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Syllabus: Biology with Mr. Lickel
Teacher Information
Mr. William Lickel
Room 600 of Kewaskum High School
phone: 262-626-8427 ext 4600
See my web pages on the school web site
Content topics and essential learnings
Microscopy
o Capture, measure, and label organisms
Ecology
o Describe population changes and factors affecting population size
o Identify and evaluate relationships between organisms
o Describe how abiotic factors affect organisms
Cells
o List the steps in cell reproduction
o Identify the functions of organelles
o Predict how substances will move into and out of cells
Genetics
o Predict genetic outcomes
o Describe steps in protein synthesis
o Relate mutations and genetic disease
Biochemistry
o Compare carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids
o Identify macromolecules in food
o Evaluate factors influencing enzyme activity
Evolution
o Describe the effects of natural selection on populations
o Explain steps in speciation
Classification
o Use and construct a dichotomous key
o Apply genetic similarities to the levels of classification
Microbiology
o Culture and classify bacteria
o Contrast various viral replication methods
o Investigate antibiotic and antiseptic agents
Common Assessments:
Formal pH effects lab report
Tests for Chapters 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8 combined, 11, 15 and 17 combined, 18 from “Biology, the Dynamics of Life”
Lab analyses for observing organisms, microscope work, effects of salt on organisms, microenvironments, succession in a forest, reindeer and human populations, pH and living tissues, molecules in food, enzyme activity, effects of ultraviolet light, respiration, natural selection, speciation of salamanders, bacterial abundance, effects of antibiotics, effects of antiseptics, dandelion flower structure and epidemiology.
Many problem-solving labs (data analyses) from the text
Virtual labs on energy transformations, enzymes, cell cycles, cancer, karyotypes and bacterial classification
Projects on famous scientists, biomes, cell organelles, DNA replication and protein synthesis, karyotypes, phenotype and genotype comparisons, DNA fingerprinting, dichotomous keys and viral replication
Text: Biology: The Dynamics of Life. Alton Biggs, et al. Glencoe McGraw Hill, New York 2005. ISBN 0-07-829900-4
Other teacher made activities and ancillary texts are used as needed.
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