Energy and food macromolecules—Proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids. Metabolic pathways and enzymes. Examples of changes in global biodiversity, description of a threatened population of animals and identified threats, supporting evidence for the theory of natural selection and genetically modified organisms. Immunity—Cellular Basis of Life, Antibiotics, and Evolution of Resistance, Evolution and Natural Selection, viral life cycles, charting viral genetic sequences to make inferences about disease transmission and accumulation of mutations over time, functions of the major cell types in the immune system, “herd immunity” and how it protects a community, evaluate research studies that serve as the basis for viral therapies or vaccine development. Viral evolution in the context of disease (HIV and Ebola). Innate and adaptive immunity.  Global—Cycling of carbon and nitrogen, carbon and energy transformation, photosynthesis, cellular respiration, climate change, and Slow Carbon Cycle, carbon pools, flux, human impacts, Biofuels, Nitrogen cycling, eutrophication, Coral reef health, modeling plastic pollution, Carbon footprint calculation. Terrestrial ecosystems and climate change—Characteristics of ecosystems, how energy moves through trophic levels in an ecosystem, ways in which organisms use energy, biological magnification, characteristics of the boreal forest ecosystem and carbon reservoirs, governmental and personal changes that meaningfully impact climate change. Students engage in and reflect on service and outreach in order to apply these concepts in community-based settings and engage in questions of social responsibility, social justice, and civic life.

Cellular Basis of Life Antibiotics
Evolution of Resistance Evolution
Natural Selection Microbiomes 
Sewage Chemicals in Water
Effects on Human Health
DNA Structure
Function Genetic Identification using DNA Biological Molecules 
Harvesting Energy for Life Global Nutrient Cycling  
Soil Life Basics of Genetic Testing