LEWISPORTE COLLEGIATE
COURSE OUTLINE – 2018-2019

Unit 1: Maintaining Dynamic Equilibrium II  

§ Nervous System
o Structures
o Neurons  
o Disrupting Homeostasis
o Sense Organs
§ Endocrine System
o Maintaining Homeostasis
o Feedback Mechanisms

Evaluation (15.9%)
§ 2 Unit Tests
§ Core Lab #1: The Nervous System and Reflex Responses
§ Core STSE #1: Drugs and Homeostasis
§ Core Lab #2: Identifying Diabetes Mellitus

Unit 2: Reproduction and Development

§ Cell Division
§ Reproductive Systems: Strategies and Regulation
§ Reproductive Technologies
§ Embryonic Differentiation and Development

Evaluation (21.4%)
§ 2 Unit Tests
§ Core Lab #3: Observing the Cell Cycle in Plant and Animal Cells
§ Core STSE #2: Stem Cell Research
§ Core Lab #4: Reproductive Structures in Flowers
§ Core Lab #5: The Menstrual Cycle

MIDTERM EXAM (20%)

Unit 3: Genetic Continuity

§ Mendelian Genetics
§ Modern Ideas
§ Molecular Genetics
§ Implications
Evaluation (30.3%)
§ 2 Unit Tests
§ Core Lab #6A: DNA Structure and Replication
§ Core Lab #6B: Simulating Protein Synthesis
§ Core Lab #7: Karyotype Lab
§ Core STSE #3: Genetics Researching Newfoundland and Labrador

Unit 4: Evolution Change and Diversity

§ Evolutionary Change  
o Historical Perspective
o Modern Perspective
§ Evolution
o Implications

Evaluation (12.4%)
§ 1 Unit Test
§ Core Lab #8: Population Genetics and the Hardy Weinberg Principle
§ CORE STSE #4: Extraterrestrial Life: Myth or Reality

Textbook
MHR Biology  

Course Evaluation
§ Unit Tests 45% PUBLIC EXAM
§ Assignments/Classwork 10% 50%
§ Core Labs 22%
§ Core STSEs 8%
§ Midterm 20%
TOTAL 100%

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