Biology Honors Academic Library (1st semester)
Welcome to your Biology Honor's course.  You will be challenged by the work in this level of academic work.  You will find that this Biology course is not written from a biblical worldview. Scriptures are completely reliable and will not fail to be supported by  science with a fair evaluation of scientific data.  If you are looking for "proof" when it comes to creation...neither evolution or creationism will present "proof" but the evidence available that is rightly interpreted does support the biblical worldview..
Students should see our statement about these courses which are not authored from a biblical worldview. Students uncomfortable with these courses should enroll in our courses from a biblical worldview ​

smart science virtual labs

​Students in this honor's level Biology course will follow the labs in Smart Science online labs. Labs will be completed as shown in the Academic Library of assignments. 

The lab experience from Smart Science will ensure a standard base of quality and evaluation for the lab work from all students.  Before starting the first lab, students should review the accompanying video for the procedures to complete a lab online in Smart Science.  No equipment of supplies to be purchased.  Students at this level are expected to show a clear understanding of the lab and conclusions supported by the scientific data.

biology honors

Unit 1: The Chemistry of Life
  1. Formulating Scientific Questions Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - ​How do questions about the natural world become investigations?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Practice asking scientific questions.
    5. Quiz Answers
  2. Hypotheses, Theories, and Laws Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - What is the relationship between observations, hypotheses, theories, and laws?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Practice hypotheses, theories, and laws.
    5. Quiz Answers
  3. Using Math to Analyze Data Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How do scientists use math to analyze data?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Practice analyzing data.
    5. Quiz Answers
  4. Assessing Claims and Evidence Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How can you determine the reliability of scientific information?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Read about water fluoridation.
    5. Quiz Answers
  5. Carbohydrates Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - What role do carbohydrates play in living organisms?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Explore diabetes.
    5. Quiz Answers
  6. Lipids Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up- Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - What are the structures and functions of lipids in living organisms?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Practice what you have learned about lipids.
    5. Quiz Answers
  7. Proteins and Nucleic Acids Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - What are the structures and functions of proteins and nucleic acids in living organisms?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Practice what you have learned about proteins and nucleic acids.
    5. Quiz Answers
  8. Catalysts Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - What effect do enzymes have on biochemical reactions?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Read about the structure and function of enzymes.
    5. Quiz Answers
  9. Unit Test
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Unit 2: Cell Structure and Function
  1. Cell Theory Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How does cell theory explain the importance of cells to living organisms?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Explore microscopes and cell theory.
    5. Quiz Answers
  2. Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - What are the similarities and differences of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Read about cells.
    5. Quiz Answers
  3. The Function of Organelles Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - What are organelles, and what specific cellular functions do they perform?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Practice labeling the organelles of a cell and describing their functions.
    5. Quiz Answers
  4. Cell Homeostasis Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How does a cell maintain homeostasis?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Explore cellular transport.
    5. Quiz Answers
  5. Lab: Diffusion Across a Semi-permeable Membrane
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - What is the effect of molecule size on a molecule’s ability to diffuse across a membrane?
    3. Virtual Lab - Explore diffusion across a semipermeable  membrane  by performing a virtual experiment.
    4. Assignment: Reflect on the Lab - Reflect on the laboratory experiment.
    5. Assignment: Lab Report - Write your lab report.
    6. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
  6. Animal and Plant Cells Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - What are the similarities and differences between animal and plant cells?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Practice identifying animal and plant cell organelles.
    5. Quiz Answers
  7. Unit Test
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Unit 3: ​Cellular Energy and Reproduction
  1. Light Dependent Reactions in Photosynthesis Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How do plants get the energy they need to survive?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Practice what you have learned about the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis.
    5. Quiz Answers
  2. Light Independent Reactions in Photosynthesis Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How are sugars made during photosynthesis?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Practice what you know about light-independent reactions in photosynthesis.
    5. Quiz Answers
  3. Cellular Respiration Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - What is the purpose of cellular respiration? How does it occur?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Use a model to illustrate the process of cellular respiration.
    5. Project: Analyzing Cellular Respiration - Gather evidence to construct and revise an explanation.
    6. Quiz Answers
  4. Cell Cycle Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - What is the role of the cell cycle in the growth and development of organisms?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Practice identifying the stages of the cell cycle.
    5. Quiz Answers
  5. Mitosis Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - What process is responsible for the replication of cells for growth and development?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Explore mitosis.
    5. ​Quiz Answers
  6. Meiosis Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How does meiosis allow for variation and sexual reproduction in some organisms?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Explore meiosis and genetic recombination.
    5. Quiz Answers
  7. Asexual and Sexual Reproduction Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How are asexual and sexual reproduction similar and different?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Practice differentiating asexual and sexual reproduction.
    5. Quiz Answers
  8. Unit Test
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Unit 4: DNA and Protein Synthesis
  1. Genetic Code Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How was the genetic code discovered and what role does it play in genetics today?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Project: Asking Questions about the Genetic Code - Ask and answer questions about the genetic code.
    5. Quiz Answers
  2. DNA and RNA Structure Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - What are similarities and differences between the structures of DNA and RNA?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Read about the discovery of DNA structure and types of RNA.
    5. Quiz Answers
  3. Protein Synthesis Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - What is the purpose of proteins, and how are they synthesized?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Explore protein synthesis.
    5. Quiz Answers
  4. Lab: Building Proteins from RNA
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How are proteins built using the information provided by a molecule of RNA?
    3. Virtual Lab - Explore the process  of building proteins from the information carried by RNA.
    4. Assignment: Reflect on the Lab - Reflect on the laboratory experiment.
    5. Assignment: Lab Report - Write your lab report.
    6. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
  5. DNA Mutations Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - What are the causes and effects of DNA mutations?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Project: Analyzing Genetic Variation - Make and defend a claim about genetic variations.
    5. Quiz Answers
  6. Chromosomal Changes Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - What effect do chromosomal changes have on an organism?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Write about chromosomal changes.
    5. Quiz Answers
  7. Unit Test
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Unit 5: Genetics and Heredity
  1. Introduction to Genetics Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How has the study of genetics shaped our understanding of heredity?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Practice Mendelian crosses.
    5. Quiz Answers
  2. Laws of Inheritance Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How are traits passed from parents to offspring?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Practice the laws of inheritance.
    5. Quiz Answers
  3. Probability of Inheritance Guided Notes
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How can inheritance be predicted?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Practice Punnett squares.
    5. Quiz Answers
  4. Lab: Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
    1. Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - What is the effect of the genes of the parental mice on the fur color of the offspring mice?
    3. Virtual Lab - Explore the relationship between genotype and phenotype with a virtual experiment.
    4. Assignment: Reflect on the Lab - Reflect on the laboratory experiment.
    5. Assignment: Lab Report - Write your lab report.
    6. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
  5. Non-Mendelian Inheritance Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson..
    2. Instruction - What other modes of inheritance are seen in organisms?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Practice using Punnett squares.
    5. Quiz Answers
  6. Sex-linked Inheritance Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How are sex-linked traits determined?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Read about sex-linked inheritance and practice pedigrees.
    5. Quiz Answers
  7. Lab: Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - What is the effect of the inheritance of one trait on the inheritance of a second trait?
    3. Virtual Lab - Explore the two traits by performing a virtual experiment.
    4. Assignment: Reflect on the Lab - Reflect on the laboratory experiment.
    5. Assignment: Lab Report - Write your lab report.
    6. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
  8. The Basis of DNA Technology Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - What is DNA technology?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Write about recombinant DNA and genetic engineering in human beings.
    5. Quiz Answers
  9. Applications of DNA Technology Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How has DNA technology led to advancements in forensics, medicine, and agriculture?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Write about applications of DNA technology.
    5. Assignment - Practice what you have learned about the applications of DNA technology.
    6. Quiz Answers
  10. Consequences of DNA Technology Guided Notes
    1. ​Warm-Up - Get ready for the lesson.
    2. Instruction - How can DNA technology affect our society?
    3. Summary - Review and connect what you learned.
    4. Assignment - Write about the consequences of using DNA technology.
    5. Quiz Answers
  11. Unit Test
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Unit 6: Cumulative Exam
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