Mrs. Chavez

Troy High School

 

 

HONORS BIOLOGY

Tentative Schedule

 

 

State Standard                                  Chapter Title                                                             Reading

 

Investigation & Experimentation      Introduction                                                                 Chapter 1        

Chemical Basis of Life                                                Chapter 2

 

 

Cell Biology                                        Molecules of Cells                                                      Chapter 3        

Tour of the Cell                                                           Chapter 4                     The Working Cell                                                        Chapter 5

How Cells Harvest Chemical Energy                          Chapter 6        

Photosynthesis: Using Light to Make Food                Chapter 7                                

 

Genetics                                              Cellular Basis of Reproduction and Inheritance          Chapter 8

Patterns of Inheritance                                     Chapter 9

Molecular Biology of a Gene                                      Chapter 10      

DNA Technology and the Human Genome                Chapter 12

 

 

Evolution                                            How Populations Evolve                                            Chapter 13      

The Origin of Species                                                 Chapter 14      

 

 

Ecology                                               The Biosphere                                                             Chapter 34

                                                            Population Dynamics                                                  Chapter 35

                                                            Communities and Ecosystems                         Chapter 36

 

 

Comparative Anatomy and Physiology         

Circulation                                                                   Chapter 23

                                                            The Immune System                                                   Chapter 24

                                                            Reproduction and Embryonic Development                Chapter 27

                                                            Nervous System                                                          Chapter 28

 

 

Diversity of Life                                  Plants, Fungi, and the Colonization of Land               Chapter 17

                                                            The Evolution of Animal Diversity                             Chapter 18