Biology Course Overview - Period 4
Course Description:
Sophomore biology is a course focusing on the life sciences. Students will have hands-on, active experiences throughout the year and will create a biology portfolio. Topics covered include: characteristics of life, ecology: population dynamics, cycles of matter, biodiversity, the cell: structure and function, energy transformations, diffusion and osmosis, taxonomy, reproduction and development.
(Course Description from the CAHS Program of Studies Handbook)