Textbook 2021-2022: OpenStax Biology (1st or 2nd ed.), or BJU Biology (4th ed.). AP Biology students should also get the Princeton Review book if they plan to take the AP exam. 

Course Outline 

1st Semester

Unit 1: Chemistry of Life

Unit 2: Cell Structure & Function

Unit 3: Cell Energetics

Unit 4: Photosynthesis

Unit 5: Reproduction at the Cellular Level - Mitosis

Unit 6: Cellular Basis of Inheritance - Meiosis

Unit 7: Classical Genetics

Unit 8: DNA Structure & Function 

2nd Semester

​Unit 9: How Proteins Are Made 

Unit 10: Biotechnology

Unit 11: Evolution/Origins

Unit 12: Viruses & Bacteria
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Unit 13: Plant Form & Function

Unit 14: Body Systems I
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Unit 15: Body Systems II 
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Unit 16: Ecology

Unit 17: Immune System & Disease