SCIENCE
Life Science
Holt, Rinehart
• Characteristics of living things and the necessities of life
• Cells – prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and where they exist, organelles, the cell cycle, mitosis and meiosis
• Genes and DNA – formation and replication of DNA, the function of genes
• Classification – branching diagrams, levels of classifications, and dichotomous keys
• Bacteria – Eubacteria and Archaebacteria, bacteria’s roles in the world
• Protists – algae and fungi
• Plants – seedless, seeded, structures, plant processes, reproduction, tropisms
• Animals – characteristics, reproduction, behavior, social relationships
• Invertebrates – structure and anatomy of sponges, worms, mollusks, arthropods, unseets and eclainoderms
• Vertebrates – chordates, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals
• Animal labs – dissections of large grasshopper, fish, shark, starfish, and fetal pig
• Ecology – populations, communities, ecosystems, the biosphere
• Animal and plant interaction – predators/prey, symbiosis
• Cycles in Nature – water, nitrogen, carbon, and oxygen
• Land biomes – forests, grasslands, deserts and tundra
• Marine ecosystems – freshwater and saltwater
• Human anatomy – integumentary system, excretory system, respiratory system, lymphatic system, digestive system chemistry, the nervous system, and endrocrine system
• Human reproduction – menstrual cycle, ovulation, multiple births, STD’s, fertilization to embryo, embryo to fetus and birth
• Human health and disease – nutrition, alcohol, obesity, drugs, and basic first aid