Honors Biology
Avon Lake City Schools
Curriculum Framework
Honors Biology
Course Overview:
This course investigates the composition, diversity, complexity and interconnectedness of life on Earth. Fundamental concepts of heredity and evolution provide a framework through inquiry-based instruction to explore the living world, the physical environment and the interactions within and between them. The topics include Scientific Inquiry, Heredity, Evolution, Cells and Diversity and Interdependence of Life. The course uses a laboratory approach to help the student understand the areas presented in class. Additional work done out of the classroom including reports and projects during the school year and assigned summer reading is required. Prerequisites: Students will be recommended by their 8th grade science teacher and should have successfully completed Algebra I as an 8th grader. Students enrolled in Biology Honors 9 should have the following: a) “B” or better average in 8th grade science and b) 3.00 average in Algebra I. The student is responsible for having a notebook. Dissecting various organs and organisms is required. All students in this class will be required to take the State Test in Biology. This class meets seven periods per week for ½ unit of credit each semester. FEE: $30
Textbook (Title and Publishing Company):
Holt Modern Biology 2002
Online/Supplemental Materials:
Successmaker Online
Assessments:
Ohio State Test
NWEA Map Growth
EnVision Topic Assessments
Content/Topics/Learning Goals Subject to Pacing and Schedules |
1st Quarter- |
Standards/Learning Goals: SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY:
CHEMISTRY:
BIOCHEMISTRY:
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2nd Quarter- |
Standards/Learning Goals: CELLS:
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3rd Quarter- |
Standards/Learning Goals: HEREDITY:
EVOLUTION:
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4th Quarter - |
Standards/Learning Goals: DIVERSITY AND INTERDEPENDENCE OF LIFE
BODY SYSTEMS (INCLUDES DISSECTIONS)
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Last Updated:
September, 2023