Biology 1

Biology 1
Rock Hill High School Rock Hill, SC Mr. Blankenship Updated Wednesday, October 20, 2010
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Attention parents and students:

This web site was created to assist 9th grade biology students with the course content. From the unit tabs above, supporting materials such as images, downloads, videos, and other links are provided to enhance the subject matter, providing another venue for learning.

The following documents are the mandated state standards for instruction for this biology course. Though more than this will be taught in this course, these main ideas will be on unit tests and the EOC (End-of-Course final exam). Use this to help you learn. Biology 1 teachers follow these standards closely, as should you.

B-1 Support Doc (Inquiry)
B-2 Support Doc (Cells)
B-3 Support Doc (Energy)
B-4 Support Doc (Heredity)
B-5 Support Doc (Evolution)
B-6 Support Doc (Ecology)

Also, please read the letter to parents!

Useful Links:

Modern Biology...Your textbook is online! Log on HERE

Free stuff for teachers/students From the NSTA website
An Online Biology Textbook
Biology Fact Sheet
Assign-a-Day Find your assignments (but my classroom board is "official").
For students and parents: Test anxiety? Preparing inadequately? Read THIS.
Experimental Design Reference Guide
Rock Hill High School home page and District Calendar
South Carolina State Standards for Biology
How To Study and Learning Strategies No, you don't know how.
Practice SAT questions
Word Viewer View, print and copy Word docs if you don't have Word installed.
Quizlet Make your own virtual index cards!
GPA Calculator Refer to your student hand book on weights of different classes.
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Contact Information:

Mr. Wally Blankenship
jblanken@rock-hill.k12.sc.us (preferred)
Room E 004
Rock Hill High School
320 W. Springdale Road
Rock Hill, SC 29730
Main office: 803.981.1300
My Voicemail: 803.985.3972

Fall 2010 Schedule:
Blocks 1, 2, and 3: Honors Biology 1
Block 4:                 Planning

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Curriculum Map (Course schedule) for fall 2010:

Biology Honors: 2010 Fall Semester Rock Hill Schools
	First Nine Weeks																																													Second Nine Weeks
Science	Introduction to Biology (including lab safety training)					Ecology																			Biochemistry					Cells															Cell Energy										Heredity																				Evolution												Review and Exam (Subject to EOC scheduled date)
Indicators	B 1.1-1.9					B 3.6 and 6.1-6.6																			B 2.8, 3.4 and 3.5					B 2.1-2.7, 4.2, and 4.5															B 3.1-3.3										B 4.1-4.9																				B 5.1-5.7
Days	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90
	First Nine Weeks																																													Second Nine Weeks
Date	18	19	20	23	24	25	26	27	30	31	1	2	3	7	8	9	10	13	14	15	16	17	20	21	22	23	24	27	28	29	30	1	4	5	6	7	11	12	13	14	15	18	19	20	21	25	26	27	28	29	1	3	4	5	8	9	10	11	12	15	16	17	18	19	22	23	29	30	1	2	3	6	7	8	9	10	13	14	15	16	17	3	4	5	6	7	10	11	12	13
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