CHAPTER 1 BIOLOGY IN THE 21ST CENTURY
TARGET
- Student demonstrate safe practices during laboratory and field investigations
- Student will describe types of scientific data and the use and limitations of models to convey data.
- Student will detail scientific processes including distinguishing scientific theories from scientific hypotheses, and analyzing, evaluating, and communicating scientific data.
- Student will discuss the unifying themes in biology, and the limitations of science.
- Student will define science and be introduced to biological concepts and the early history of biology.
CHAPTER 2 CHEMISTRY LIFE
TARGET
- Student will be introduced to atomic structure and the essential elements and compounds common to living things.
- Student will discuss the properties of water and its importance to life processes.
- Student will compare the functions of biomolecules.
- Student will be introduced to atomic structure and the essential elements and compounds common to living things.
- Student will discuss the role of enzymes as catalysts in chemical reactions.