Month

PASS

Content

Assessment

Resources

August

Process Standards

1.1, 1.2, *6.1 – 6.4

Lab Safety/Lab Glassware & Equipment

Experimenting-Independent, Dependent Variables, Control, Hypothesis, Etc.

Lab Safety Test

Glassware/Equipment  Test

Experiment Test – Identifying Variables, Control, Hypothesis, Etc.

Appendix C

Skill Handbook 2-3

Various Internet Resources

    September

Process Standards

1.1-1.3, 2.1, 2.2, *3.1 – 3.5,  *4.1 – 4.8

Content Standards

1.2

SI units/

Measuring/Calculating Magnification

Graphing

Using a Microscope

Characteristics of Life – Ch. 1

Chemistry of Life – Ch. 6

Measurement Test

Graphing Test

Chapter Study Guide

Content Mastery

Chapter Test

Skill Handbook 1

Skill Handbook 4-5

Skill Handbook 10-12

Biology: The Dynamics of Life – Chapters 1 & 6

Various Internet Resources

October

(Fall Break)

Process Standards

1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2

Content Standards

1.1, 1.2, 5.1

The Cell – Ch. 7

Cellular Transport/Cell Cycle – Ch. 8

Chapter Study Guide

Content Mastery

Chapter Test

Biology: The Dynamics of Life – Chapters 7, 8

Various Internet Resources

November

(Thanksgiving Break)

Process Standards

1.1, 2.1,

Content Standards

1.1, 5.1,  2.2

Energy in a Cell – Ch. 9

Mitosis/Meiosis – Ch. 10

Chapter Study Guide

Content Mastery

Chapter Test

Biology: The Dynamics of Life – Chapters 9, 10

Various Internet Resources

December

(Christmas Break)

Process Standards

5.1,  5.2, 5.3

Content Standards

2.1

DNA & Genes – Ch. 11

Semester Test Review

Chapter Study Guide

Content Mastery

Chapter Test

Semester Test

Biology: The Dynamics of Life – Chapter 11

January

Process Standards

5.1,  5.2, 5.3

Content Standards

2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 6.1, 6.2

Human Inheritance – Ch. 12

Organizing Life’s Diversity – Ch. 17

Plant Responses – Ch. 23.2

Animal Responses/Innate vs. Learned – Ch. 33

Symmetry – Ch. 25.2

Natural Selection/ Homologous/Analogous Structures – Ch. 15.1

Chapter Study Guide

Content Mastery

Chapter Test

Biology: The Dynamics of Life – Chapters 12, 17, 33 & selected portions of chapters 15, 23, 25

Various Internet Resources

February

Process Standards

5.1,  5.2, 5.3

Content Standards

4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.2

Principles of Ecology- Ch. 2

Communities & Biomes – Ch. 3

Population Biology – Ch. 4

Chapter Study Guide

Content Mastery

Chapter Test

Biology: The Dynamics of Life – Chapters 2, 3, 4

Various Internet Resources

March **

Process Standards

1.1, 5.1, 5.3

Content Standards

3.1, 3.2, 6.2

Biological Diversity

EOI Review/Practice

Chapter Study Guide

Content Mastery

Chapter Test

Biology: The Dynamics of Life – Chapter 5

EOI Review Questions

April

(EOI Test- beginning of month)

Process Standards

2.1, 2.2, 5.1, 5.3

Content Standards

1.1, 2.1, 4.2

Viruses/Bacteria

Plant Structure/Function

Reproductive Parts of Flowering Plants

 EOI Test

Chapter Study Guide

Content Mastery

Chapter Test

Biology: The Dynamics of Life – Chapters 18 and selected portions of chapters 23, 24

Various Internet Resources

May

Process Standards

2.1, 2.2

Content Standards

3.1, 3.2,  6.1, 6.2

Characteristics of Mammals

Human Body Systems

Dissection (fetal pig)

Semester Test Review

Chapter Study Guide

Content Mastery

Chapter Test

Dissection Test

Semester Test

Biology: The Dynamics of Life – Chapters 32 & selected portions of chapters 34-39

Fetal Pig Dissection Guide

Various Internet Resources