Tentative Schedule; Honors Biology; Fall, 2003

Date					Lesson Topics																																								Ch. Reading					Assignments
8/27					Fish and Natural Selection																																								*					*
8/28					Fish and Natural Selection																																								*					Q & A
8/29					Darwin Essay																																								pg. 111 & 113					Darwin Questions
9/01					Labor Day
9/02					Natural Selection in Cards & Darwin's Finch Lab																																								pg. 118, Case Study pg. 5-7					Darwin Essay 1
9/03					Natural Selection & Darwin's Finch Lab																																								pg. 8-12 in packet, 14-17 in-class					notes from 8-12 reading
9/04					Video - The Galapagous Islands																																								*					*
9/05					Evolution,Earth's History,Timeline Lab																																								*					Darwin Essay Final
9/08					Evidence																																								*					Video Reflections
9/09					Evidence																																								*					Evidence Presentation
9/10					Speciation - Review																																								,Human Evolution					*
9/11					Evolution Test - Classification																																								*					*
9/12					Taxonomy, Hierarchical classification, 5 Kingdoms																																								*					*
9/15					Dichotomous Keys,DNA Sequence Lab																																								*					*
9/16					Ecology, Abiotic/biotic																																								*					*
9/17					Population Density																																								*					*
9/18					Population growth models Lab																																								*					*
9/19					Communitites, Predator/prey/defence																																								*					*
9/22					Communities, Biogeochemical Cycles																																								*					*
9/23					Atoms & Molecules																																								*					*
9/24					Energy flow and matter																																								*					*
9/25					Food Webs/Food Chains																																								*					*
9/26					Ecology Test I																																								*					*
9/29					Ecology - The Energy Budget - Skull Lab																																								*					*
9/30					Skull Lab																																								*					*
10/01					Energy & Ecosystems																																								*					*
10/02					Energy & Ecosystems																																								*					*
10/03					Energy & Ecosystems																																								*					Critter Project
10/06					Ecology - Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration																																								*					*
10/07					Energy budget of Primary producers																																								*					*
10/08					Metabolic Processes																																								*					*
10/09					Cellular Respiration & metabolic processes																																								*					*
10/10					Cellular Respiration & metabolic processes																																								*					Research Topic
10/13					Ecology - Biomes																																								*					Critter Metabolism Project
10/14					Population Growth & Human Impact																																								*					*
10/15					Population Growth Model Lab																																								*					*
10/16					The Choice is Yours - Conservation activitity																																								*					*
10/17					The Choice is Yours - Conservation activitity																																								*					*
10/20					Biochemical Systems - Homeostasis																																								*					*
10/21					Circulatory & Respiratory Systems																																								*					*
10/22					Circulatory & Respiratory Systems																																								*					*
10/23					Urinary Systems																																								*					*
10/24					Urinary Systems																																								*					Critter Homeostasis
10/27					Biochemical Systems - Homeostasis																																								*					*
10/28					Immune Systems																																								*					*
10/29					Hospital Triage Lab																																								*					*
10/30					Hospital Triage Lab																																								*					*
10/31					Hospital Triage Lab/ Assessment																																								*					Research Paper Rough Draft I
11/03					The Cell - membrane & Transport																																								*					*
11/04					Diffusion & Osmosis																																								*					*
11/05					Osmosis Lab																																								*					*
11/06					Tonicity																																								*					*
11/07					Cell Membrane Test																																								*					*
11/10					The Cell - Nucleus & DNA																																								*					*
11/11					Replication																																								*					*
11/12					Transcription																																								*					*
11/13					Translation																																								DNA					*
11/14					The Cell - DNA molecule Test																																								*					*
11/17					The Cell - Reproduction																																								*					*
11/18					Mitosis																																								*					*
11/19					Meiosis																																								*					*
11/20					Meiosis																																								*					*
11/21					Cell Reproduction Test																																								*					*
11/24					Genetics																																								*					*
11/25					Punnett Square																																								*					*
11/26					Probability																																								*					Research Paper Rough Draft II
					Thanksgiving Break! Enjoy!
12/01					monhybrid Cross																																								*					*
12/02					dihybrid cross																																								*					*
12/03					di hybrid cross																																								*					*
12/04					patterns of inheritance																																								*					*
12/05					linked genes																																								*					*
12/08					linked genes																																								*					*
12/09					linked genes,Transposition																																								Jumping Genes					*
12/10					polygenic inheritance																																								*					*
12/11					Pleiotropy																																								*					*
12/12					test cross																																								*					*
12/15					Genetic disorders																																								*					*
12/16					Genetic disorders																																								*					*
12/17					Chi-Squared Analysis lab																																								*					*
12/18					Chi-Squared Analysis lab																																								*					*
12/19					Genetics																																								*					Research Paper - Final
					Christmas Break! Enjoy!
01/02					Biotechnology - plasmids & restriction enzymes																																								*					*
01/05					Restriction Analysis Lab																																								*					*
01/06					Biotechnology - cloning																																								*					*
01/07					Biotechnology - cloning																																								*					*
01/08					Biotechnology - PCR Techniques																																								*					*
01/09					Biotechnology - DNA Sequencing																																								*					*
01/12					Biotechnology Fingerprinting																																								*					*
01/13					Biotechnology - Fingerprinting																																								*					*
01/14					Gel Electrophoresis																																								*					Poster Projects
01/15					Gel Electrophoresis																																								*					Poster Projects
01/16					End of 1st Semester																																								*					*
01/19					Vacation Day!																																								*					*