Agricultural Biology is a one year laboratory science course that is designed for the college bound student who is interested pursuing a major or career agriculture. Using agriculture as the learning vehicle, the course emphasizes the principles and central concepts and interrelationships among the topics of molecular and cellular aspects of life, the chemical and structural basis of life, growth and reproduction in plants and animals, animal behavior, the development of modern plant and animal species, genetics of plants and animals, animal behavior, ecology, nutrition, health and diseases in animals and the similarities between humans and animals. The course is centered around extensive laboratory activities in order to connect the big ideas of life science with agricultural applications. Written and oral reporting skills are stressed. Recordkeeping skills and involvement in the Future Farmers of America (FFA) are a graded part of the class. (One-year course-10 units)