Biology - Hillsboro High School

This is a lab-based Biology course (Patterns Biology) designed for 11th grade students based on the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). This course integrates science and engineering practices, multidisciplinary concepts and the following core ideas: 1) Biodiversity, 2) Biomolecules, 3) Cells to Organisms, 4) Genomics, 5) Evolution, and 6) Matter, Energy, and Climate Change. Throughout the course, students will focus on patterns, processes, and relationships of living systems. Interactions and interdependence of living systems will be explored through observations, investigations, models, and technology. Scientific and technical literacy is integrated throughout the course.