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Enzymes as catalysts for reactions in biological systems; discussion of substrates, active sites, induced fit, and activation energy.

Clarifying some points on evolution and intelligent design.

From the extinction of the dinosaurs to humanity.

Overview of fertilisation and early human development. From conception leading to a zygote to blastocyst, embryo and fetus.

How variation can be introduced into a species.

Diffusion and Osmosis

Mitosis is how cells divide! Learn what happens in all the phases of mitosis: prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase.

Molecular structure of DNA. Nucleotide. Nitrogenous base, phosphate.

Introduction to the circulatory system and the heart

Outcomes:

• Determine which mutations are favored by the selection agents of predators and food variety and which mutations are neutral.
• Describe which traits change the survivability of an organism in different environments.
• Experiment with environments which produce a stable population of bunnies, a population that dies out, and a population that takes over the world.
• Track genes through multiple generations.
• Compare how dominant and recessive genes get passed onto offspring.