Essentials of Learning – Biology 1

TERM 1 Standards:

1. Describe the basic tools and processes that scientists/biologists use in the investigation of life.
2. Examine the fundamental structure and chemistry of living cells.
3. Outline the relationships and interactions between living organisms and their environment.
4. Examine and compare the relationships between producers and consumers and the flow of energy and and matter in ecosystems.

TERM 2:

Describe and predict heredity in terms of Mendelian inheritance, polygenic inheritance and other complex forms of inheritance.
Describe and compare the different modes of reproduction in organisms.
Explain the mechanisms of regulation, mutation and expression of prokaryotic and eukaryotic genes.
Outline the structure and function of DNA and RNA and their importance in making proteins in cells.

TERM 3:

Use Darwin's postulates on evolution to explain diversity in ecosystems.
Show different forms of evidence for changes in populations over time and explain the change in terms of Darwinian ideology.
Demonstrate the classification of organisms based on natural and artificial selection.
Explain cladistics and phylogenetics in terms of evolutionary theory.

TERM 4:

Describe the relationship between structure and function of organs and organ systems in plants and animals.
Outline the role living things play in the recycling of matter in ecosystems.
Describe how biotic and abiotic factors interact in the environment.
Summarize how energy flows through an ecosystem.

Guitar

1. Students will become familiar with the parts of the guitar, care of the instrument, tuning techniques and playing techniques.
2. Students will understand basic music notation and be able to read, write and play simple musical compositions written in both standard notation and tablature using the first 3 strings on the guitar.
3. Students will understand and be able to play from memory major, natural minor, harmonic minor and pentatonic scales.
4. Students will learn the following chords in the first position and be able to play them in simple strum patterns: G, G7, C, Am, D7, B7, D, Em