can a Microscope Be Used in the Laboratory?	Quiz: Microscope Parts and Techniques Microscope Quiz
2. Predict patterns of inheritance for traits by using the principles of Mendelian genetics.	Baby Face (The Relationship of Genotype & Phenotype & the Role of Probability in Genetics) Punnett Square Practice Problems Genetic Problems Crossword Puzzle Check Your Vocabulary	Making Baby Meibop
3. Use and/or construct a classification system to identify patterns of structure, form and function within the natural world	What's That?!!? Keying Bacteria Using A Classifications Key Martian Road Sign Using and Making a Biological Key	Making A Key-Whatz That?
4. View plant and animal cells using a microscope and then plan a written and/or visual presentation that demonstrates a compare/contrast of the two types of cells.	Cell Internet Research Animal Cells/Plant Cells Worksheets Crossword Puzzle	Constructing a Cell Model
5. Analyze a food web in a specific biome and discuss/predict the impact of human interaction on a chosen level of the food web.	Food Webs Biome Map Principles of Ecology - Concept Map Menu Please? Or What Do Owls Eat?	Biome Brochure

BIOLOGY 1B

1st Semester	2nd Semester
Ecology--scientific process	Genetics
Cells	Biology of Change
Classification microbiology disease	Plant Life

*Note: This class is not available next year.
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