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Integrated Biology

Duration

10 Months

Prerequisites

Student Must Have Completed Grade 10

Requirements

None

Course Summary

The Integrated Biology course focuses on conceptual understanding of foundational life and Earth science core ideas, science and engineering practices, and crosscutting concepts. It is an integration of life science, Earth and space science, and engineering design standards. Students in Integrated Biology develop understanding of key concepts that help them make sense of the interactions between life science and Earth and space science.​

MAJOR TOPICS AND CONCEPTS

Semester 1:

  • Foundations of Biology
  • Life’s Origins
  • Cell Reproduction
  • Earth’s Diversity

Honors:

  • Anaerobic respiration
  • Organic compounds
  • Glycolysis
  • Theory of Endosymbiosis
  • Cell cycle signaling
  • Binary Fission
  • DNA replication
  • Protein synthesis
  • Flow of matter and energy
  • Earth’s hydrologic and biogeochemical cycles

Semester 2:

  • Scientific connections
  • Classification and Diversity
  • Human Systems
  • Life and Earth Systems

Honors:

  • Molecular evolution
  • Classification systems of nonliving things
  • Cell signaling
  • Feedback mechanisms
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