Note: Lab supplies will be provided when students are In-Person for class. For online students, a supply list will be provided so they may do the experiments with us. The cost of lab supplies should also be covered by charter school funds if purchased through an approved vendor.        

Biology and Honors Biology Students:
This class will include such topics as:

• Intro to Chemistry
• Cell Biology
• Protein synthesis
• Photosynthesis
• Thorough coverage of Genetics
• Classification and a survey of the Kingdoms including:
  • Archaebacteria
  • Eubacteria
  • Protista
  • Fungi
  • Plantae
  • Animalia
  • Ecology

This a-g level biology class meets once a week for 2 hours (1 hour of lecture, 1 hour of lab).  The class meets for 30 weeks per year (15 weeks/semester). Students will have weekly live lectures and hands-on labs. Reading, labs, and testing will be completed online at home with the exception of two in-class practicum exams. The course covers the top concepts in biology including; a brief overview of chemistry in the body then onto a thorough investigation of cells, protein synthesis, cellular respiration, and photosynthesis. Mendelian genetics is covered with labs focused on how blood types are inherited followed by a unit on origins. A complete survey of the 3 domains and 6 kingdoms is filled with dissections of various representative specimens and is followed by a unit of ecology. A unit on human anatomy finishes up the course.

HONORS BIOLOGY STUDENTS ONLY: For those students taking HONORS BIOLOGY, there will be one additional written assignment per semester and group meeting with the instructor to discuss the required reading of Rachel Carson’s, “Silent Spring”. We will talk about the biological environmental implications of widespread toxicity in the environment due to pesticides and herbicides. Charters must approve the Honors designation.

Silent Spring
by Rachel Carson. 1962
ISBN13: 9780618249060
Widely available at online used bookstores.

To register, complete the registration page for the location of your choice.

A textbook is required, with two choices available: Pick one (charters use Glencoe)

Biology Student Text (3rd ed.- 2 vol.)
by Thomas E. Porch and Brad R. Batdorf.
ISBN: 978-1-57924-932-8
Publisher: Bob Jones University Press, 2004
Length: 1104 pp. Format: softbound; 2 volumes

Glencoe Biology – Student Edition
ISBN: 9780078802843
Publisher: Glencoe, 2009, Hardcover
Charter students must use the Glencoe textbook.
The 2006 Glencoe biology book is also acceptable. 

ONLINE STUDENTS: Click the link below to open a PDF with links to purchase supplies for class.
ONLINE STUDENT – Supply List