Biology Honors
The Biology Honors course is designed to prepare students who wish to take the AP Biology course in their Junior or Senior year. Therefore, we will need to study more material, in greater detail than the typical College Prep Biology class and, naturally, we’ll move at a faster pace. In order to cover the entire Honors Biology Curriculum, students are expected to deal with certain selected topics independently during the summer and during school vacations. In September, after a very brief review of the assigned work and clarification of students’ questions, there will be a series of tests on the Ecology Unit. The details of the assignment are below. All work must be done in a Dedicated Biology 3 ring binder, and must be available for me to check on the first day of the 2008-2009 school year.
Text: Modern Biology: Publishers: Holt, Rinehart, Winston. 2004. ISBN: 0-03-056541-3
Assignment:
Read Chapters 19-23. Read all of the contents except the Investigations. Be sure to read the printed material under diagrams and pictures, and the pages between the sections in each chapter. In each chapter, define in your notebook all words in boldface print, using glossary definitions.
Answer all Section Review Questions, Numbers 1-6 at the end of each section in each chapter.
Answer all Chapter Review Questions, Numbers 1-25 at the end of each chapter.
All work is to be legibly handwritten. Please follow the rules of standard English grammar in answering the questions and develop your answers fully.
In the meantime, have a GREAT SUMMER! I’m looking forward to getting to know all of you next year.