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3RD YEAR BIOLOGY CURRICULUM
AS PART OF THE "PHYSICS FIRST" SCIENCE PROGRAM
UNIT 1: SCIENTIFIC METHOD
UNIT 2: WHAT IS LIFE?/ MICROSCOPES- BIOLOGY: THE BIG PICTURE
UNIT 3: BIOCHEMISTRY- ATOMS, MOLECULES, MACROMOLECULES, ENZYMES
UNIT 4: CELLS
UNIT 5: BIOETHICS/GENETIC ENGINEERING/REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY- INTEGRATED UNIT
UNIT 6: CELL ENERGY: PHOTOSYNTHESIS/RESPIRATION
UNIT 7: CELL DIVISION AND CANCER
UNIT 8: DNA-->RNA-->PROTEIN
UNIT 9: GENETICS: MENDEL, MORGAN, HUMAN HEREDITY, PEDIGREES, AND GENETIC DISORDERS
UNIT 10: BLOOD AND BLOOD GENETICS: FORENSICS
UNIT 11: EVOLUTION- AS FACT, AS THEORY, ORIGINS OF LIFE, HUMAN EVOLUTION
UNIT 12: CLASSIFICATION
UNIT 13: POPULATION GROWTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT
UNIT 14: HUMAN BODY SYSTEMS
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