Adjunct Professor, Biology National
Board Certified Teacher
Moorpark College Chatsworth
High School
bvallejo@vcccd.net bvallejo@lausd.k12.ca.us
Secondary Science Lecture Notes:
* = Does not directly satisfy one of the CA Content Standards, but provides necessary background information or additional information for purposes of enrichment.
# = Lectures that cover CA Content Standards that, while important, are not assessed on the California Standards Test. The California Department of Education states “students should have the opportunity to learn these standards, as they are important to the comprehension of each standard set.” These lectures are given to the Honors Biology AB students (who have typically finished two years of science, including Honors Physics 9AB and Honors Chemistry AB) OR Honors Integrated Science 2 students (who are typically sophomores that have taken Honors Physics 9AB).
Biology A Lecture Notes:
Cell
Biology (CA Content Standard: Investigation & Experimentation #1)
Cell
Biology (CA Content Standard: Bio/LS #1)
Cancer *
4A_Metabolism: Energy
& Enzymes
4B_Respiration:
Glycolysis, Kreb’s Cycle, & ETS
Genetics
(CA Content Standard: Bio/LS #2)
Genetics
(CA Content Standard: Bio/LS #3)
Pedigree Analysis #
Genetic Mapping #
Genetics
(CA Content Standard: Bio/LS #4 & 5)
Introduction
to Biochemistry
DNA
Structure & DNA Replication
Transcription
and Translation
Mutation
& Gene Expression
Biotechnology
Biology B Lecture Notes:
Ecology (CA Content
Standard: Bio/LS #6)
Introduction to Ecology
Loss of Biodiversity
Biogeochemical
Cycles
8B_Humans and the
Environment *
Natural Selection causes
Genetic Variability by means of Mutation
Hardy-Weinberg
Equilibrium #
The Fossil Record—Evidences
for Evolution
Macroevolution/ Speciation
Physiology (CA Content
Standard: Bio/LS #9)
Organization
of the Vertebrate Body (Tissues) *
Respiratory System
Nervous System
Excretory System and Homeostasis #
Skeletal and Muscular Systems #
Endocrine System and Feedback Loops #
Physiology (CA Content
Standard: Bio/LS #10)
Immune System
AIDS
Post
California Standards Test administration
(as time allows):
9A_Taxonomy: The
Science of Classification *
9B_A Survey of Kingdom
Monera *
10A_A Survey of
Kingdom Protista *
10B_A Survey of Kingdom
Fungi *
11A_A Survey of Kingdom
Plantae *
12A_Plant Nutrition
& Transport *
12B_Plant
Reproduction and Growth *
13_Invertebrate
Zoology I: P. Porifera-P. Annelida
*
14A_Invertebrate
Zoology II: P. Mollusca-P.
Echinodermata *
14B_Case Study: Butterflies of Costa Rica *
15B_Case Study: Higher Marine Animals of the California
Coast *
