Biology, Grade 11 (Biology 30S)

Unit 1: Wellness and Homeostasis

Personal wellness and the homeostatic machinery of the cell: internal balance, negative feedback, membrane transport, and the role of energy (ATP) in keeping a cell alive.

• Increase awareness of personal wellness, as well as personal and
• Develop a personal wellness plan
• Recognize how individual wellness choices affect others

• Describe how the body attempts to maintain an internal balance called
• Explain the principle of negative feedback and identify how the body
• Identify life processes that individual cells, as well as complex

• Explain how cell membranes regulate movement of materials into and
• Identify factors that influence movement of substances across a
• Explain the role of energy in maintaining an internal balance in the

Unit 2: Digestion and Nutrition

The digestive tract from mouth to anus: mechanical and chemical digestion, enzymes, absorption, the liver's homeostatic role, the six nutrients, and personal food decisions.

• Identify major structures and functions of the human digestive system
• Describe the processes of mechanical digestion that take place at
• Identify functions of secretions along the digestive tract

• Identify sites of chemical digestion along the alimentary canal, as
• Explain the role of enzymes in the chemical digestion of nutrients
• Describe the processes of absorption that take place at various sites
• Describe the homeostatic role of the liver with respect to the

• Describe the functions of each of the six basic types of nutrients—
• Identify dietary sources for each of the six basic types of
• Evaluate personal food intake and related food decisions
• Investigate and describe conditions/disorders that affect the
• Use the decision-making process to investigate an issue related to

Unit 3: Transportation and Respiration

The cardiovascular and respiratory systems: blood and blood groups, vessels and the cardiac cycle, blood pressure, gas exchange, breathing control, and cardiorespiratory wellness.

• Design and execute an experiment to investigate an aspect of the
• Compare the characteristics of blood components in terms of
• Compare and contrast the characteristics of different blood groups
• Predict the physiological consequences of blood transfusions
• Describe the blood donation process and investigate related issues

• Compare the structure and function of blood vessels
• Identify the materials transported between cells and capillaries
• Describe the cardiac cycle
• Describe, in general terms, the nervous and chemical control of
• Explain the meaning of blood pressure readings and identify the
• Identify factors that affect blood pressure or cardiac function and

• Explain how transport systems help to maintain homeostasis in the body
• Distinguish between cellular respiration, internal respiration, and
• Identify major structures and functions of the human respiratory
• Describe how breathing is controlled to help maintain homeostasis in
• Investigate and describe conditions/disorders associated with
• Identify personal lifestyle choices that contribute to cardiovascular

Unit 4: Excretion and Waste Management

How the body clears metabolic wastes and holds water and salt balance: the excretory organs, the liver, the urinary system, the nephron, feedback hormones, and urinalysis.

• Identify the primary metabolic wastes produced in the human body and
• Describe the roles of the major excretory structures in eliminating
• Describe the important role of the liver in the process of excretion

• Identify structures of the human urinary system from a diagram
• Explain the processes of filtration, reabsorption, and secretion in
• Describe the feedback mechanisms associated with water and salt

• Describe what types of information can be gained through urinalysis
• Investigate and describe issues related to kidney failure and

Unit 5: Protection and Control

The body's defence and communication systems: non-specific and specific immunity, the lymphatic system, the nervous system and nerve impulses, nervous-versus-hormonal control, and concussion.

• Describe the body's defence mechanisms for protection from foreign
• Describe the body's response to allergens, vaccines, and
• Explain the role of the lymphatic system in protecting the human body
• Investigate issues related to the immune system and the protection of

• Describe the major organization of the nervous system
• Identify the functional regions of the brain
• Explain how a nerve impulse travels a particular pathway using
• Compare the general roles of nervous and hormonal controls

• Explain the effects of a concussion on brain function and the
• Describe how personal lifestyle choices can influence the functioning
• Investigate and describe conditions/disorders that affect protection

Unit 6: Wellness and Homeostatic Changes

Systems working together and how homeostasis changes over a lifetime: integrated responses, aging, defining death, the social issues of dying, and wellness technology.

• Analyze examples of how different body systems work together to
• Recognize that aging is a progressive failure of the body's

• Recognize the difficulties faced in defining “death” and identify
• Identify and analyze social issues related to the process of dying
• Describe how technology has allowed us to control our wellness, and