Lower Dauphin School District

Curriculum Guide

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