1. Colegio Las Cumbres
Nivel Medio - secundaria@lascumbres.edu.ar
Esquema de Contenidos para el Período de Orientación, evaluación y promoción - cierre
Diciembre 2012
ASIGNATURA: Biology
CURSO: Senior 4
PROFESOR/A: Ma. Magdalena Ravagnan
Contenido Nodal Sub-temas inlcuidos en el contenido nodal
- Excretion and the kidneys. Osmorregulation
-Nervous system: neurons, arc réflex, antagonis muscles. neuronas. The
eye: structures and functions
-Endocrine system: hormones. The pancreas. Adrenal glands. Feedback
- Homeostasis: definition. - The skin and temperature control.
- Drugs: definition. Depressants and stimulants Antibiotics. Effects of
heroin, alcohol and tobacco.
- Sexual y asexual reproduction.
1º Trimestre
-Male reproductive system: structures and functions
-Female reproductive system: structure. Menstrual cycle. Fertilisation.
Human physiology
Implantation. Placenta. Birth labour. Parental care.
-Sexual hormones: Testosterone, progesterone and oestrogen. Secondary
sexual characteristics.
- Family planning. Birth control.
- Sexual transmitted diseases: AIDS, gonorrhoea: Causes. Symptoms and
sigs. Effects. Treatment and control.
- Genetics : Mitosis and meiosis. Chromosomes. Patterns of heredity.
Determination of sex. Hereditary diseases: sickle cell anaemia, cystic
fibrosis. Variation:continuous and discontinuous. Mutation.
- Plant structure and function
- Photosynthesis and nutrition in plants: gaseous exchange
- Transport in plants: transport of water (transpiration) and food
(translocation).
2º Trimestre
- Reproduction in plants:
Flowering plants a- Sexual: flower structure. Wind and insect -pollinated flowers.
Fertilization and fruit formation. Dispersal of fruits and seeds (wind and
animal). Seed structure. Germination.
b- Asexual: bulbs (onion) and tubers (potato)
- Coordination in plants: growth (auxins) and tropisms
- Food chains and food webs: pyramids of numbers and biomass. Recycling-
Energy flow in an ecosystem.
- Carbon and water cycles.
- Human impact on the environment:
3º Trimestre
- Water pollution: eutrophication. Sewage.
Organisms and their - Air pollution: The greenhouse effect. Acid rain.
environment - Agriculture: fertilizers and pesticides. Soil erosion.
- Deforestation
- Populations: population growth. Limits. Human population.
- Conservation: extinction. Conservation of species, genes, habitats and
non-renewable resources.