Welcome to an exciting year of exploring the complexity and diversity of Life!
Weekly video and homework assignments are listed below. Students are expected to turn in homework for a given week at the beginning of lab the following week.
Syllabus: https://scimathinstitute.org/scimath/syllabi/BiologySyllabus2023-24.pdf
Book: https://scimathinstitute.org/texts/TextDownloads.html
NOTE: the book is a large document. The easiest way to get a copy on your computer is to right-click on the link above, then choose “save link as…” This will allow you save the file to a designated location on your computer
Send Homework to: homework@scimathinstitute.org
*Important! Subject line of the email MUST match the name of the assignment!!*
Fall Semester
| Video Dates | Video and Homework Assignments | Meeting Date |
| Sept. 4-10 | Introduction | Sept. 11 |
| Biology and the hierarchy of life | ||
| Sept. 11-17 | Chemistry of life: atoms and molecules | Sept. 18 |
| Sept. 18-24 | Chemistry of life: macromolecules | Sept. 25 |
| Sept. 25-Oct. 1 | Cell biology: the membrane | Oct. 2 |
| Oct 2-8 | Cell biology: membrane transport, the nucleus | Oct. 9 |
| Oct. 9-15 | Cell biology: transcription and translation | Oct. 16 |
| Oct. 16-22 | Cell biology: cellular respiration | Oct. 23 |
| Oct 23-29 | Cell biology: cell skeleton and motor proteins | Oct. 30 |
| Test 1 | ||
| Oct. 30 – Nov, 5 | Reproduction: mitosis and meiosis | Nov, 6 |
| Nov. 6-12 | Integumentary system | Nov. 13 |
| Skeletal and muscular systems | ||
| Nov. 13-19 | Digestive, circulatory and respiratory systems | Nov. 20 NO LAB Thanksgiving! |
| Nov. 20-26 | Excretory, endocrine and immune systems | Nov 27 |
| Nov. 27-Dec. 3 | Nervous system | Dec. 4 |
| Dec. 4-10 | Test 2 | Dec. 11 NO LAB Test 2 Due |
Spring Semester
| Jan. 22-28 | Introduction to botany | Jan. 29 |
| Jan. 29-Feb. 4 | Roots, stems and leaves | Feb. 5 |
| Feb. 5-11 | Plant reproduction and life cycles | Feb. 12 |
| Feb. 12-18 | Plant taxonomy | Feb. 19 |
| Feb. 19-25 | Fungi, monerans and protistans | Feb. 26 |
| Test 3 | ||
| Feb. 26-Mar. 3 | Mammals | Mar. 4 |
| Mar. 4-10 | [No Videos – Work on Organism Scrapbooks (if needed) -] | Mar. 11 NO LAB Spring Break! |
| Mar. 11-17 | Birds | Mar. 18 LAB CANCELLED See NEW homework assignment |
| Mar. 18-24 | Fish, amphibians and reptiles | Mar 25 |
| Mar. 25 – 31 | Arthropods | Apr. 1 |
| Apr. 1-8 | Other invertebrates | Apr. 7 |
| Apr. 8-15 | Populations, communities and ecosystems | Apr. 15 |
| Apr. 15-21 | Cumulative Review (no videos) | Apr. 22 |
| Apr. 22-28 | Test 4 | NO LAB, Test 4 Due by Apr. 29 |