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      Curriculum Guide

      Course Title: Honors Life Science
      Subject: Science
      Grade Level(s): 7

      Synopsis of Curriculum

      The Honors Life Science course focuses on living things and their interactions with the environment. The topics studied throughout the year include the Scientific Method, Cells, Genetics, Natural Selection, Classification, The Kingdoms of Life and Ecology. As compared to the Life Science course, Honors Life Science is supplemented with enrichment activities and inquiry-based labs. Students are challenged throughout the year to dig deeper and apply the concepts they are learning.

       

      Units of Study Titles

      Unit 1 – Life Science Through Inquiry

      Unit 2 – Cell Theory and Cell Processes

      Unit 3 – Genetics

      Unit 4 – Adaptations and Natural Selection

      Unit 5 – Classification

      Unit 6 – Viruses and Simple Organisms

      Unit 7 – Animal Kingdom – Invertebrates

      Unit 8 – Animal Kingdom – Vertebrates

      Unit 9 – Plant Kingdom

      Unit 10 – Ecology and Environmental Science

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