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High School Biology
2021-2022 Course Outline

Required Text:  Modern Biology 1st Edition.  Rinehart and Holt.  ISBN-13 978-0030367694

The following syllabus is an outline of what we will be covering throughout the year and the basic order it will be covered.  As the year commences some topics may be added or subtracted depending on time.

General chemistry important for biology
  • Water 
  • acid
  • base
  • ions

Structure and importance of the 4 major biological molecules 
  • Carbohydrates
  • Amino Acids
  • Lipids
  • Nucleic Acids

Cells
  • Organelles
  • Life cycle
  • Cell Membrane
  • Diffusion/Osmosis

Protein Synthesis

Cell Division
  • Mitosis
  • Meiosis

Genetics
  • Traits
  • Alleles
  • Monohybrid crosses
  • Dihybrid crosses
  • ​Non-mendelian genetics

Evolution

Speciation

Classification

Basic Ecology
  • Community Interactions
  • Trophic levels
    
Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Water
  • Nitrogen
  • Carbon
  • Phosphorous
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