2020-2021: Our textbook is OpenStax Concepts of Biology (orange book), published by Rice University. 
AP students will use OpenStax Biology (green book) and The Princeton Review AP Biology Prep, 2021 edition. 
The orange and green books are free downloads at www.openstax.org, or you can buy a hardcover on Amazon.  

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Course Outline 

1st Semester

Unit 1: Chemistry of Life I - Inorganic Chemistry  

Unit 2: Chemistry of Life II - Organic/Biochemistry 

Unit 3: Cell Structure & Function I - Components of the cell

Unit 4: Cell Structure & Function II - Cell membrane and transport systems

Unit 5: How Cells Obtain Energy - Cellular Respiration

Unit 6: Photosynthesis

Unit 7: Reproduction at the Cellular Level - Mitosis

Unit 8: Cellular Basis of Inheritance - Meiosis

2nd Semester

Unit 9: Patterns of Inheritance: Classical Genetics

Unit 10: Molecular Biology: DNA Replication 

​Unit 11: Molecular Biology: How Proteins Are Made 

Unit 12: Biotechnology

Unit 13: Evolution/Origins

Unit 14: Body Systems I
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Unit 15: Body Systems II 

Unit 16: Immune System & Disease

Unit 17: Ecology & Populations (move 17&18 before 14?)

Unit 18: Ecosystems & Biosphere

Final Exam (take home)