STUDY FOR REGENTS!!!
Consider using edusolution.com and regentsprep.org to test yourself. I am available during 9th period for extra help.
Also, consider making up any missed labs (numbers 15-22) on Saturday at 11:00 AM.
Good luck and do well on the Regents!
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Course Syllabus
Course CurriculumThe requirements for this course are as follows: Once these requirements have been fulfilled, a student can then take the Regents Exam in June, 2006. (a) A minimum of 30 Labs. ( 15 Labs. each semester) (b) A passing grade in Living Environment The following Topics will be covered: (I) SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY: (a) The Scientific Method (II) CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING THINGS: (a) Living vs. Non-Living (III) CELLS: (a) Cell Theory (IV) ORGANIZATION OF LIVING THINGS: (a) Cellular Organization-- Cells->Tissues->Organs->Systems->Organism (V) HUMAN SYSTEMS: (a) Digestive System (b) Chemistry of Life (c) Circulatory System (d) Respiratory System (e) Excretory System (f) Nervous System (g) Immune System (h) Reproductive System (i) Endocrine System (j) Musculatory and Skeletal Systems (VI) HOMEOSTASIS: (a) Maintaining a Stable Internal Environment (b) Diseases associated with an Imbalance in Homeostasis (VII) CELLULAR RESPIRATION: (a) Where does a cell get their Energy from? (b) Mitochondrial Respiration (VIII) PHOTO-SYNTHESIS: (a) How Plants make their Food (b) Light and Dark Chemical Reactions (IX) ENZYMES: (a) What are Enzymes? (b) What are Catalysts (c) What factors affect the activity of Enzymes? (X) REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT: (a) Asexual and Sexual Reproduction (b) Budding and Conjugation (c) Mitosis: Cell Division (d) Meiosis: Sex Cells (X) FERTILIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT: (a) Haploid (sperm) + Haploid (egg) = Diploid (zygote) (b) Internal Fertilization / External Fertilization (c) Internal Development / External Development (d) Stages of Development of an Embryo: Cleavage, Blastula etc. (e) Embryonic Growth: Placenta and Yolk Sack (XI) DNA: (a) What is DNA? (b) DNA Structure and Chromosomes Structure (c) DNA Replication (d) Importance of Maintaining DNA Structure (XII) RNA: (a) What is RNA (b) RNA Structure and Function (c) Types of RNAs (d) Difference between RNA and DNA (e) What is Transcription? (f) Importance of RNA (XIII) PROTEIN SYNTHESIS: (a) What are Proteins (b) What are Genes (c) How Proteins are Incorporated/Made from Genes (d) What is Translation? (e) What role does DNA and RNA play in Protein Synthesis (f) Disorders and Malfunctions in Protein Synthesis (IVX) MENDELIAN GENETICS: (a) Who was Mendel? (b) Genes, Alleles, Multiple Alleles and Traits (c) Dominance and Recessive genes (d) Laws of Segregation and Independent Assortment (e) Punnet Squares and Test Crosses (f) Incomplete and Complete Dominance (XV) GENETIC DISORDERS: (a) Mutations (b) Sex Linked Diseases (c) Autosomal Diseases (XVI) GENETIC ENGINEERING: (a) Selective Breeding (b) Transformation (Bacteria, Animal and Plant) (c) Transgenic Organisms (d) Cloning (e) Gel Electrophoresis (f) Steps in Analyzing DNA (XVII) EVOLUTION: (a) Charles Darwin and the Galapagos Islands (b) Natural Selection (c) Factors that drive Evolution: Natural Selection Environmental Factors Geographic Isolation Mutations OverPopulation (d) Evolution of Populations (e) Phylogenic Trees (f) Similarities among Organisms (XVIII) ECOLOGY: (a) What is Ecology? (b) Energy Flow and Energy Pyramids: Producers---> Tertiary consumers (c) Food Chains and Food Webs (d) How are Ecosystems Organized? (e) Factors that make up an Ecosystem: Abiotic and Biotic factors (f) Water, Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles (g) Ecological Succession (h) Biomes: Land and Water Biomes (i) Factors affecting Population Growth in Ecosystems (XVIV) HUMANS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
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