Biology Pacing Chart
2011
-
2012
Important Testing Dates
Mi
dterm Examinations: December 14
–
19, 2011
(school
-
based decision)
End
-
of
-
Course Testing:
April 23
-
May 18
, 201
2
(school
-
based decision)
GEE Phase I Testing: March 20, 2012
GEE Phase II Testing:
April 1
2
–
1
7, 2012
Important Instructional Notes
Comprehensive curriculum
may not
follow the order of the text book. Embedding inquiry investigations and process skills into content instruction means
shifting the
e
mphasis from teachers presenting information and covering textbook topics to students
doing
science.
In other words, the
Science as Inquiry
GLEs
should be embedded within the content and hands
-
on activities throughout the year. Incorporate technology
, sc
ience in society, and eng
ineering
whenever possible.
Before Winter Break
Time
As you use the
new textbooks,
please add
Chapter/Sections
Topics
CC Units
Textbook Chapters
Key Concepts (Textbook Sections)
GLEs
Aug. 16
–
Sept.
30
6 Weeks
The Cell
(CC:
Unit 1)
Chapter 1
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Lab safety (1.2)
Organic chemistry & the role of enzymes (6.3)
Characteristics of living & nonliving things (1.1)
Differentiate between prokaryotes & eukaryotes (7.1)
Cell structures & functions of organelle
s (7.2
-
7.3)
Cellular transport (6.2, 8.1)
SI: 10
LS: 3
LS: 1
LS: 1
LS: 2
LS: 4, 5
Oct. 3
–
Dec. 9
9 Weeks
Reproduction & Genetics
(CC: Unit 2)
Chapter 10
Chapter 8
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Structure & function of DNA & RNA (replication,
transcription,
translation) (11.1
-
11.2)
Cell cycle (8.2)
Differentiate between mitosis & meiosis (10.2)
Mendelian inheritance (10.1)
Human traits (12.1
-
12.3)
Mutations (11.3)
Genetic Engineering (13.1
-
13.3)
LS: 7, 8
LS: 6,9
LS: 9
LS: 10, 11
LS: 10, 1
1
LS: 10, 11
LS: 12, 13
Midterm Examinations:
December 14
-
19, 2011
(school
-
based decision)
After Winter Break
Time
As you use the
new textbooks,
please add
Chapter/Sections
Topics
CC Units
Textbook Chapters
Key Concepts
GLEs
Jan. 4
–
Jan. 27
3 Weeks
Traits & Classification
(CC: Unit 3)
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 24
Chapter 26
–
Chapter 32
Taxonomy (17.1
-
17.2)
Dichotomous keys (17.1)
Life cycles of the different kingdoms
(Use the contents of the
follo
wing chapters at your discretion: Chapters 19, 20, 24, 26
-
32; we
will decide at the end of the year if we want to be more specific.)
Differentiate between bacteria & viruses (18.1
-
18.2)
LS: 18, 19
LS: 18, 19
LS: 19, 20
LS: 21
Jan. 30
–
Feb. 7
3
Weeks
Changes Over Time
(CC: Unit 4)
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Charles Darwin & natural selection (15.1)
Evidence of evolution (14.1
-
14.2, 15.1)
Mechanisms of evolution (15.2)
LS: 14
-
17
LS: 14
-
17
ESS: 17, 18, 22
LS: 14
-
17
Feb. 23
-
Mar. 23
4 Weeks
Balance of Nature
(CC: Unit 5)
Chapters 2
–
5
Chapter 9
Chapter 35
Role of Enzymes (35.1)
ATP (9.1)
Photosynthesis, cellular respiration & fermentation in relationship to
ATP (no cycles) (9.2
-
9.3)
Carbon, nitrogen & water cycles (2.2)
Food chains, food webs, pyramids, & trophic levels (2.2)
Levels & organization of the biosphere (2.1, 3.2)
Population dynamics & human impacts (4.1
-
4.2, 5.1
-
5.2)
LS: 3
LS: 30
LS: 29
LS: 23, 28
ESS: 1
-
3, 13, 15
LS: 24, 25, 31
ESS: 1
-
3, 13, 15
LS:
24, 25, 31
ESS: 1
-
3, 13, 15
LS: 26, 27
Mar. 26
-
May 4
5 Weeks
Human Body Systems,
Balance, & Health
(CC: Unit 6)
Chapters 34
-
38
Human body systems & their interactions with each other (Chapters
34
-
38)
Homeostasis & health (Chapters 34
-
38)
LS: 32,
33
LS: 34, 37
-
42
May 7
–
May 11
1 Week
Health & Diseases
(CC: Unit 7)
Chapter 39
Disease causing agents (39.1
-
39.2)
Immune system (39.1
-
39.2)
LS: 22, 38
LS: 22, 38
May 14
–
May 8
1 Week
Patterns of Behavior
(CC: Unit 8)
Chapter 33
Innate behavior
(33.1)
Learned behavior (33.2)
LS: 35, 36
LS: 35, 36
Final
Examinations:
May 21
–
24, 2012
(school
-
based decision)
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