Welcome to Biology I CP
Biology in South Carolina is centered around five core areas: energy, cells, heredity, biological evolution, and ecosystem dynamics. Each topic is the theme of a content standard.
Goals –The course will increase students ability to develop questions based on observations and research, develop a probable answer to their question, gather data specific to their answer, analyze that data, draw a logical conclusion about their proposed answer to their question, and support their conclusion using data from experiments and research. The students will develop a greater ability to think critically in any given situation.
**Students in Biology will take the SC End-of-Course Test at the end of the year that will be based on the standard topics above and count towards 20% of the course grade.
Units of Study:
Unit 1: Cells – 20 days
Unit 2: Energy – 10 days
Unit 3: Heredity/Chromosomal Inheritance – 10 days
Unit 4: Molecular Genetics – 15 days
Unit 5: Evolution – 7 days
Unit 6: Ecology – 13 days
EOC Review & Testing – 5 days