Course Description

This class consists of four units: Intro to biology, ecology, cell biology, and evolution.  Intro to Biology presents material that lays the basis of the entire class such as lab safety, measurement, graphing, procedure writing, and characteristics of life.  The ecology unit introduces students to interactions organisms with other organisms as well as their environment.  Cell biology is the primary unit of the class and includes parts and functions of cells, transport, photosynthesis and cellular respiration, and reproduction.  Presented strictly as theory, the evolution unit introduces students to suggestions on how life developed on Earth including primate evolution.  Exploration and learning of these units will take place through notes, discussion, labs, activities, and research.