Dates		Biology Topics - Fall 2009	Events	Quizzes
Aug	25	Introduction to Biology
	26	Scientific Method
	27	Living vs Nonliving
	28	Mars Colony		Outline - 16.1(15) & 16.2(15)
	31	Mars Colony
Sept	1	Food Webs
	2	Cycles of the Earth		Prefixes a-auto
	3	Population Growth Lab
	4	Population Growth		Outline - 16.3(13) & 15.1(17)
	7		Holiday
	8	Human Effects on the Environment
	9	Ecology Classwork		Prefixes bi-cide
	10	Basic atomic structure
	11	Organic Molecules		Outline - 18.1(12) & 18.2(18)
	14	Organic Molecules
	15	Organic Molecules Classwork
	16	Biomolecules Lab		Prefixes co-ectomy
	17	Test 1 Review
	18	Test 1 Review		Outline - 2.1(10) & 2.3 (13)
	21	Test 1
	22	Test 1 Corrections
	23	Intro to Cells		Prefixes endo-homeo
	24	Cell Project
	25	Cell Project & Organelle Quiz		Outline - 3.2(22) & 3.3(19)
	28	Cell Review & Classwork
	29	Cell Classwork	Progress Report
	30	Microscope & Cell Lab		Prefixes hydro-macro
Oct	1	Cell Specialization & Communication
	2	Characteristics of Water / Water Lab		Outline - 2.2(11) & 2.4(16)
	5	Cell Membrane & Transport
	6	Cell Membrane & Transport
	7	Diffusion Lab & Classwork		Prefixes mal-neur
	8	Enzymes & Enzyme Lab		Outline - 4.1(21) & 4.2(19)
	9	Photosynthesis & Respiration	Early Release
	12		Holiday
	13	Photosynthesis & Respiration
	14	Energy Lab		Prefixes oo-phyto
	15	Energy Lab
	16	Test 2 Review	Game Project Due	Outline - 5.2(26) & 5.3(27)
	19	Test 2 Review
	20	Test 2
	21	Test 2 Corrections		Prefixes poly-visc
	22	DNA Structure & Replication
	23	DNA Transcription & Translation		Outline - 9.2(11) & 9.3(8)
	26	DNA Extraction Lab & Classwork
	27	DNA Classwork		Any 10 prefixes
	28	Transcription & Translation Project	End of 9-Weeks
	29	Transcription & Translation Project		Outline - 10.1(24) & 10.2(18)
	30		Holiday
Nov	2	Cell Reproduction / Mitosis & Meiosis
	3	Mitosis & Meiosis Classowork
	4	Mitosis & Meiosis Lab		Any 10 prefixes
	5	Simple Inheritance	Report Card Day
	6	Simple Inheritance Classwork	Early Release	Outline - 8.1(16) & 8.2(16)
	9	Complex Inheritance
	10	Complex Inheritance Classwork		Any 10 prefixes
	11		Holiday
	12	Traits Lab
	13	Pedigrees, Test-Crosses & Blood Types		Outline - 8.3(23) & 8.4(21)
	16	Genetics Classwork
	17	Blood Types & Lab
	18	Mutations & Genetic Diseases		Any 10 prefixes
	19	DNA Technology & Ethics
	20	Genetics review		Outline - 11.2(13) & 11.3(23)
	23	Genetics review
	24	Test 3 Review
	25	Test 3 Review	Early Release
	26		Holiday
	27		Holiday
	30	Test 3
Dec	1	Test 3 Corrections
	2	Natural Selection		Any 10 prefixes
	3	Doggie Evolution
	4	Geologic Time		Outline - 12.1(20) & 12.2(20)
	7	Classification
	8	Dichotomous Keys	Progress Report
	9	Protists		Any 10 prefixes
	10	Protist Lab & Fungi
	11	Animals		Outline - 14.2(14) & 21.1(16)
	14	Animal Classwork
	15	Human Systems
	16	Plants		Any 10 prefixes
	17	Physiology Classwork		Outline - 22.1(15), 22.2(12) & 22.3(8)
	18	Bacteria & Viruses	Early Release
Jan	4	Viruses / Viral Outbreak
	5	Outbreak
	6	Health & Behavior		Any 10 prefixes
	7	Test 4 Review
	8	Test 4	Portfolios Due	Outline - 27.2(23) & 23.2(36)
	11	Test 4 Corrections
	12	EOC Review
	13	EOC Review
	14	Final Exam
	15	Final Exam
	18		Holiday
	19	Final Exam
	20	Final Exam	End of Semester