week

Date

Grade 9 Biology

AP Biology

   1

6:10

Jan

Quarter 3 begins

·        Chapter 9- Nutrition (Introduction to different types of nutrients )

·        Inorganic Food (Water & Minerals)

·        Organic Food – Carbohydrates

·        Proteins & Lipids

·        Vitamins

·        Review winter break assignment

·        Evolution Concepts

·        HARDY-WEINBERG

·        Lab 8

2

13:17

Jan

·        Balanced Diet & Calorie

·         Calories in different nutrients

·        Calories & Activities (Age & Sex)

·        Lab 1 ( Balanced Diet)

·        Wed  (Parent Conf.)

·        Methods of Speciation

·        Evolution  & Classification Revision

·        Test on Evolution

3

20:24 Jan

·        Video – Nutrition

·        Chapter Review (study guide papers  49 50   51     52    53    54

·        Chapter 10- Digestion

(Introduction - Physical & Chemical Digestion)

·        Digestion in the Mouth (Physical & Chemical)

·        Plants

·        Lab 9

4

27:31

Jan

·        Complete Digestion of all types of food as it passes through the digestive system

·        Cont.

·        Absorption

·        The large intestine ( Water absorption & Fermentation)

·        Practice on Digestion

·        Plants (cont.)

·        Test on Plants

5

3:7

Feb

·        Digestive system in other animals

• Problems of the digestive system

·         Video

• Chapter Review
•  

(study guide papers 55   56      57     58    59   60

·        Animals

6

10:14

Feb

·        Sat .10^th of Feb Test 1 (Chapters 9 & 10)

·        Test Correction

·        Chapter 11-Circulatory System ( Introduction to different types of C.Sys.)

·        The Heart Anatomy

·        The Heart Beat

·        Animals

7

17:21

Feb

• Blood Vessels and the 2 systems of blood circulation
•  

·         Difference between arteries and veins

·        The different types of blood vessels

·        Dissection of the heart

·        Animals

·        Lab 10

·        Test on animals

8

24 : 28

Feb

·        Blood Pressure –Heart Attack- Heart Problems

·        Lab 3 ( Blood Pressure)

• Chapter Review
•  

·        Animals

9

3 : 7

Mar

·        Chapter 12- Blood( Jobs of blood)- Parts of the blood

·        Blood Problems

·        Blood types and blood transfusion

• Lab 4 (Blood Transfusion)

·        Animals

·        Test on animals

10 &11

10:19

Mar

·        Immune System

·        Aids & Shots

·        Chapter Review

·        Sat 18^th of Mar Test 2( Chapters 11&12)

• Test Correction

·         Project Presentation

·        End of 3^rd Quarter

·        Ecology

·        Lab  11

·        Lab 12