Curriculum Guide

Unit One

3

INTRODUCTION TO LIFE SCIENCE

Describe steps of scientific method

Describe importance of controls and variables

Unit Two

2.5

Cell Theory AND STRUCTURE

Microscope;  cell theory,  cellular organelles

organization of cells

Unit Three

2.5

Cell Chemistry and transport

Osmosis and diffusion; chemical compounds in cells

Unit Four

2

Respiration; photosynthesis

Unit Five

2.5

CELL DIVISION

Mitosis,  DNA structure and replication, cancer

Unit Six

2.5

GENETICS

Patterns of inheritance

Unit Seven

2.5

CELL AND INHERITANCE

Meiosis, chromosomes and protein synthesis

Unit Eight

2

MODERN GENETICS

Human inheritance, current issues, mutations

Unit Nine

2

NATURE OF LIVING THINGS

Characteristics and needs of living things; biogenesis and abiogenesis; origins

Unit Ten

2

EVOLUTION AND CREATION

Evolution and creation: science or worldviews; attempts to reconcile scripture and science; ID movement

Unit Eleven

1

CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING THINGS

Classification system; 5/6 kingdoms

Unit Twelve

2

VIRUSES, BACTERIA, PROTISTA AND FUNGI

Characteristics of each group; health and disease

Unit Thirteen

2

INTRODUCTION TO PLANTS

Characteristics of plants; mosses and ferns

Unit Fourteen

2

SEED PLANTS

Gymnosperms and Angiosperms

Unit Fifteen

Characteristics of the animal kingdom; comparison of the frog anatomy to the human systems