Unit 1- Organization
NJCCS 5.5.12A Organization in Living Interacting Systems, Homeostasis
LS1-2,3
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- Intro to Biology, Characteristics of Life, Lab safety, Scientific Method
- Cell Tissue Organization
- Cell transport and Homeostasis
- Unit One Test
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Unit 2- Matter & Energy Transformations in Ecosystems
NJCCS 5.5.12A,B
LS1-4,5,6,7
LS2-3,4,5
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- Types of Bonds and Carbon Bonding
- Photosynthesis
- Cellular Respiration
- Carbon Cycle
- Unit Test 2
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Unit 3-
Ecosystems Human Activity & Biodiversity
NJCCS 5.5.12A,B
LS2-1,2,4,6,7,8
LS4-6
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- Food Chains/Webs, trophic levels and energy transfer
- Environmental Factors: limiting factors, species interactions, carrying capacity and Biodiversity
- Deforestation, pollution and invasive species.
- Unit 3 Test
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Unit 4- Genetics/DNA
NJCCS 5.5.12C
LS1-1,4 LS3-1,2,3
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- DNA
- Karyotypes
- Cell Division: mitosis and meiosis.
- Cancer and mutations
- Protein synthesis: transcription and translation
- Pedigrees and Punnett squares
- Unit Test 4
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Unit 5- Natural Selection/Evolution
NJCCS5.5.12A
LS2-7,8
LS4-1,2,3,4,5
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- Group behavior and survival
- Common ancestry
- Four factors of Evolution
- Natural Selection
- Unit 5 Test
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Unit 6- Anatomy
NJCCS 5.512D
LS1-2,3
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- Interacting Body Systems and homeostasis
- Final Project/Exam
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Cut off dates
(2019-2020):
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MP1- 9/19, 10/4, 10/22, 11/6
MP2- 11/25, 12/12, 1/10, 1/28
MP3- 2/12, 3/2, 3/12, 4/1
MP4- 4/24, 5/11, 5/28, 6/12
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