GENERAL BIOLOGY 2 (SHS-GENBIO 2)

Grade 12 – Science, Technology Engineering, and Mathematics (SHS-STEM)

Course Syllabus
2nd Semester, A.Y. 2024-2025
Instructor: Mr. Daniel Lance R. Nevado
Senior High School Department | Natural Science Department
3rd Floor College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Bldg.
Email: [email protected]

Course objective: General Biology 2 is a specialized subject under STEM strand that is designed to
enhance the understanding of the principles and concepts in the study of biology, particularly heredity and
variation, and the diversity of living organisms, their structure, function, and evolution.
Topics to be included in the lecture:
QUARTER WEEK DATE TOPIC CONTENT
1 January 6-11 Course Orientation
• Gas Exchange in Animals
• Factors Affecting Gas Exchange
o Mammalian Respiratory System
• Gas Exchange in Plants
Compare and Contrast
Processes in Plants and • Animal Transport System
2 January 13-18 Animals: Gas Exchange, o Mammalian Circulatory System
Transport, and o Blood Circulation
Circulation • Plant Transport System
o Conducting Water and Dissolved
Minerals Through the Xylem
o Conducting Manufactured Food
via the Phloem
• Nonspecific Immune System
(Innate Immune System)
o First Line of Defense
Compare and Contrast o Second Line of Defense
Processes in Plants and
3rd Quarter 3 January 20-25 • Specific Immune System (Adaptive
Animals: Immune
Immune System)
Systems
o Third Line of Defense
• Humoral Immune Response
• Cell-Mediated Immune Response
• Animal Nutrition
o Types of Digestive System in
Animals
o Feeding Mechanisms in Animals
Compare and Contrast o Nutrient Uptake in Cells among
Processes in Plants and Animals
January 27 – o Stages of Food Processing
4 Animals: Nutrient
February 1
Procurement and • Human Digestive System
Processing • Nutritional Requirement of
Animals
• Plant Nutrition
o Plant Nutritional Requirement
o Nutritional Adaptation by Plants
 Compare and Contrast • Animal Excretion
Processes in Plants and o Human Excretory System
5 February 3-8
Animals: Regulation of o Process involved in Excretion
Body fluids • Plant Excretion
• Animal Nervous System
o Neurons: Basic Structural and
Functional Unit of the Nervous
System
• Divisions of the Nervous System
o Central Nervous System
Compare and Contrast o Peripheral Nervous System
Processes in Plants and • Sensory Systems
6 February 10-15
Animals: Chemical and o Mechanical Stimuli
Nervous Control o Chemical Stimuli
o Stimulation via Electromagnetic
energy and thermal energy
o Somatosensation
• Hormones and Homeostasis
• Plant Responses
• Plant Hormones
• Animal Protection
• Human Skin and Its Layers
• External Protection in Plants
7 February 17-22 o Protection in Nonwoody Plants
o Protection in woody plants
• Human Skeletal System
Compare and Contrast
o Divisions of the Human Skeletal
Processes in Plants and
System
Animals: Sensory and
o Types of Bones
Motor Mechanisms
o The Bone and Its Growth and
February 24 – Development
8 o Joints
March 1
• Muscles
• Types of Muscle in Humans
• Plant Growth and Support
9 March 3-8 3rd PERIODICAL EXAMINATION
• Asexual Reproduction in Flowering
Plants
o Natural Vegetative Reproduction
o Artificial Propagation Methods
• Sexual Reproduction in Flowering
Plants
• Structure of the Angiosperm
Compare and Contrast Flower
Processes in Plants and • Stages of Sexual Reproduction in
4th Quarter 10 March 10-15
Animals: Reproduction Plants
and Development • Asexual Reproduction in Animals
• Sexual Reproduction in Animals
• Human Reproductive Anatomy
o Male Reproductive System
o Female Reproductive System
• Human Reproductive Processes
• Human Growth and Development
o Fertilization
 o Embryonic Development
o Fetal Development
o Birth
11 March 17-22 NATURAL SCIENCE WEEK 2025
• Genetics in the 21st Century
• Inheritance of trait
• Genotypes and Phenotypes
12 March 24-29 • Mendel’s Law of Inheritance
• Non-mendelian Patterns of
Inheritance
o Codominance
o Incomplete Dominance
o Lethal Genes
o Multiple Alleles
Genetics o Polygenic Inheritance
13 March 31-April 5 o Sex-linked Inheritance
o Sex-influenced Inheritance
o Pleiotropy
• Pedigree Analysis
• Genetically Modified Organisms
o Genetic Engineering
o Recombinant DNA technology
14 April 7-12 o Genetically Modified Plants
o GM Food Consumption and Its
Potential Risks
o Genetically Modified Animals
April 14-19 ACADEMIC HEALTH BREAK & HOLY WEEK
• History of Life on Earth
o Eons
o Eras
o Periods and Epochs
• Theories about evolution
15 April 21-26 o Pre-Darwinian Theories
o Darwinian Times
• Evidence for Evolution
o Paleontology
o Biogeography and Continental
Evolution and Origin of Drift Theory
Biodiversity o Comparative Anatomy
o Development Embryology
o Molecular Biology
• Patterns of Natural Selection
• Microevolution
16 April 28 – May 3
• Macroevolution
• Extinction
• Adaptive Radiation
• Coevolution
• Pace of evolution
• Historical View on Life’s
Classification System
Systematics Based on
o Aristotle’s Classification System
17 May 5-10 Evolutionary
o Linnean System of Classification
Relationships
o Modern System of Classification
• Binomial Naming of Organisms
 • The Hierarchy of Taxonomic
Classification
• Systematics
• Molecular Phylogeny
o Molecular Clocks
• History of the Kingdom System
• Microbes and Fungi
o True Bacteria
o Archaeans
o Protists
o Fungi
o Virus
• Plants
o Nonvascular Plants
o Vascular Plants
• Animals
18 May 20-25 4th PERIODICAL EXAMINATION

Course Materials

• General Biology 1 book is NOT REQUIRED. Additional references and readings may also be
added by the instructor and will be uploaded in CANVAS.
o Exploring Life Through Science Series: General Biology 2 (Morales-Ramos & Ramos)
Phoenix Publishing House
o Biology 11th Edition (Mason, Johnson, Mason, Losos, Singer) – McGraw-Hill Education
o Senior High School General Biology 2 (Ray & Ramos) – Oxford University Press
• Lecture slides will be uploaded in Canvas before the lectures. Students are RESPONSIBLE for
knowing all the materials presented by the instructor even if it is not uploaded in Canvas.
Grading

• The K to 12 Basic Education Program uses a standards-and-competency-based grading system.

• Summative assessments are classified into three components namely:
o Written work (WW)
o Performance Tasks (PT)
o Quarterly Assessment (QA)

LEARNING AREAS CONTENT PERCENTAGE

WEIGHTS
Written Work Unit test Quizzes
Assignment Essays
25%
Written Reports
Other written outputs
Performance Task Skill demonstrations
Group presentations
Oral Work 45%
Multimedia Presentation
Research Projects
Quarterly Assessment 3rd and 4th Quarter Examination 30%
Attendance

• Attendance is monitored even if classes are online or in-person/face-to-face. Prompt and regular
class attendance is required from all students from the first meeting of every course to the end of
the school year.
• Based on the DepEd ruling, the maximum allowable number of student absences per semester is
20% of the total school days. Students who accumulate absences beyond the maximum allowable
number of absences will be automatically given a final grade of “FDA” (Failed due to Absences)
Homework/Assignments

• You are responsible for completing assigned homework problems by the due date. Please check
the assignment calendar regularly for the due dates of each assignment. No assignment extensions
for individual students will be granted.
Exams and Quizzes

• As concepts and theoretical aspects of every lecture are essential, there will be an emphasis on
applications/problem-solving to assess students’ grasp of fundamental principles and how they will
apply them.
• Students are strongly advised to prepare themselves for the exams because the style may differ
from their subjects.
• Exams will be in the following format: multiple choice (four choices), association type, modified
true or false, and problem-solving.
• NO MAKE-UP QUIZZES will be allowed unless the student presents a valid reason for not taking
the quiz. If you miss an exam, I urge you to contact me as soon as possible to discuss your options.
Academic Integrity

• Cheating in any form is not tolerated in this class. Cases of cheating during examinations and
quizzes will receive a zero for that test with no consideration of replacing the score.
• Forms of cheating are the following: using a “cheat sheet,” looking at another’s paper, allowing
another student to look at your paper, or using any electronic device to communicate with another
person.
• A second episode of cheating will result in a failing grade for the course and may also result in
university disciplinary action.
Communication

• A group chat can be created to share information between students and the faculty.
• Emails can also be sent to my email address using the official Fatima Gmail accounts.