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Group work – designing an experiment.

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· Briefly describe the eight unifying themes of biology.

· List and distinguish among the major characteristics of the five kingdoms of life.

· Describe how living things are classified (K, P, C, O, F, G, S).

· Describe how scientific research is conducted by utilizing a sample research study.

· Design a controlled experiment.

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Review of chemistry notes and discussion.

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· Describe the structure of an atom.

· Explain atomic mass, atomic number, and valence.

· Define electronegativity and explain how it influences the formation of chemical bonds.

· Identify some properties of covalent bonds, ionic bonds and weak interactions, which occur in molecules.

· Identify which elements are most important when studying living matter.

· Define the term "half life", and explain its usage in biology.

· Define isotope, action, anion, orbital, electron shell, octet rule, and polarity.

· List the values of C, H. N, and O.

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Review of chemistry notes and discussion (continued)

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Habits of Mind:

Notes, discussion, handouts, concept map & review questions.

Group work: Create a chart which summarizes the properties of water that result from hydrogen bonds.

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· Describe the structure of water.

· Identify the properties of water, which result from hydrogen bonding.

· Describe a hydrogen bond.

· Define molarity and describe how you would make molar solutions.

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Lab safety discussion and contracts.

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· Explain the basis of the pH scale and its significance.

· Define buffer, acid, base, mole, dissociation, and aqueous solution.

· Obtain the pH of various substances using different pH indicators.

· Identify safe Laboratory techniques.

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Group discussion about Laboratory conclusions

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· Analyze the effect of various concentrations of HCI and NaOH on water, liver solutions and buffers.

· Describe how buffers minimize pH change within biological systems.

 

 

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· Describe a carbon atom and explain why carbon is so important.

· Distinguish among structural, geometric, and optical isomers.

· Recognize the major functional groups, and describe the chemical properties of organic molecules in which they occur.

· Define organic chemistry and list the major classes of organic molecules.

· Describe the process of building up and breaking down organic polymers.

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Review questions.

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· Describe the general characteristics and biological functions of the following classes of organic molecules: carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids.

· Identify the linkages, which occur between the various organic monomers.

· List examples of monosaccarides, disaccarides and polysoacharides.

· Distinguish between alpha and beta glycoside linkages, where they occur, and why this difference is important.

· Describe the general structure of a triglyceride.

· Distinguish between saturated and unsaturated fat.

· Discuss the structure and function of phosphlipids and steroids.

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Practice with diagrams and models of organic molecules.

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· Explain the importance of proteins in biological organisms. Recognize the four major portions of an amino acid.

· Identify a peptide bond and explain how it is formed.

· Describe the four levels of structure found in proteins, and which types of bonding contributes to each level.

· Identify the three primary parts of a nucleotide.

· Compare the structure of RNA and DNA.

· Identify various organic molecules from diagrams.

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Practice with diagrams and models of organic molecules.

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Lab – carbohydrate, lipid & protein identification.

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· Perform tests to determine the composition of foods.

· Analyze the results of carbohydrate, lipid and protein identification tests.

· Identify unknown compounds.

 

 

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Biological compound card game in groups.

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· Summarize the types of foods, which contain carbohydrates, proteins, and/or lipids.

· Interpret and describe diagrams of organic molecules.

 

Habits of Mind:

1) Water essay

2) Organic compound essay

3) Organic molecule diagrams

4) Acid/base/buffer Lab report

5) Compound identification Lab report

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