Course Overview

The study of:  living things; physical and chemical basis for life; basic activities of living things; how plants and animals maintain themselves by solving basic life requirements, with an overriding theme of strategies of living things; reproduction and development of single cells to multicellular organisms; heredity, the ways that organisms transmit traits from generation to generation; evolution and diversity of living forms of plants and animals in their environment; ecological relationships with plants, animals and their environment, with emphasis on man.

Units of Study

• Scientific Method and Inquiry
• Ecology
• Human Environmental Impact
• Cell Structure and Function
• Cellular Division
• Reproduction (Asexual and Sexual)
• Heredity and Genetics
• Evolution
• Classification
• Human Body Systems

Curriculum Map (PDF)

Unit Calendar (PDF)

NYS Core Curriculum (PDF)

see p.8 for laboratory requirement

Laboratory Requirment

New York State requires students to complete 1200 minutes of hands on laboratory experience.  Each experience must be represented by a satisfactorly written report.  This equates to fifteen 81-minute blocks and lab reports representing these which are passing with a 65% or higher.

For specific information regarding this State requirement, plese refer to page 8 of the NYS Core Curriculum.

Making Connections

• Part A
• Part B
  • Grading Rubric