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High School Curriculum Explorer · Grades 9–12
See what a course builds on, follow a suggested unit path and practice a useful skill. For students, families, homeschoolers, tutors and teachers.
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Each course has six lessons in three suggested units. Grade ranges guide placement; they are not universal requirements.
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Biology
Suggested grades 9–10 · Unit 1: Information and Living Systems
Explain a limited gene–protein relationship using a model and a precise evidence statement.
▷ 2 teacher video choices: From DNA Instructions to Cell FunctionGoal: Construct a four-stage explanation linking a gene, protein production, protein function and a cell outcome.
Before this: Know that cells contain DNA and proteins.
Try together: Together revise “DNA becomes a nutrient.” Name the different roles of information, a protein product and transported matter.
Biology
Suggested grades 9–10 · Unit 1: Information and Living Systems
Connect cells, tissues, organs and interacting body systems without reducing the body to one isolated part.
▷ 2 teacher video choices: Model Oxygen Delivery Across SystemsGoal: Produce a hierarchical model and explain two interactions needed for oxygen delivery.
Before this: Recognize cells, tissues and organs.
Try together: Together locate an interaction between two systems and explain why a well-functioning heart alone cannot replace a lung exchange surface.
Biology
Suggested grades 9–10 · Unit 2: Matter and Energy in Organisms
Represent photosynthesis inputs, outputs and energy transformations using an atom-accounting model.
▷ 2 teacher video choices: Where Does Plant Carbon Come From?Goal: Use a labeled model to track carbon atoms and distinguish light energy from matter inputs.
Before this: Count atoms in simple formulas.
Try together: Together identify the error in a diagram drawing light dots turning into carbon dots. Replace it with an energy-transformation arrow.
Biology
Suggested grades 9–10 · Unit 2: Matter and Energy in Organisms
Explain cellular respiration without describing energy as an atom or saying bond breaking alone releases it.
▷ 2 teacher video choices: Food, Oxygen and Energy TransferGoal: Use a net model to distinguish matter rearrangement, usable energy transfer and thermal transfer.
Before this: Recognize photosynthesis inputs and outputs.
Try together: Together correct “Plants photosynthesize, so they never respire.” Refer to the text and distinguish the two processes.
Biology
Suggested grades 9–10 · Unit 3: Populations and Biological Evidence
Use proportional data while keeping energy conservation distinct from biomass transfer.
▷ 2 teacher video choices: Build an Ecosystem Energy BudgetGoal: Calculate two transfer fractions and account for energy not stored as new biomass at the next level.
Before this: Use percentages and define a system boundary.
Try together: Together identify the 17,600 kJ difference between producer and primary-consumer production and explain why it cannot all be labeled “heat” without more evidence.
Biology
Suggested grades 9–10 · Unit 3: Populations and Biological Evidence
Connect inherited variation, resource limits and reproductive success in an original model.
▷ 2 teacher video choices: Explain a Population Shift Without IntentGoal: Construct a natural-selection explanation using four required factors and distinguish population change from individual intention.
Before this: Know inheritance and calculate a proportion.
Try together: Together revise “The beetles became dark because they wanted to survive” using variation already present before predation.
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