Biology Semester Schedule
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Course Syllabus
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Unit 0 - Lab Safety (PPT / PDF / Review Concepts)
-Lab Safety Contracts

Unit 1 - Matter & Energy
Week 1: What happens when something burns?
-Labwork Packet (Word / PDF )
-Core Ideas (PPT / PDF)
Summary Video
-Practice Test
-Sample Lab Data Video
Week 2: What happens to molecules during burning?
-Labwork Packet (Word / PDF )
-Core Ideas (PDF)
-Check-in Questions (Checking your readiness for the unit assessment)
​-Practice Test
Week 3: Unit Assessment
-Labwork Packet (Word / PDF )
-Practice Test
-NOVA - Treasures of the Earth - Power (video)
​-How responses are evaluated - PPT / Video


Unit 2 - Animals 
Week 1: What are animal cells and food made from?
-Labwork Packet (Word / PDF )
-Core Ideas (PDF)
-Summary Video
-Practice Test
-Check-in Questions
Week 2: What happens to food when it is consumed?
-Labwork Packet ( PDF )
-Core Ideas (PDF)
-​Summary Video
​-Lab Overview 
-Interview An Expert Video
Week 3: What happens inside animal cells?
-Labwork Packet (Word / PDF )
-Core Ideas (PDF)
-Summary Video
-Lab Overview
​-Practice Test
​-Check-in Questions
Week 4: Unit Assessment
-Labwork Packet (Word / PDF )
-Biology Jeopardy Review Game
​Biology Animals Unit Storyline

Unit 3 - Plants
Week 1: What are plant cells made from?
-Labwork Packet (Word / PDF )
-Core Ideas - PDF
-Summary Video
​-Sample Data
-Sample Microscopy Images
-Practice Test
Week 2: How do plants get their food?
-Labwork Packet (Word / PDF)
-Core Ideas (PPT / PDF)
-Summary Video
-Sample Data
-Practice Test
-Interview An Expert Video
Week 3: What happens inside plant cells?
-Labwork Packet (Word / PDF )
-Core Ideas (PPT / PDF)
-Summary Video
-Practice Test
-Sample Investigation Data
Week 4: Unit Assessment
-Labwork Packet (Word / PDF )
Biology Jeopardy Review Game - Plants
Check-in Questions
Biology Plants Unit Storyline (PDF)

Unit 4 - Ecosystems
Week 1: How do living organisms affect each other?
-Labwork Packet (Word / PDF )
-Core Ideas (PPT / PDF)
-Summary Video
-Practice Test
-Meadow Simulation
-Video of Tabletop Ecosystems (w/ phytoplankton & brine shrimp)
Week 2: How do ecosystem disturbances occur?
-Labwork Packet (Word / PDF )
-Core Ideas (PPT / PDF)
​NASA CO2 Satellite Data
-Summary Video
-Practice Test
​-Greenhouse Effect Simulation
-Greenhouse Effect Simulation Directions

Semester Review Practice Test
Final Exam