Biology A
Instructional Objective

Students will be able to do the following upon the completion of each of the units.

Unit 1

Describe the scientific method used by scientists.
See some of the ways scientists classify living organisms.
Learn some of the terminology used to describe animals.
Learn how researchers collect data and organize it in charts and graphs.
Make interpretations of data.
Understand some of the good and bad effects that technology has had on mankind, and be able to write a thought-provoking, persuasive essay on this subject.

Unit 2

Study how scientists classify living organisms.
Use guides to identify organisms.
Read about Darwin and his theory of evolution.
Study the bone structures of primates, present and past, using the same techniques that scientists use in the lab.
Study sedimentation and fossils.
Make drawings and sketches.

Unit 3

Know the basic structure of the skin.
Write persuasive essays, specifically regarding tattoos and heart transplants.
Understand the three degrees of burns.
Study the basic parts of the circulatory system.
Know the parts of the circulatory system.
Learn the Heimlich maneuver.
Study the lungs, including the effects of smoking.
Study the operation of the excretory system.

Unit 4

Study the main structure of plants: flowers, stems, leaves, and roots.
Learn the functions of the flower parts in plants reproduction.
Study the parts of leaves and that leaves manufacture food.
Learn the parts of the stems.
Study some of the different ways that we use plants for food and manufacturing.
Learn about the problems of diseases and insects affecting plants.
Study how plants compete with each other for water, nutrients, sunlight, and space.
Study how plants adapt for specific environments.

Unit 5

Study the difference between asexual and sexual reproduction.
Learn how certain plants can reproduce by vegetative reproduction.
Study the effects of dominant and recessive genes.
Study chromosomes, genes and DNA.
Study human reproduction.
Study the effect of a mutation, specifically sickle-cell anemia.
Consider the ethical implications of cloning humans.

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