INTEGRATED  SCIENCE  II    2009-2010
Mrs. Sprague

The  World  Of  Life
Quarter  1   September 8 - October 30
Introduction
   -requirements
   -notebooks
   -projects
   -laboratories
   -MLRs
The Web Of Life
   -interconnectivity
   -matter and energy cycles
   -ordering in the biosphere
   -Bottle Biology - decomposition
   -MLR responses
Populations,Communities,Ecosystems
   -biotic and abiotic factors
   -carrying capacity
   -biodiversity,stability,human influence
   -fox and mice fluctuations
   -Yellowstone wolves *
   -MLR responses

Quarter  2   November 2 - January 15
World Biomes
   -climate basics  oceanic/atmospheric
   -succession
   -dynamic equilibrium and changes in it
   -human influence aquatic/terrestrial
   -Bottle Biology  land/water
   -Heifer project
   -MLR responses
Energy Conservation and Usage
   -atomic structure and bond
   -basic elements of life
   -biomolecules
   -water
   -water project
   -MLR responses

MID-TERM PREPARATION AND TEST

The Biology Of life
Quarter  3   January 19 - April 2
Cells
   -theory
   -prokaryote/eukaryote
   -structures
   -functions
   -plant/animal
   -activity  analogy
   -lab  characteristics of life       
   -MLR response
 
Cellular Processes
   -homeostasis and transport
   -photosynthesis
   -respiration
   -cell cycle
   -growth,development, differentiation
   -cell division
   -protein synthesis
   -disorders
   -MLR responses
   -lab  osmoregulation,DNA extraction

Quarter  4   April 5 - June 14

Genetics
   -principals
   -nucleic acids and chromosomes
   -biotechnology
   -lab/project
   -MLR responses
Evolution
   -theory
   -Darwin
   -evidence
   -biodiversity
   -selection and adaptation
   -past to present
   -plate tectonics


FINAL  PREPARATION  AND  TEST