The Introduction to Biology Bundle contains two other bundles: Biology Basics and Chemistry of Biology. This is my first 6 weeks of class. I use this time to teach procedures in my classroom and review this. information that is critical to know to understand the rest of the year. Start your year out right with this bundle.

In my classroom, for each lesson I use the teacher slides as a traditional lecture and then have students do the worksheet after the lecture. On the next day I would have them do the mind map and then take the quiz. If you want to change things up you could assign the student slides and Cornell notes, as a flipped assignment, and then give the lecture the second day. The student slides have the reading pages and all videos from the teacher slides included. I've tried to give you as many options as possible.

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What is included:

Teacher Notes:

Overview

Pear Deck Tips

Google classroom tips

Standards

Assessment with answer keys

Pear Deck Presentations

216 interactive slides

Engagement Questions

Presentation Notes

Student Slides

257 interactive slides

Reading pages

Written response slides

Drag and drop slides

Mind Maps

PDF Resources:

187 pages

Reading pages

Worksheet

Quiz

Mind Map

Answer Key

Bonus Features

Interactive Digital Student Notebook

Vocabulary Flashcards

Vocabulary Lists

Concept Tests w/answer keys

Why use Bison Discovery?

I am passionate about science! I want to provide a great resource for teachers to use in their classrooms. The products are designed with online learning in mind. There are different options and products that you can you choose from to use. I hope you like It!

Who is it for?

This if for anyone who needs online resources that can be used immediately. It does not matter where you are in your teaching career, we can all use some help. I hope that this makes life just a little bit easier for you.

Online tools:

I am offing these products on Google Drive. If you would prefer the PDF versions of everything but the presentations, email me at bisondiscovery@gmail.com. I would be happy to send those to you in a zip file.

The teacher presentations are used with Pear Deck. Pear deck is an interactive presentation tool used to actively engage students in individual and social learning. I have created resources in Google Drive to use on Pear Deck. I have used the Premium Option. This give you options of drawing, websites and drag and drop. You can get a trial membership to see if this something you would like to use. If you do not choose to upgrade, you can just delete the slides with the premium slides.

Vocabulary:

You will find that vocabulary is a taught explicitly in the presentations. In both the teacher and student presentations I have included slide with vocabulary words and definitions. I am a big believer in explicitly teaching vocabulary words. Biology has many words from Greek or Latin origin. Teaching the vocabulary explicitly helps to differentiate for ELL or special education students.

Mindfulness:

I have also included a TAPS slide. TAPS, total absolute perfect silence is a mindfulness exercise. It can be done in as little as 30 seconds at the beginning of the period. Its just a reset so that you are present in the classroom. Students are silent for 30 seconds or more with no distractions. They are not required to close their eyes but just sit silently.

Student assignment options:

The student slide are Google slides that you can assign in Google Classroom. They include reading pages, some slides from the teacher presentation, worksheets in response or drag and drop options, as well as mind maps. These do not require Pear Deck. Student can view and answer all questions without going into presentation mode.

You can also print out the reading pages, Cornell notes, worksheets and mind maps on paper or assignment them separately on Google Classroom.

If you buy the whole unit you will receive a Digital Student Notebook with the PDF resources included in a presentation where they can answer questions.

What types of files?

Google slides and PDFs are the file types I have included. If you have trouble opening them or you need a different format email me at bisondiscovery@gmail.com

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I. Introduction to Biology

A. Biology Basics

1. Study of Life

2. Characteristics of Life

3. Scientific Method

4. Theory

5. Unifying Concepts

B. Chemistry of Biology

1. Atoms, Molecules, & Bonds

2. Solutions

3. Carbon Molecules

4. Chemical Reactions

5. Enzymes

II. Cell Biology

A. Cells

1. Microscopes

2. Prokaryotic & Eukaryotic Cells

3. Cell Membrane

4. Cell Organelles

5. Plant & Animal Cells

B. Transport

1. Passive Transport

2. Cells in Solution

3. Active Transport

C. Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration

1. Energy Basics

2. Photosynthesis

3. Chemosynthesis

4. Cellular Respiration

5. Fermentation

III. Cell Division

A. Mitosis

1. Chromosomes

2. Cell Cycle

3. Mitosis & Cytokinesis

4. Cell Cycle Regulation

5. Multicellular Organisms

6. Asexual Reproduction

B. Meiosis

1. Somatic Cells

2. Meiosis

3. Gametogenesis

IV. Genetics

A. Mendelian Genetics

1. Traits, Genes, & Alleles

2. Gregor Mendel

3. Law of Segregation

4. Law of Independent Assortment

5. Probability

6. Genetic Variability

B. Modern Genetics

1. Autosomal & Sex-linked Traits

2. Genetic Patterns

3. Pedigrees

4. Genome

5. Epigenetics

V. Molecular Biology

A. DNA & RNA

1. Tracking Down DNA

2. The DNA Problem

3. DNA Structure

4. RNA Structure

B. Protein Synthesis

1. Replication

2. Transcription

3. Amino Acids

4. Translation

5. Gene Expression

6. Mutations

VI. Evolution

A. Evolution Basics

1. Before Darwin

2. Charles Darwin

3. Natural Selection

4. Darwin’s Evidence

B. Modern Evolution

1. Evolution Genetics

2. Populations Evolve

3. Mechanisms of Evolution

4. Hardy-Weinberg

5. Speciation

6. Patterns of Evolution

C. Life Begins

1. Earth in a Day

2. Early Life

3. Progression of Life

D. Earth’s Timeline

1. Fossil Record

2. Dating Fossils

3. Geologic Timescale

VII. Ecology

A. Ecology Basics

1. Biotic & Abiotic Factors

2. Levels of Organization

3. Feeding Relationships

4. Trophic Levels

B. Ecologic Interactions

1. Habitats & Niches

2. Competitive Exclusion

3. Symbiosis

C. Population Ecology

1. Population Growth Patterns

2. Density & Dispersion

3. Succession

D. Ecosystems

1. Earth’s Spheres

2. Climate Zones

3. Terrestrial Biomes

4. Aquatic Zones