Applied Biology

Applied Biology

Credits: 1.0

Course Description:

This course is given to students who did not score proficient or advanced on the Keystone Biology Exam.  The course provides an overview of the basic principles of biology including the structure and function of the cell, cellular respiration, photosynthesis, mitosis, meiosis, genetics and evolution and ecology. This biology course deals with the variety of living things in the world and is designed to cover all of the major forms of life but heavily emphasizes the basic similarities and patterns found in nature. The student is helped to discover his/her place in the world of life in regard to their effect on the world and, in turn, its effect on him or her. Units are developed from centrality of the cell in structure and function, as well as the basic commonness of all life at this level.

Topics Covered:

Characteristics of living things

Levels of organization

Cell membrane

Cell transport

Cell structure

Cell organelles

Cellular energy - cellular respiration and photosynthesis

Mitosis

Meiosis

Genetics

DNA

Evolution

Ecology