Duration
10 Months
Prerequisites
None
Requirements
None
Course Summary
The course covers biology basics, including cell structure, DNA, and organ systems. It explores organism classification, evolution, environmental impacts on species, energy conservation, and ecosystem interdependence.
By the end of this course, you will be able to do the following:
Use the scientific method to investigate a biology question.
Explain how atoms combine to form larger molecules that have various biological functions.
Explain the structural and functional differences between plant and animal cells.
Explain how different proteins produced by a cell carry out critical life functions through systems of specialized cells.
Explain the working of nervous, skeletal and muscle, respiratory, circulatory, digestive, excretory, integumentary, immune, lymph, and endocrine systems with the help of models.
Explain how human reproduction is controlled by anatomical and biochemical processes.
Explain the role of mitosis and meiosis in producing and maintaining complex organisms.
Explain the role of DNA and chromosomes in passing traits from parents to offspring.
Use statistics and probability to calculate variation and distribution of expressed traits in a population.
Classify insects based on their physical and developmental characteristics.
Explain the major characteristics of archaebacteria, bacteria, and protists.
Compare the characteristics and biological processes of plants and fungi and of invertebrates and vertebrates.
Evaluate the effects of evolutionary mechanisms on the characteristics of current and extinct species.
Explain the effect of environmental changes on the selection of desired traits in a population.
Explain how genetic variation, natural selection, and environment lead to adaptations in organisms.
Explain conservation of energy as it relates to living things and different ecosystems.
Develop a model to show how photosynthesis and cellular respiration transform and use energy.
Explain the need for macronutrients and micronutrients in the human body to support homeostasis and the use of energy.
Explain how the cycling of matter and energy interacts with biological processes.
Analyze the effects of environmental changes on relationships in an ecosystem.
Use mathematics to explain the factors that affect carrying capacity of ecosystems at different scales.
Explain how a change affects biodiversity of an ecosystem.