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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Tools, Techniques, Themes of Biology
Standards: 3.1.10 A, C, E; 3.2.10 A; 3.3.10 A, B; 3.7.10 B; 3.8.10 B; 4.3.10 C; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B; 4.8.10 A
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What is the study of life?
2. What are common themes in biology?
3. What scientific processes are used in biology?
4. What technology is used in biology?
5. Why is biology important to you?
Concept: 1. The earth contains much diversity of life
2. All organisms share common characteristics
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. How are species related to the concept of biodiversity?
2. How do the characteristics of living things contribute to an organism’s survival?
Vocabulary: Biosphere, Biodiversity, Species, Biology, Organism, Cell, Metabolism, DNA
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Tools, Techniques, Themes of Biology
Standards: 3.1.10 A, C, E; 3.2.10 A; 3.3.10 A, B; 3.7.10 B; 3.8.10 B; 4.3.10 C; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B; 4.8.10 A
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What is the study of life?
2. What are common themes in biology?
3. What scientific processes are used in biology?
4. What technology is used in biology?
5. Why is biology important to you?
Concept: 1. Different levels of life are made of systems of related parts
2. Structure determines function
3. Homeostasis must be maintained to survive in dynamic environments
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What is a biological system?
2. How is structure related to function in living things?
3. Why is homeostasis important for life?
4. What is the relationship between adaptation and natural selection?
Vocabulary: System, Ecosystem, Homeostasis, Evolution, Adaptation
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Tools, Techniques, Themes of Biology
Standards: 3.1.10 A, C, E; 3.2.10 A; 3.3.10 A, B; 3.7.10 B; 3.8.10 B; 4.3.10 C; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B; 4.8.10 A
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What is the study of life?
2. What are common themes in biology?
3. What scientific processes are used in biology?
4. What technology is used in biology?
5. Why is biology important to you?
Concept: 1. Biology involves the process of inquiry
2. Experiments are used to test hypotheses
3. Theories explain a wide range of observations
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What is the purpose of a hypothesis in the process of inquiry?
2. What is the difference between independent and dependent variables?
3. How is the concept of theory in science different from the everyday use of the term?
Vocabulary: Observation, Data, Hypothesis, Experiment, Independent Variable, Dependent Variable, Control
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Tools, Techniques, Themes of Biology
Standards: 3.7.10 B; 3.8.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. How are measurements expressed accurately?
2. How are calculated answers expressed accurately?
3. How’s the international system of measurement used?
Concept: 1. Use of measurement for common physical properties
2. Use of accuracy and precision for evaluating measurements
3. Compare SI units with common units
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What is the difference between accuracy and precision?
2. How are common physical properties measured?
3. What are metric units used in science?
Vocabulary: Accuracy, Precision, Error, Mass Weight, Temperature, Volume, Length, Meter, Gram, Liter, Metric,
Beaker, Graduated Cylinder
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Tools, Techniques, Themes of Biology
Standards: 3.7.10 B; 3.8.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. How are measurements expressed accurately?
2. How are calculated answers expressed accurately?
3. How’s the international system of measurement used?
Concept: 1. Use of measurement for common physical properties
2. Use of accuracy and precision for evaluating measurements
3. Compare SI units with common units
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What is the difference between accuracy and precision?
2. How are common physical properties measured?
3. What are metric units used in science?
Vocabulary: Accuracy, Precision, Error, Mass Weight, Temperature, Volume, Length, Meter, Gram, Liter, Metric,
Beaker, Graduated Cylinder
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Tools, Techniques, Themes of Biology
Standards: 3.7.10 B; 3.8.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. How are measurements expressed accurately?
2. How are calculated answers expressed accurately?
3. How’s the international system of measurement used?
Concept: 1. Imaging technologies give us new views of life
2. Computer models help us to understand complex systems
3. Molecular genetic tools have expanded the study of biology
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What are the differences between light microscopes and electron microscopes?
2. Why are computer middles used in biology?
3. How does molecular genetics help our understanding of genes?
Vocabulary: Microscope, gene, Molecular Genetics, Genomics
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Tools, Techniques, Themes of Biology
Standards: 3.7.10 B; 3.8.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. How are measurements expressed accurately?
2. How are calculated answers expressed accurately?
3. How’s the international system of measurement used?
Concept: 1. Our health and the environment’s health depends on your knowledge of biology
2. Biotechnology can solve many problems but also raises many questions
3. Biology continues to give us unanswered questions
Lesson Essential Questions: 1.
Vocabulary: Biotechnology, Transgenic
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Chemistry of Life
Standards: 3.1.10 C, E; 3.2.10 B; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B; 4.8.10 A
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. How are living things based on atoms, ions, and molecules?
2. What are the unique properties of water that allow life to exist?
3. How are the four groups of carbon based molecules used for life?
4. How are chemical reactions used in living things?
5. What role do enzymes play in chemical reactions?
Concept: 1. Living things are made of atoms of different elements
2. Ions are formed by atoms gaining or losing electrons
3. Atoms share electrons to form covalent bonds
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What makes one element different from another?
2. How are ionic compounds formed?
3. What is the difference between an ionic bond and a covalent bond?
Vocabulary: Atom, Element, Compound, Ion, Ionic Bond, Covalent Bond, Molecule, Cell, Organism
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Chemistry of Life
Standards: 3.1.10 C, E; 3.2.10 B; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B; 4.8.10 A
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. How are living things based on atoms, ions, and molecules?
2. What are the unique properties of water that allow life to exist?
3. How are the four groups of carbon based molecules used for life?
4. How are chemical reactions used in living things?
5. What role do enzymes play in chemical reactions?
Concept: 1. Living things are made of atoms of different elements
2. Ions are formed by atoms gaining or losing electrons
3. Atoms share electrons to form covalent bonds
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What makes one element different from another?
2. How are ionic compounds formed?
3. What is the difference between an ionic bond and a covalent bond?
Vocabulary: Atom, Element, Compound, Ion, Ionic Bond, Covalent Bond, Molecule, Cell, Organism
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Chemistry of Life
Standards: 3.1.10 C, E; 3.2.10 B; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B; 4.8.10 A
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. How are living things based on atoms, ions, and molecules?
2. What are the unique properties of water that allow life to exist?
3. How are the four groups of carbon based molecules used for life?
4. How are chemical reactions used in living things?
5. What role do enzymes play in chemical reactions?
Concept: 1. Life depends on the hydrogen bonds in water
2. Many compounds in biology dissolve in water
3. Some compounds in biology form acids or bases
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. How do polar molecules form hydrogen bonds?
2. Why do some compounds dissolve in water?
3. What are the similarities and differences between acids and bases?
Vocabulary: Hydrogen Bond, Cohesion, Adhesion, Solution, Solvent, Solute, Acid, Base, pH, Ion, Molecule
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Chemistry of Life
Standards: 3.1.10 C, E; 3.2.10 B; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B; 4.8.10 A
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. How are living things based on atoms, ions, and molecules?
2. What are the unique properties of water that allow life to exist?
3. How are the four groups of carbon based molecules used for life?
4. How are chemical reactions used in living things?
5. What role do enzymes play in chemical reactions?
Concept: 1. Carbon atom have unique bonding properties
2. Living things are composed of four main types of carbon-based compounds
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What is the relationship between a monomer and a polymer?
2. What is the unique structure and function of the four groups of carbon-based
compounds?
Vocabulary: Monomer, Polymer, Carbohydrate, Lipid, Fatty Acid, Protein, Amino Acid, Nucleic Acid, Atom,
Molecule, Covalent Bond
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Chemistry of Life
Standards: 3.1.10 C, E; 3.2.10 B; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B; 4.8.10 A
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. How are living things based on atoms, ions, and molecules?
2. What are the unique properties of water that allow life to exist?
3. How are the four groups of carbon based molecules used for life?
4. How are chemical reactions used in living things?
5. What role do enzymes play in chemical reactions?
Concept: 1. Chemical reactions involve forming and breaking bonds
2. Chemical reactions release oo absorb energy
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What are the reactant(s) and product(s) of a chemical reaction?
2. How do endothermic and exothermic reactions differ?
Vocabulary: Chemical Reaction, Reactant, Product, Bond Energy, Equilibrium, Activation Energy, Exothermic,
Endothermic, Atom, Molecule
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Chemistry of Life
Standards: 3.1.10 C, E; 3.2.10 B; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B; 4.8.10 A
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. How are living things based on atoms, ions, and molecules?
2. What are the unique properties of water that allow life to exist?
3. How are the four groups of carbon based molecules used for life?
4. How are chemical reactions used in living things?
5. What role do enzymes play in chemical reactions?
Concept: 1. A catalyst is a substance that speeds up chemical reactions by decreasing activation energy
2. Enzymes are affected by a variety of factors
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. How does a catalyst affect chemical reactions?
2. How does an enzyme interact with its substrate during a chemical reaction?
Vocabulary: Catalyst, Enzyme, Substrate, Chemical Reaction, Activation Energy, Protein, Hydrogen Bond
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Cell Structure and Function
Standards: 3.1.10 A, E; 3.2.10 A; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What is cell theory?
2. What is the structure and function of eukaryote organelles?
3. What is the structure and function of the cell membrane?
4. What are the similarities and differences between diffusion and osmosis?
5. How does the cell use active transport, endocytosis, and exocytosis to move substances
into and out of the cell?
Concept: 1. There is a long history of discoveries and inventions that led to the cell theory
2. Prokaryotic cells lack a nucleus and most internal structures of a eukaryote cell
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What are the similarities/differences between prokaryote and eukaryote cell?
2. How did the invention/improvements in the microscope help form the cell theory?
Vocabulary: Cell Theory, Cytoplasm, Organelle, Prokaryote Cell, Eukaryote Cell
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Cell Structure and Function
Standards: 3.1.10 A, E; 3.2.10 A; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What is cell theory?
2. What is the structure and function of eukaryote organelles?
3. What is the structure and function of the cell membrane?
4. What are the similarities and differences between diffusion and osmosis?
5. How does the cell use active transport, endocytosis, and exocytosis to move substances
into and out of the cell?
Concept: 1. Eukaryote cells have a complex internal structure
2. Some organelles work together to make proteins
3. Other organelles have distinct, separate functions
4. Plant cells have cell walls and chloroplasts
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What are the functions of the cytoskeleton?
2. How is the structure of the nucleus unique?
3. What is the structure and function of the nucleus?
4. What is the function of the cell wall?
Vocabulary: Cytoskeleton, Nucleus, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Ribosome, Golgi Apparatus, Vesicle, Mitochondrion,
Vacuole, Lysosome, Centriole, Cell Wall, Chloroplast
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Cell Structure and Function
Standards: 3.1.10 A, E; 3.2.10 A; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What is cell theory?
2. What is the structure and function of eukaryote organelles?
3. What is the structure and function of the cell membrane?
4. What are the similarities and differences between diffusion and osmosis?
5. How does the cell use active transport, endocytosis, and exocytosis to move substances
into and out of the cell?
Concept: 1. Cell membrane is composed of a phospholipids bilayer
2. The cell membrane communicates with the environment by using chemical signals
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. Why do phospholipids for 2 layers?
2. How do membrane receptors send messages across the cell membrane?
Vocabulary: Cell Membrane, Phospholipid, Fluid Mosaic Model, Selective Permeability, Receptor
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Cell Structure and Function
Standards: 3.1.10 A, E; 3.2.10 A; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What is cell theory?
2. What is the structure and function of eukaryote organelles?
3. What is the structure and function of the cell membrane?
4. What are the similarities and differences between diffusion and osmosis?
5. How does the cell use active transport, endocytosis, and exocytosis to move substances
into and out of the cell?
Concept: 1. Osmosis, diffusion, and facilitated diffusion are types of passive transport
2. Some molecules must diffuse using transport proteins
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What is a concentration gradient?
2. Why is facilitated diffusion considered passive transport?
Vocabulary: Passive Transport, Diffusion, Concentration Gradient, Osmosis, Isotonic, Hypertonic, Hypotonic,
Facilitated Diffusion, Fluid Mosaic Model, Dynamic Equilibrium
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Cell Structure and Function
Standards: 3.1.10 A, E; 3.2.10 A; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What is cell theory?
2. What is the structure and function of eukaryote organelles?
3. What is the structure and function of the cell membrane?
4. What are the similarities and differences between diffusion and osmosis?
5. How does the cell use active transport, endocytosis, and exocytosis to move substances
into and out of the cell?
Concept: 1. Some transport proteins can move molecules against the concentration gradient
2. Endo- and Exocytosis use vesicles to transport substances into and out of a cell
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What are the differences between transport proteins that are pumps and those that
are channels?
2. What are the similarities and differences between diffusion and endo-, exocytsis?
Vocabulary: Active Transport, Endocytosis, Exocytosis, Phagocytosis
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Cell and Energy
Standards: 3.1.10 A, C, E; 3.2.10 A; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B; 4.8.10 A
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. Why do cells need chemical energy?
2. What is the purpose of photosynthesis?
3. What is the purpose of cellular respiration?
4. How is fermentation similar and different to cellular respiration?
Concept: 1. ATP is the primary energy molecule for cell activities
2. Carbon-based (organic) molecules fuel the process of ATP production
3. Some organism generate energy without photosynthesis and sunlight
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What is the relationship between ATP and ADP?
2. Which molecules are broken down to make ATP?
3. How do some organisms survive without using sunlight or photosynthesis?
Vocabulary: ATP, ADP, Chemosynthesis, Carbohydrate, Lipid, Protein
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Cell and Energy
Standards: 3.1.10 A, C, E; 3.2.10 A; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B; 4.8.10 A
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. Why do cells need chemical energy?
2. What is the purpose of photosynthesis?
3. What is the purpose of cellular respiration?
4. How is fermentation similar and different to cellular respiration?
Concept: 1. Photosynthetic organisms are considered producers
2. The process of photosynthesis in plants occurs in the chloroplast
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What is the function of chlorophyll and chloroplasts in photosynthesis?
2. What are the reactants and products of photosynthesis?
3. Where do the reactions take place in the chloroplast?
Vocabulary: Photosynthesis, Chlorophyll, Thylakoid, Stroma, Light-Dependent-Reaction, Chemical Reactions,
Light-Independent-Reaction, Carbohydrate, Enzyme, Chloroplast, Calvin Cycle, Reactants, Product
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Cell and Energy
Standards: 3.1.10 A, C, E; 3.2.10 A; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B; 4.8.10 A
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. Why do cells need chemical energy?
2. What is the purpose of photosynthesis?
3. What is the purpose of cellular respiration?
4. How is fermentation similar and different to cellular respiration?
Concept: 1. ATP is made during cellular respiration by breaking down sugars
2. Cellular respiration is the opposite process of photosynthesis
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What is the relationship between cellular respiration and glycolysis?
2. What are the reactants and products of cellular respiration?
3. Where do the reactions of cellular respiration occur in the mitochondria?
Vocabulary: Cellular Respiration, Aerobic, Anaerobic, Glycolysis, Matrix, Mitochondria, ATP, Reactant, Product
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Cell and Energy
Standards: 3.1.10 A, C, E; 3.2.10 A; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B; 4.8.10 A
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. Why do cells need chemical energy?
2. What is the purpose of photosynthesis?
3. What is the purpose of cellular respiration?
4. How is fermentation similar and different to cellular respiration?
Concept: 1. Glycolysis is the first event of cellular respiration
2. Fermentation occurs in the absence of oxygen
3. The products of fermentation are important to humans
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What is the relationship between glycolysis and fermentation?
2. What are the reactants and products of fermentation?
Vocabulary: Alcoholic Fermentation, Lactic Acid Fermentation, ATP, Glycolysis, Cellular Respiration, Aerobic,
Anaerobic, Reactant, Product
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Cell Growth and Reproduction
Standards: 3.1.10 A, E; 3.2.10 A; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.3.10 C; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What are the phases of growth and reproduction in cells?
2. What are the main events of mitosis and cytokinesis?
3. What is the importance of cell cycle reproduction?
4. How is cell division used by some organisms to perform asexual reproduction?
5. What is the role of cell division in multi-cellular organisms?
Concept: 1. There are four main stages of the cell cycle
2. Cells divide at different rates
3. There are limitations to cell size
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. When is DNA copied during the cell cycle?
2. Which stages of the cell cycle require about the same amounts of time in all human
cells?
3. What limits the maximum size of a cell?
Vocabulary: Cell Cycle, Mitosis, Cytokinesis
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Cell Growth and Reproduction
Standards: 3.1.10 A, E; 3.2.10 A; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.3.10 C; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What are the phases of growth and reproduction in cells?
2. What are the main events of mitosis and cytokinesis?
3. What is the importance of cell cycle reproduction?
4. How is cell division used by some organisms to perform asexual reproduction?
5. What is the role of cell division in multi-cellular organisms?
Concept: 1. There are four main stages of the cell cycle
2. Cells divide a different rate
3. There are limitations to cell size
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. When is DNA copied during the cell cycle?
2. Which stages of the cell cycle require about the same amounts of time in all human
cells?
3. What limits the maximum size of a cell?
Vocabulary: Cell Cycle, Mitosis, Cytokinesis
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Cell Growth and Reproduction
Standards: 3.1.10 A, E; 3.2.10 A; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.3.10 C; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What are the phases of growth and reproduction in cells?
2. What are the main events of mitosis and cytokinesis?
3. What is the importance of cell cycle reproduction?
4. How is cell division used by some organisms to perform asexual reproduction?
5. What is the role of cell division in multi-cellular organisms?
Concept: 1. There are four main stages of the cell cycle
2. Cells divide a different rate
3. There are limitations to cell size
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. When is DNA copied during the cell cycle?
2. Which stages of the cell cycle require about the same amounts of time in all human
cells?
3. What limits the maximum size of a cell?
Vocabulary: Cell Cycle, Mitosis, Cytokinesis
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Cell Growth and Reproduction
Standards: 3.1.10 A, E; 3.2.10 A; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.3.10 C; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What are the phases of growth and reproduction in cells?
2. What are the main events of mitosis and cytokinesis?
3. What is the importance of cell cycle reproduction?
4. How is cell division used by some organisms to perform asexual reproduction?
5. What is the role of cell division in multi-cellular organisms?
Concept: 1. There are four main stages of the cell cycle
2. Cells divide a different rate
3. There are limitations to cell size
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. When is DNA copied during the cell cycle?
2. Which stages of the cell cycle require about the same amounts of time in all human
cells?
3. What limits the maximum size of a cell?
Vocabulary: Cell Cycle, Mitosis, Cytokinesis
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Cell Growth and Reproduction
Standards: 3.1.10 A, E; 3.2.10 A; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.3.10 C; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What are the phases of growth and reproduction in cells?
2. What are the main events of mitosis and cytokinesis?
3. What is the importance of cell cycle reproduction?
4. How is cell division used by some organisms to perform asexual reproduction?
5. What is the role of cell division in multi-cellular organisms?
Concept: 1. Chromosomes condense (get more tightly packed) at the beginning of mitosis
2. Mitosis and cytokinesis produce two genetically identical daughter cells
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What does a chromosome look like during metaphase?
2. Where are the chromatid and centromere located on a chromosome?
3. Why are the daughter cells produced in mitosis genetically identical?
4. What are the main events of interphase and each phase of mitosis?
Vocabulary: Chromosome, Histone, Chromatin, Chromatid, Centromere, Telomere, Prophase, Metaphase,
Anaphase, Telophase, Inerphase
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Cell Growth and Reproduction
Standards: 3.1.10 A, E; 3.2.10 A; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.3.10 C; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What are the phases of growth and reproduction in cells?
2. What are the main events of mitosis and cytokinesis?
3. What is the importance of cell cycle reproduction?
4. How is cell division used by some organisms to perform asexual reproduction?
5. What is the role of cell division in multi-cellular organisms?
Concept: 1. Internal and external factors regulate cell division
2. Cancer is the result of uncontrolled cell division
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What is a growth factor and how does it affect the cell cycle?
2. How do cancer cells differ from healthy cells?
Vocabulary: Growth Factor, Apoptosis, Cancer, Benign, Malignant, Metastasize, Carcinogen
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Cell Growth and Reproduction
Standards: 3.1.10 A, E; 3.2.10 A; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.3.10 C; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What are the phases of growth and reproduction in cells?
2. What are the main events of mitosis and cytokinesis?
3. What is the importance of cell cycle reproduction?
4. How is cell division used by some organisms to perform asexual reproduction?
5. What is the role of cell division in multi-cellular organisms?
Concept: 1. Binary fission and mitosis are similar in their function
2. Mitosis is used by some eukaryotes to reproduce
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What are the similarities and differences between mitosis and binary fission?
2. What are some ways in which mitosis is used to reproduce eukaryotes?
Vocabulary: Asexual Reproduction, Binary Fission
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Cell Growth and Reproduction
Standards: 3.1.10 A, E; 3.2.10 A; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.3.10 C; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What are the phases of growth and reproduction in cells?
2. What are the main events of mitosis and cytokinesis?
3. What is the importance of cell cycle reproduction?
4. How is cell division used by some organisms to perform asexual reproduction?
5. What is the role of cell division in multi-cellular organisms?
Concept: 1. Multicellular organism rely on different cell type interactions
2. Structure determine function in specialized cells
3. Stem cells can develop into different types of cells
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. How does communication between cells help maintain homeostasis?
2. How is cell differentiation used in the development of a multicellular organism?
3. What are characteristics of stem cells?
Vocabulary: Tissue, Organ, Organ System, Cell Differentiation, Stem Cell, Homeostasis
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Meiosis and Heredity
Standards: 3.1.10 A, E; 3.2.10 A; 3.3.10 A, B, C; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. How is the chromosome number in gametes different from that of body cells?
2. How does meiosis produce haploid cells?
3. What does the research of Mendel show us about how traits are inherited?
4. What is the relationship between traits, genes, and alleles?
5. How are rules of probability applied to the inheritance of traits?
6. How does independent assortment and crossing over contribute to genetic diversity?
Concept: 1. Humans are composed of body cells and gametes
2. Human cells contain autosomes and sex chromosomes
3. Body cells are diploid; gametes; are haploid
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What is the difference between autosomes and sex chromosomes?
2. Why does fertilization result in a diploid cell and not a haploid cell?
Vocabulary: Somatic Cell, Gamete, Homologous Chromosome, Autosome, Sex Chromosome, Sexual Reproduction,
Fertilization, Diploid, Haploid, Meiosis
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Meiosis and Heredity
Standards: 3.1.10 A, E; 3.2.10 A; 3.3.10 A, B, C; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. How is the chromosome number in gametes different from that of body cells?
2. How does meiosis produce haploid cells?
3. What does the research of Mendel show us about how traits are inherited?
4. What is the relationship between traits, genes, and alleles?
5. How are rules of probability applied to the inheritance of traits?
6. How does independent assortment and crossing over contribute to genetic diversity?
Concept: 1. Meiosis is composed of two distinct division of cells
2. Gametes are produced from haploid cells
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. How do homologous chromosomes differ from sister chromatids?
2. What are the main events of Meiosis I and Meiosis II?
3. Why are eggs larger than sperm cells?
Vocabulary: Gametogenesis, Sperm, Egg, Polar Body
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Meiosis and Heredity
Standards: 3.1.10 A, E; 3.2.10 A; 3.3.10 A, B, C; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. How is the chromosome number in gametes different from that of body cells?
2. How does meiosis produce haploid cells?
3. What does the research of Mendel show us about how traits are inherited?
4. What is the relationship between traits, genes, and alleles?
5. How are rules of probability applied to the inheritance of traits?
6. How does independent assortment and crossing over contribute to genetic diversity?
Concept: 1. Gregor Mendel’s research became the framework for our understanding of genetics
2. Gregor Mendel’s research reveals unique patterns of inherited traits
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What does the Law of Segregation show about how traits are passed on?
2. Why is it important to start with purebreds?
3. What is a cross?
Vocabulary: Trait, Genetics, Heredity, Purebred, Cross, Law of Segregation
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Meiosis and Heredity
Standards: 3.1.10 A, E; 3.2.10 A; 3.3.10 A, B, C; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. How is the chromosome number in gametes different from that of body cells?
2. How does meiosis produce haploid cells?
3. What does the research of Mendel show us about how traits are inherited?
4. What is the relationship between traits, genes, and alleles?
5. How are rules of probability applied to the inheritance of traits?
6. How does independent assortment and crossing over contribute to genetic diversity?
Concept: 1. One gene can have multiple versions
2. Genes influence the development of traits
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What is the relationship between a gene and an allele?
2. Why can a genotype be homozygous dominant, homozygous recessive, or heterozygous but not heterozygous
recessive?
Vocabulary: Gene, Allele, Homozygous, Heterozygous, Genome, Genotype, Phenotype, Dominant, Recessive
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Meiosis and Heredity
Standards: 3.1.10 A, E; 3.2.10 A; 3.3.10 A, B, C; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. How is the chromosome number in gametes different from that of body cells?
2. How does meiosis produce haploid cells?
3. What does the research of Mendel show us about how traits are inherited?
4. What is the relationship between traits, genes, and alleles?
5. How are rules of probability applied to the inheritance of traits?
6. How does independent assortment and crossing over contribute to genetic diversity?
Concept: 1. Punnett Squares show the results of genetic crosses
2. A monohybrid cross show s the inheritance of one trait
3. A dihybrid cross shows the inheritance of two traits
4. Probability can determine inheritance patterns
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What do the boxes in a Punnett Square represent?
2. Why are the expected genotypic ratios sometimes different from the expected phenotypic ratios in
monohybrid crosses?
3. How did Mendel’s Dihybrid Crosses demonstrate the Law of Independent
Assortment?
Vocabulary: Punnett Square, Monohybrid Cross, Dihybrid Cross, Testcross, Law of Independent Assortment, Probability
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Meiosis and Heredity
Standards: 3.1.10 A, E; 3.2.10 A; 3.3.10 A, B, C; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. How is the chromosome number in gametes different from that of body cells?
2. How does meiosis produce haploid cells?
3. What does the research of Mendel show us about how traits are inherited?
4. What is the relationship between traits, genes, and alleles?
5. How are rules of probability applied to the inheritance of traits?
6. How does independent assortment and crossing over contribute to genetic diversity?
Concept: 1. Sexual reproduction creates unique gene combinations
2. Crossing over during meiosis increases genetic diversity
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. How does sexual reproduction produce new allele combinations in offspring?
2. How does crossing over contribute to genetic diversity?
Vocabulary: Crossing Over, Recombination, Genetic Linkage
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Complex Inheritance Patterns
Standards: 3.2.10 B, D; 3.3.10 C
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. How does the gene location on chromosomes affect the expression of traits?
2. What factors affect phenotype expression?
3. What methods are used to study human genetics?
Concept: 1. Phenotype is affected by two copies of each auotsome gene
2. Sex-linked traits vary in males and females
Lesson Essential Questions: How are sex-linked traits expressed differently in males and females?
Vocabulary: Carrier, Sex-Linked Gene, X Chromosome Inactivation
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Complex Inheritance Patterns
Standards: 3.2.10 B, D; 3.3.10 C
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. How does the gene location on chromosomes affect the expression of traits?
2. What factors affect phenotype expression?
3. What methods are used to study human genetics?
Concept: 1. Phenotypes can depend on insertions of alleles
2. One trait can be controlled by many genes
3. The environment can play a role in interacting with trait genotype
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. How is incomplete dominance expressed in a phenotype?
2. Why are there more phenotypes in polygenic traits than in single-gene traits?
3. How do interactions between genes and the environment affect phenotype?
Vocabulary: Incomplete Dominance, Co-dominance, Polygenic Traits, Allele, Phenotype, Genotype
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Complex Inheritance Patterns
Standards: 3.2.10 B, D; 3.3.10 C
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. How does the gene location on chromosomes affect the expression of traits?
2. What factors affect phenotype expression?
3. What methods are used to study human genetics?
Concept: 1. Females can be carrier for sex-linked disorders
2. A pedigree is a chart that traces genes in a family
3. There are several methods to map human chromosomes
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. How can phenotypes be used to predict genotypes in a pedigree?
2. What is a karyotype and how can it be used to study human chromosomes?
Vocabulary: Pedigree, Karyotype, Phenotype, Allele, Sex-Linked Gene, Genotype
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Protein Synthesis
Standards: 3.1.10 B; 3.2.10 B; 3.3.10 A, B, C, D; 3.4.10 D; 4.1.10 B; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B, C
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What is the structure of DNA?
2. How is DNA copied?
3. How is RNA produced?
4. How are proteins made?
Concept: 1. DNA is composed of four types of nucleotides
2. Watson and Crick developed the first accurate model of DNA
3. Nucleotides pair in a predictable way
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. How many types on nucleotides are in DNA and how do they differ?
2. What were the contributions of Chargaff, Franklin, Wilkins, in the structure of DNA?
Vocabulary: Nucleotide, Double Helix, Base Pairing Rules, Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, Guanine, Covalent Bond, Hydrogen Bond
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Protein Synthesis
Standards: 3.1.10 B; 3.2.10 B; 3.3.10 A, B, C, D; 3.4.10 D; 4.1.10 B; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B, C
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What is the structure of DNA?
2. How is DNA copied?
3. How is RNA produced?
4. How are proteins made?
Concept: 1. Replication is the process of copying genetic information
2. Proteins carry out the process of replication
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What is the function of replication?
2. How does DNA act as a template during replication?
3. How do cells help ensure the DNA replication process is accurate?
Vocabulary: Replication, DNA Polymerase
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Protein Synthesis
Standards: 3.1.10 B; 3.2.10 B; 3.3.10 A, B, C, D; 3.4.10 D; 4.1.10 B; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B, C
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What is the structure of DNA?
2. How is DNA copied?
3. How is RNA produced?
4. How are proteins made?
Concept: 1. What is the role of RNA?
2. What type of RNA does transcription produce?
3. How is transcription similar to replication?
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What is the central dogma?
2. How is the mRNA made in transcription considered a mirror image of the original DNA strand?
3. Why would a cell make a lot of rRNA copies but only one copy of DNA?
Vocabulary: Central Dogma, RNA, Transcription, RNA Polymerase, Messenger RNA (mRNA), Ribosome RNA (rRNA), Transfer RNA (tRNA), Uracil
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Protein Synthesis
Standards: 3.1.10 B; 3.2.10 B; 3.3.10 A, B, C, D; 3.4.10 D; 4.1.10 B; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B, C
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What is the structure of DNA?
2. How is DNA copied?
3. How is RNA produced?
4. How are proteins made?
Concept: 1. Amino Acids are coded by mRNA base sequences
2. Amino Acids are joined to form a protein
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What is the relationship between a condon and an amino acid?
2. How is the process of translation started?
Vocabulary: Translation, Codon, Stop Codon, Start Codon, Anticodon, Peptide Bond
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Protein Synthesis
Standards: 3.1.10 B; 3.2.10 B; 3.3.10 A, B, C, D; 3.4.10 D; 4.1.10 B; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B, C
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What is the structure of DNA?
2. How is DNA copied?
3. How is RNA produced?
4. How are proteins made?
Concept: 1. Some mutations affect a single gene, others affect an entire chromosome
2. Mutations may or may not affect a phenotype
3. Mutations can be caused by several factors
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. Why do frameshift mutations have a greater impact than point mutations?
2. How can mutagens cause genetic mutations despite the body’s DNA repair enzymes?
Vocabulary: Mutation, Point Mutation, Frameshift Mutation, Mutagen
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Natural Selection/Evolution
Standards: 3.1.10 A, E; 3.2.10 A; 3.3.10 C, D; 3.4.10 D; 4.7.10 C
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What ideas in the past have shaped our understanding of how populations genetically change over time?
2. How does natural selection affect the survival of populations and their individuals?
3. What is the role of mutations, genetic recombination, selective breeding, biotech on the genetic makeup of a
population?
Concept: 1. Early scientist proposed ideas about evolution
2. There are observable differences among species
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. Describe ideas proposed by early scientists.
2. What accounts for variation among species?
3. What is the relationship between adaptations and variations?
Vocabulary: Evolution, Species, Adaptations, Variations
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Natural Selection/Evolution
Standards: 3.1.10 A, E; 3.2.10 A; 3.3.10 C, D; 3.4.10 D; 4.7.10 C
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What ideas in the past have shaped our understanding of how populations genetically change over time?
2. How does natural selection affect the survival of populations and their individuals?
3. What is the role of mutations, genetic recombination, selective breeding, biotech on the genetic makeup of a
population?
Concept: 1. Key insights led to the idea of natural selection
2. Natural selection is the mechanism of evolution
3. Natural selection acts on existing variation
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What are the four principles of natural selection?
2. Why is variation in a population necessary for natural selection?
3. Explain why “Survival of the Fittest” is not accurate?
Vocabulary: Artificial Selection, Heritability, Natural Selection, Population, Fitness, Phenotype, Competition
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Evolution of Populations
Standards: 3.3.10 C, D; 3.4.10 D; 4.7.10 C
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. How does a population share a common gene pool?
2. How do populations, not individuals, evolve?
3. What are additional mechanisms by which populations evolve?
Concept: 1. Genetic variation in a population increases the chance that some individuals will survive
2. Genetic variations comes from several sources
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. Why does genetic variation increase the chance that some individuals in a population will survive?
2. Describe two main sources of genetic variation
Vocabulary: Gene Pool, Allele Frequency, Phenotypes, Gene, Allele, Meiosis, Gamete
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Evolution of Populations
Standards: 3.3.10 C, D; 3.4.10 D; 4.7.10 C
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. How does a population share a common gene pool?
2. How do populations, not individuals, evolve?
3. What are additional mechanisms by which populations evolve?
Concept: 1. Natural selection acts on distribution of traits
2. Natural selection can change the distribution of a trait in one of three ways
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What is meant by “Distribution of Traits”?
2. What are the three ways in which natural selection can change a distribution of traits?
Vocabulary: Normal Distribution, Microevolution, Directional Selection, Stabilizing Selection, Disruptive Selection, Natural Selection
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Evolution of Populations
Standards: 3.3.10 C, D; 3.4.10 D; 4.7.10 C
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. How does a population share a common gene pool?
2. How do populations, not individuals, evolve?
3. What are additional mechanisms by which populations evolve?
Concept: 1. Gene flow is the movement of alleles between populations
2. Genetic drift is a change in alleles frequency due to chance
3. Sexual selection occurs when certain traits increase mating success
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. How does gene flow affect neighboring populations?
2. Name two processes through which genetic drift can occur?
3. How does sexual selection occur?
Vocabulary: Gene Flow, Genetic Drift, Bottleneck Effect, Founder Effect, Sexual Selection, Homozygous, Heterozygous
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Principles of Ecology
Standards: 3.1.10 A, C, E; 3.7.10 B; 3.8.10 B; 4.2.10 D; 4.3.10 B, C; 4.6.10 A
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What is ecology?
2. What are different between biotic and abiotic factors?
3. How does energy move through an ecosystem?
4. How do food chains/food webs model energy flow?
5. How does matter cycle through an ecosystem?
6. How do pyramids model the distribution of energy and matter in an ecosystem?
Concept: 1. Ecologist study environments at different levels of organization
2. Ecological research methods include observation, experimentation, and modeling
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What are the five different levels of organization studied by ecologist?
2. Describe the three general methods used by ecologists to study organisms?
Vocabulary: Ecology, Community, Ecosystem, Biome, Organism, Population
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Principles of Ecology
Standards: 3.1.10 A, C, E; 3.7.10 B; 3.8.10 B; 4.2.10 D; 4.3.10 B, C; 4.6.10 A
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What is ecology?
2. What are different between biotic and abiotic factors?
3. How does energy move through an ecosystem?
4. How do food chains/food webs model energy flow?
5. How does matter cycle through an ecosystem?
6. How do pyramids model the distribution of energy and matter in an ecosystem?
Concept: 1. Ecosystems include both biotic and abiotic factors
2. Changing one factors in an ecosystem can affect many other factors
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. Identify a familiar ecosystem and describe its biotic and abiotic factors.
2. How would removal of a keystone species affect many other factors?
Vocabulary: Biotic, Abiotic, Biodiversity, Keystone Species
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Principles of Ecology
Standards: 3.1.10 A, C, E; 3.7.10 B; 3.8.10 B; 4.2.10 D; 4.3.10 B, C; 4.6.10 A
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What is ecology?
2. What are different between biotic and abiotic factors?
3. How does energy move through an ecosystem?
4. How do food chains/food webs model energy flow?
5. How does matter cycle through an ecosystem?
6. How do pyramids model the distribution of energy and matter in an ecosystem?
Concept: 1. Producers provide energy for other organisms in an ecosystem
2. Almost all producers obtain energy from the sun
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. How does the stability of an ecosystem depend on its producers?
2. Describe two processes used by producers to obtain energy?
Vocabulary: Producer, Autotroph, Consumer, Heterotroph, Chemosynthesis, Photosynthesis
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Principles of Ecology
Standards: 3.1.10 A, C, E; 3.7.10 B; 3.8.10 B; 4.2.10 D; 4.3.10 B, C; 4.6.10 A
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What is ecology?
2. What are different between biotic and abiotic factors?
3. How does energy move through an ecosystem?
4. How do food chains/food webs model energy flow?
5. How does matter cycle through an ecosystem?
6. How do pyramids model the distribution of energy and matter in an ecosystem?
Concept: 1. A food chain is a model that shows a sequence of feeding relationships
2. A food web shows complex network of feeding relationships
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. Why are food chains useful for describing the relationships of specialist?
2. What happens to energy as it flows through a food web?
Vocabulary: Food Chain, Herbivore, Carnivore, Omnivore, Detritivore, Decomposer, Specialist, Generalist, Trophic Level, Food Web
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Principles of Ecology
Standards: 3.1.10 A, C, E; 3.7.10 B; 3.8.10 B; 4.2.10 D; 4.3.10 B, C; 4.6.10 A
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What is ecology?
2. What are different between biotic and abiotic factors?
3. How does energy move through an ecosystem?
4. How do food chains/food webs model energy flow?
5. How does matter cycle through an ecosystem?
6. How do pyramids model the distribution of energy and matter in an ecosystem?
Concept: 1. Water cycles through the environment
2. Elements essential for life also cycle through ecosystems
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. How does the hydrologic cycle move water through the environment?
2. What are four elements that cycle through ecosystems and why are they important?
Vocabulary: Hydrological Cycle, Biogeochemical Cycle, Nitrogen Fixation
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Principles of Ecology
Standards: 3.1.10 A, C, E; 3.7.10 B; 3.8.10 B; 4.2.10 D; 4.3.10 B, C; 4.6.10 A
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What is ecology?
2. What are different between biotic and abiotic factors?
3. How does energy move through an ecosystem?
4. How do food chains/food webs model energy flow?
5. How does matter cycle through an ecosystem?
6. How do pyramids model the distribution of energy and matter in an ecosystem?
Concept: 1. An energy pyramid shows the distribution of energy among trophic levels
2. Other pyramid models illustrate an ecosystem’s biomass and distribution of organisms
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. How does an energy pyramid help to describe energy flow in a food web?
2. What is the difference between a biomass pyramid and a pyramid of numbers?
Vocabulary: Biomass, Energy Pyramid
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Interactions in Ecosystems
Standards: 3.1.10 A, C, E; 3.2.10 A; 4.2.10 D; 4.3.10 B, C; 4.6.10 A; 4.8.10 A
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What is the relationship between a habitat and a niche?
2. How do organisms interact as both individuals and as populations?
3. How does a population’s density, dispersion, and reproductive strategy impact its survival?
4. What are some of the predictable patterns of population growth?
5. How do communities change over time?
Concept: 1. A habitat differs from a niche
2. Competition and predation are two important ways in which organisms interact
3. Symbiosis is a close relationship between species
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What are the three parts of an organism’s ecological niche?
2. Give an example of the three types of symbiosis.
Vocabulary: Habitat, Ecological Niche, Competition, Predation, Symbiosis, Mutualism, Commensalisms, Parasitism, Community
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Interactions in Ecosystems
Standards: 3.1.10 A, C, E; 3.2.10 A; 4.2.10 D; 4.3.10 B, C; 4.6.10 A; 4.8.10 A
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What is the relationship between a habitat and a niche?
2. How do organisms interact as both individuals and as populations?
3. How does a population’s density, dispersion, and reproductive strategy impact its survival?
4. What are some of the predictable patterns of population growth?
5. How do communities change over time?
Concept: 1. A habitat differs from a niche
2. Competition and predation are two important ways in which organisms interact
3. Symbiosis is a close relationship between species
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What are the three parts of an organism’s ecological niche?
2. Give an example of the three types of symbiosis.
Vocabulary: Habitat, Ecological Niche, Competition, Predation, Symbiosis, Mutualism, Commensalisms, Parasitism, Community
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Interactions in Ecosystems
Standards: 3.1.10 A, C, E; 3.2.10 A; 4.2.10 D; 4.3.10 B, C; 4.6.10 A; 4.8.10 A
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What is the relationship between a habitat and a niche?
2. How do organisms interact as both individuals and as populations?
3. How does a population’s density, dispersion, and reproductive strategy impact its survival?
4. What are some of the predictable patterns of population growth?
5. How do communities change over time?
Concept: 1. A habitat differs from a niche
2. Competition and predation are two important ways in which organisms interact
3. Symbiosis is a close relationship between species
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What are the three parts f an organism’s ecological niche?
2. Give an example of the three types of symbiosis.
Vocabulary: Habitat, Ecological Niche, Competition, Predation, Symbiosis, Mutualism, Commensalisms, Parasitism, Community
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Interactions in Ecosystems
Standards: 3.1.10 A, C, E; 3.2.10 A; 4.2.10 D; 4.3.10 B, C; 4.6.10 A; 4.8.10 A
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What is the relationship between a habitat and a niche?
2. How do organisms interact as both individuals and as populations?
3. How does a population’s density, dispersion, and reproductive strategy impact its survival?
4. What are some of the predictable patterns of population growth?
5. How do communities change over time?
Concept: 1. Population density is the number of individuals that live in a defined area
2. Geographic dispersion of a population shows how individuals in a population are spaced
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. Create a population density problem to illustrate how this value can be beneficial to ecologist.
2. Draw and label a diagram showing the three population dispersion patterns
Vocabulary: Popular Density, Population Dispersion
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Interactions in Ecosystems
Standards: 3.1.10 A, C, E; 3.2.10 A; 4.2.10 D; 4.3.10 B, C; 4.6.10 A; 4.8.10 A
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What is the relationship between a habitat and a niche?
2. How do organisms interact as both individuals and as populations?
3. How does a population’s density, dispersion, and reproductive strategy impact its survival?
4. What are some of the predictable patterns of population growth?
5. How do communities change over time?
Concept: 1. Changes in a population’s size are determined by immigration, emigration, births, and deaths
2. Population growth is based on available resources
3. Ecological factors limit population growth
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What four factors determine the growth rate of a population?
2. How does carrying capacity affects the size of a population?
3. What are the differences between density dependent and density independent factors?
Vocabulary: Immigration, Emigration, Exponential Growth, Logistic Growth, Carrying Capacity, Population Crash, Limiting Factor, DensityDependent-Limiting Factor, Density-Independent-Limiting Factor
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Interactions in Ecosystems
Standards: 3.1.10 A, C, E; 3.2.10 A; 4.2.10 D; 4.3.10 B, C; 4.6.10 A; 4.8.10 A
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What is the relationship between a habitat and a niche?
2. How do organisms interact as both individuals and as populations?
3. How does a population’s density, dispersion, and reproductive strategy impact its survival?
4. What are some of the predictable patterns of population growth?
5. How do communities change over time?
Concept: Succession occurs following a disturbance in an ecosystem
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. How is primary succession different from secondary succession?
2. Why are pioneer species so important for primary succession?
Vocabulary: Succession, Primary Succession, Pioneer Species, Secondary Succession
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: The Biosphere
Standards: 3.1.10 A, E; 4.3.10 C; 4.6.10 A
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What are the components of the biosphere?
2. How does climate affect the biosphere?
3. What are the six major biomes?
4. What are unique characteristics of marine ecosystems?
5. What are unique characteristics of estuaries and freshwater ecosystems?
Concept: 1. The biosphere is the portion of earth that is inhabited by life
2. Biotic and abiotic factors interact in the biosphere
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What is the relationship between the biota and the biosphere?
2. Give an example of how biotic and abiotic factors interact in the biosphere.
Vocabulary: Biosphere, Biota, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere, Geosphere, Biotic, Abiotic
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: The Biosphere
Standards: 3.1.10 A, E; 4.3.10 C; 4.6.10 A
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What are the components of the biosphere?
2. How does climate affect the biosphere?
3. What are the six major biomes?
4. What are unique characteristics of marine ecosystems?
5. What are unique characteristics of estuaries and freshwater ecosystems?
Concept: 1. Climate is the prevailing weather of a region
2. Earth has three main climate zones
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What is the difference between climate and weather?
2. What are the three climate zones and where are they located?
Vocabulary: Climate, Microclimate
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: The Biosphere
Standards: 3.1.10 A, E; 4.3.10 C; 4.6.10 A
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What are the components of the biosphere?
2. How does climate affect the biosphere?
3. What are the six major biomes?
4. What are unique characteristics of marine ecosystems?
5. What are unique characteristics of estuaries and freshwater ecosystems?
Concept: 1. Earth has six major biomes
2. Polar ice caps and mountains are not considered biomes
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. List and describe the six major biome types.
2. What are some characteristics of mountains and polar ice caps?
Vocabulary: Canopy, Grassland, Desert, Deciduous, Coniferous, Taiga, Tundra, Chaparral, Biome
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: The Biosphere
Standards: 3.1.10 A, E; 4.3.10 C; 4.6.10 A
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What are the components of the biosphere?
2. How does climate affect the biosphere?
3. What are the six major biomes?
4. What are unique characteristics of marine ecosystems?
5. What are unique characteristics of estuaries and freshwater ecosystems?
Concept: 1. The ocean can be divided into zones
2. Coastal waters contain unique habitats
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What criteria do scientists use to divide the ocean into different zones?
2. What conditions account for the development of highly diverse habitats in coastal waters?
Vocabulary: Intertidal Zone, Neritic Zone, Bathyl Zone, Abyssal Zone, Plankton, Zooplankton, Phytoplankton, Coral Reef, Kelp Forest
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: The Biosphere
Standards: 3.1.10 A, E; 4.3.10 C; 4.6.10 A
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What are the components of the biosphere?
2. How does climate affect the biosphere?
3. What are the six major biomes?
4. What are unique characteristics of marine ecosystems?
5. What are unique characteristics of estuaries and freshwater ecosystems?
Concept: 1. Estuaries are dynamic environments where rivers flow into the ocean
2. Freshwater ecosystems include moving and standing water
3. Ponds and lakes share common features
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What are the characteristics of an estuary ecosystem?
2. What abiotic factors might affect a river ecosystem?
3. How is a lake different from the ocean? How is it the same?
Vocabulary: Estuary, Watershed, Littoral Zone, Limnetic Zone, Benthic Zone, Ecosystem
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Human Impact on Ecosystems
Standards: 3.1.10 A, C, E; 3.2.10 B; 3.8.10 C; 4.2.10 C, D; 4.3.10 B, C; 4.4.10 C; 4.6.10 A; 4.8.10 A
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. How does human population growth affect demand for earth resources?
2. How does a fossil fuel emission affect air quality?
3. How does pollution of earth’s freshwater supply threaten habitat and health?
4. How does human population growth affect biodiversity?
5. What conservation methods can help protect and restore ecosystems?
Concept: 1. Human population continues to grow
2. The growing population exerts pressure on earth’s natural resources
3. Effective management of earth’s resources will help meet the needs of the future
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. Give three examples of how technology has influenced human population growth.
2. What is a difference between renewable and non-renewable resources?
3. How can a population use resources in a sustainable way?
Vocabulary: Non-renewable Resources, Renewable Resources, Ecological Footprint, Carrying Capacity, Population, Limiting Factors
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Human Impact on Ecosystems
Standards: 3.1.10 A, C, E; 3.2.10 B; 3.8.10 C; 4.2.10 C, D; 4.3.10 B, C; 4.4.10 C; 4.6.10 A; 4.8.10 A
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. How does human population growth affect demand for earth resources?
2. How does a fossil fuel emission affect air quality?
3. How does pollution of earth’s freshwater supply threaten habitat and health?
4. How does human population growth affect biodiversity?
5. What conservation methods can help protect and restore ecosystems?
Concept: 1. Pollutants accumulate in the air
2. Air pollution is changing earth’s biosphere
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. Name and describe two ways in which pollution affects ecosystems.
2. How does the greenhouse effect keep earth warm?
3. Explain, how a build up of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could increase earth’s global temperature.
Vocabulary: Pollution, Smog, Acid Rain, Particulate, Greenhouse Effect, Global Warming
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Human Impact on Ecosystems
Standards: 3.1.10 A, C, E; 3.2.10 B; 3.8.10 C; 4.2.10 C, D; 4.3.10 B, C; 4.4.10 C; 4.6.10 A; 4.8.10 A
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. How does human population growth affect demand for earth resources?
2. How does a fossil fuel emission affect air quality?
3. How does pollution of earth’s freshwater supply threaten habitat and health?
4. How does human population growth affect biodiversity?
5. What conservation methods can help protect and restore ecosystems?
Concept: 1. Water pollution affects ecosystems
2. Biomagnification causes accumulation of toxins in the food chain
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What does an indicator species tell us about the health of an ecosystem?
2. How do PCB’s affect bird populations through biomagification?
Vocabulary: Indicator Species, Biomagnification, Pollution
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Human Impact on Ecosystems
Standards: 3.1.10 A, C, E; 3.2.10 B; 3.8.10 C; 4.2.10 C, D; 4.3.10 B, C; 4.4.10 C; 4.6.10 A; 4.8.10 A
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. How does human population growth affect demand for earth resources?
2. How does a fossil fuel emission affect air quality?
3. How does pollution of earth’s freshwater supply threaten habitat and health?
4. How does human population growth affect biodiversity?
5. What conservation methods can help protect and restore ecosystems?
Concept: 1. Preserving biodiversity is important to the future of the biosphere
2. Loss of habitat eliminates species
3. Introduced species can disrupt stable relationships in an ecosystem
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. Why is biodiversity important to humans?
2. How does habitat fragmentation affect migrating bird populations?
3. What types of damage can introduce species cause?
Vocabulary: Habitat Fragmentation, Introduced Species
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Human Impact on Ecosystems
Standards: 3.1.10 A, C, E; 3.2.10 B; 3.8.10 C; 4.2.10 C, D; 4.3.10 B, C; 4.4.10 C; 4.6.10 A; 4.8.10 A
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. How does human population growth affect demand for earth resources?
2. How does a fossil fuel emission affect air quality?
3. How does pollution of earth’s freshwater supply threaten habitat and health?
4. How does human population growth affect biodiversity?
5. What conservation methods can help protect and restore ecosystems?
Concept: 1. Sustainable development manages resources for present and future generations
2. Conservation practices focus on a few species but benefit entire ecosystems
3. Protecting earth’s resources help protect our future
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What are two examples of sustainable development?
2. How does the protection of an umbrella species benefit an ecosystem?
3. How do government actions help to preserve natural habitats and protect resources?
Vocabulary: Sustainable Development, Umbrella Species, Ecosystem, Habitat, Keystone Species
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Classification and Taxonomy
Standards: 3.1.10 A, B, E; 3.2.10 A, B; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.1.10 B; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. How can organisms be classified based on physical relationships?
2. What are the structural and functional similarities and differences among living things?
Concept: 1. Linnaeus developed the scientific naming system still used today
2. Linnaeus’ classification system has seven levels
3. The Linnaean classification system has limitations
Lesson Essential Questions: 1.What is binomial nomenclature?
2.What is each taxon level from most general to most specific?
3. What are some limitations of the Linnaean classification system?
Vocabulary: Taxonomy, Taxon, Binomial Nomenclature, Genus, Species
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Classification and Taxonomy
Standards: 3.1.10 A, B, E; 3.2.10 A, B; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.1.10 B; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. How can organisms be classified based on physical relationships?
2. What are the structural and functional similarities and differences among living things?
Concept: 1. Classification is always a work in progress
2. The three domains are bacteria, archaea, eukarya
Lesson Essential Questions: 1.Why is the classification of life considered a work in progress?
2. What kingdoms are included in each of the three domains?
Vocabulary: Bacteria, Eukarya, Archaea, Prokaryote, Eukaryote
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Diversity of Viruses, Bacteria, Protist, Fungi, & Plants
Standards: 3.1.10 A, B; 3.2.10 A, B; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.1.10 B; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): What are the structural and functional similarities and differences between viruses, bacteria, protist, fungi, and
plants
Concept: 1. Viruses bacteria, viroids, and prions can all cause infections
2. Viruses differ in shape and in ways of entering host cells
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What are the main differences between living cells and viruses?
2. What do all pathogens have in common?
3. What are the main parts of a typical virus?
Vocabulary: Virus, Pathogen, Viroid, Prion, Prokaryote, Archaea, Capsid, Bacteriophage, Endocytosis, Lipid
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Diversity of Viruses, Bacteria, Protist, Fungi, & Plants
Standards: 3.1.10 A, B; 3.2.10 A, B; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.1.10 B; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): What are the structural and functional similarities and differences between viruses, bacteria, protist, and plants
Concept: 1. Prokaryotes are widespread on earth
2. Bacteria and archae are structurally similar but have different molecular characteristics
3. Bacteria have various strategies for survival
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What are the three most common shapes of bacteria?
2. Why are bacteria and archae classified into different domains?
Vocabulary: Flagellum, Conjugation, Endospore, Plasmid, Obligate Anaerobe, Obligate Aerobe, Facultative Aerobe
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Diversity of Viruses, Bacteria, Protist, Fungi, & Plants
Standards: 3.1.10 A, B; 3.2.10 A, B; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.1.10 B; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): What are the structural and functional similarities and differences between viruses, bacteria, protist, and plants
Concept: 1. Protist can be animal-like, plantlike, or fungus like
2. Protist are difficult to classify
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What characteristics distinguish each group of protist?
2. Why are protist difficult to classify?
Vocabulary: Protist
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Diversity of Viruses, Bacteria, Protist, Fungi, & Plants
Standards: 3.1.10 A, B; 3.2.10 A, B; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.1.10 B; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): What are the structural and functional similarities and differences between viruses, bacteria, protist, and plants
Concept: 1. Animal-like protist move in various ways
2. Some animal-like protist cause disease
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What are the three basic methods of movement in animal-like protist?
Vocabulary: Protozoa, Pseudopod, Cilia, Flagella, Heterotroph, Phagocytosis, Conjugation
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Diversity of Viruses, Bacteria, Protist, Fungi, & Plants
Standards: 3.1.10 A, B; 3.2.10 A, B; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.1.10 B; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): What are the structural and functional similarities and differences between viruses, bacteria, protist, and plants
Concept: 1. Plantlike protist can be single-celled or multicellular
2. Many plantlike protist can reproduce both sexually and asexually
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What is an example of a single-celled, colonial, and multicellular plantlike protist?
2. Why would sexual reproduction in algae be beneficial when conditions are harsh?
Vocabulary: Algae, Phytoplankton, Gamete, Plankton, Haploid, Mitosis, Diploid, Meiosis
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Diversity of Viruses, Bacteria, Protist, Fungi, & Plants
Standards: 3.1.10 A, B; 3.2.10 A, B; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.1.10 B; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): What are the structural and functional similarities and differences between viruses, bacteria, protist, and plants
Concept: Slime-molds and water molds are funguslike protist
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. How are slime molds and water molds similar to fungi?
2. How do slime-molds help organisms obtain nutrients in an ecosystem?
Vocabulary: Slime Mold, Water Mold, Decomposer
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Diversity of Viruses, Bacteria, Protist, Fungi, & Plants
Standards: 3.1.10 A, B; 3.2.10 A, B; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.1.10 B; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): What are the structural and functional similarities and differences between viruses, bacteria, protist, and plants
Concept: 1. Fungi are adapted to absorb their food from the environment
2. Fungi come in many shapes and sizes
3. Fungi reproduce sexually and asexually
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. How do fungi use hyphae to obtain their food?
2. What are the fruiting body difference between a sac fungi, bread mold, and club fungi?
3. When are sporangia formed in the life cycle of bread mold?
Vocabulary: Chitin, Hyphae, Mycelium, Fruiting Body, Mycorrhizae, Sporangia
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Diversity of Viruses, Bacteria, Protist, Fungi, & Plants
Standards: 3.1.10 A, B; 3.2.10 A, B; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.1.10 B; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): What are the structural and functional similarities and differences between viruses, bacteria, protist, and plants
Concept: 1. Plants have adaptations that allow them to live on land
2. Mosses are seedless nonvascular plants
3. Club mosses and ferns are seedless vascular plants
4. Seed plants include cone-bearing plants and flowering plants
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What adaptations allow plants to thrive on dry land?
2. What are the habitat requirements for seedless nonvascular plants?
Vocabulary: Plant, Cuticle, Stomata, Vascular System, Lignin, Pollen Grain, Seed, Photosynthesis, Chlorophyll, Herbivore, Pollination,
Gymnosperm, Angiosperm, Cone, Flower, Fruit
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Diversity of Viruses, Bacteria, Protist, Fungi, & Plants
Standards: 3.1.10 A, B; 3.2.10 A, B; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.1.10 B; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): What are the structural and functional similarities and differences between viruses, bacteria, protist, and plants
Concept: 1. Flowering plants have unique adaptations that allows them to dominate in the world
2. Botanists classify flowering plants into two groups based on seed type
3. Flowering plants are also categorized by stem type and life span
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What adaptations give flowering plants a reproductive advantage over gymnosperms?
2. What are the differences between monocots and dicots?
3. How can flowering plants be categorized?
Vocabulary: Cotyledon, Monocot, Dicot, Wood, Fruit, Flower, Pollination, Pollen, Lignin
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Diversity of Animals
Standards: 3.1.10 A, B, C; 3.2.10 B; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.3.10 C; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What are the shared characteristics among animals?
2. What are the structural and functional similarities and differences among animal groups?
Concept: 1. Animals are the most physically diverse kingdom
2. All animals share a set of characteristics
3. Each animal phylum has a unique body plan
4. Animals are grouped using a variety of criteria
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. In what ways are animals physically diverse?
2. What are the shared characteristics among animals?
3. What is the main difference between vertebrate and invertebrate body plans?
4. What differences are there between the 3 criteria used to distinguish between different animal groups?
Vocabulary: Collagen, Vertebrate, Invertebrate, Phylum, Bilateral Symmetry, Radial Symmetry
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Diversity of Animals
Standards: 3.1.10 A, B, C; 3.2.10 B; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.3.10 C; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What are the shared characteristics among animals?
2. What are the structural and functional similarities and differences among animal groups?
Concept: 1. Sponges have specialized cells but no tissues
2. Cnidarians have specialized tissues
Lesson Essential Questions: What are the similarities and differences between sponges and cnidarians?
Vocabulary: Sessile, Filter Feeder, Polyp, Medusa, Nematocyst, Gastrovascular Cavity
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Diversity of Animals
Standards: 3.1.10 A, B, C; 3.2.10 B; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.3.10 C; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What are the shared characteristics among animals?
2. What are the structural and functional similarities and differences among animal groups?
Concept: 1. Flatworms are simple bilateral animals
2. Mollusks are diverse animals
3. Annelids have segmented bodies
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What are the characteristics that separate the three groups of flatworms?
2. What is the function of a mollusk’s radula?
3. What are the three groups of annelids?
Vocabulary: Complete Digestive Tract, Radula, Segmentation, Coelom
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Diversity of Animals
Standards: 3.1.10 A, B, C; 3.2.10 B; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.3.10 C; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What are the shared characteristics among animals?
2. What are the structural and functional similarities and differences among animal groups?
Concept: 1. Roundworms shed their stiff outer skeleton as they grow
2. Many roundworms are parasites
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. How do roundworms molt?
2. What are three parasitic roundworms that infect human hosts?
Vocabulary: Cuticle, Pseudocoelom
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Diversity of Animals
Standards: 3.1.10 A, B, C; 3.2.10 B; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.3.10 C; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What are the shared characteristics among animals?
2. What are the structural and functional similarities and differences among animal groups?
Concept: 1. Echinoderms have radial symmetry
2. There are five classes of echinoderms
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. How does the water vascular system enable echinoderms to molt?
2. What are the differences in body plans between the five classes of echinoderms?
Vocabulary: Ossicle, Water Vascular System
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Diversity of Animals
Standards: 3.1.10 A, B, C; 3.2.10 B; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.3.10 C; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What are the shared characteristics among animals?
2. What are the structural and functional similarities and differences among animal groups?
Concept: 1. Arthropod features are highly adapted
2. Arthropod exoskeletons serve a variety of functions
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What are the five main groups of arthrods?
2. What characteristics make phylum arthropod unique?
Vocabulary: Arthropod, Exoskeleton, Chitin, Appendage, Segmentation, Cuticle
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Diversity of Animals
Standards: 3.1.10 A, B, C; 3.2.10 B; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.3.10 C; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What are the shared characteristics among animals?
2. What are the structural and functional similarities and differences among animal groups?
Concept: 1. Crustacean appendages can take many forms
2. There are many different types of crustaceans
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What characteristics make crustaceans different from other arthropods?
2. What are some of the different functions of arthropod appendages?
Vocabulary: Crustacean, Cephalothorax, Abdomen, Carapace, Mandible, Filter Feeding, Sessile
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Diversity of Animals
Standards: 3.1.10 A, B, C; 3.2.10 B; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.3.10 C; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What are the shared characteristics among animals?
2. What are the structural and functional similarities and differences among animalgroups?
Concept: Arachnids are the largest group of chelicerates
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What unique features do all arachnids share?
2. What four adaptations do arachnids have for conserving water?
3. Why are spiders an important part of an ecosystem?
Vocabulary: Chelicerate, Arachnid, Book Lung, Spiracle, Trachea
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Diversity of Animals
Standards: 3.1.10 A, B, C; 3.2.10 B; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.3.10 C; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What are the shared characteristics among animals?
2. What are the structural and functional similarities and differences among animal groups?
Concept: 1. Insects are the dominant terrestrial arthropods
2. Insects undergo metamorphosis
3. Insects are adapted to life on land
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What features make insects different from other arthropods?
2. What is the difference between complete and incomplete metamorphosis?
3. What are two adaptations that allow insects to survive on land?
Vocabulary: Incomplete Metamorphosis, Complete Metamorphosis, Pupa
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Diversity of Animals
Standards: 3.1.10 A, B, C; 3.2.10 B; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.3.10 C; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What are the shared characteristics among animals?
2. What are the structural and functional similarities and differences among animal groups?
Concept: 1. The phylum chordata contains all vertebrates and some invertebrates
2. All vertebrates share common features
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What features are shared by all chordates?
2. How is an endoskeleton involved in animal movement?
Vocabulary: Chordate, Notochord, Endoskeleton
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Diversity of Animals
Standards: 3.1.10 A, B, C; 3.2.10 B; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.3.10 C; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What are the shared characteristics among animals?
2. What are the structural and functional similarities and differences among animal groups?
Concept: 1. Fish are vertebrates with gills and paired fins
2. Ray-finned fish have a fan of bones in their fins
3. Lobe-finned dish have paired rounded fins supported by a single bone
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What is the function of countercurrent flow in a fish’s gill?
2. How is the arrangement of bones in a ray-fin related to its function?
3. What are examples of ray-fin and lobe-fin fish?
Vocabulary: Gill, Lateral Line, Operculum, Countercurrent Flow, Ray-Fin, Swim Bladder, Lobe-Fin
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Diversity of Animals
Standards: 3.1.10 A, B, C; 3.2.10 B; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.3.10 C; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What are the shared characteristics among animals?
2. What are the structural and functional similarities and differences among animal groups?
Concept: 1. Amphibians return to water to reproduce
2. Amphibians are divided into three groups
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. Why do amphibians have to live in moist environments?
2. How are the three amphibian groups similar and different?
Vocabulary: Tetrapod, Amphibian, Tadpole
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Diversity of Animals
Standards: 3.1.10 A, B, C; 3.2.10 B; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.3.10 C; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What are the shared characteristics among animals?
2. What are the structural and functional similarities and differences among animal groups?
Concept: 1. Amniotes can be ectothermic on endothermic
2. Amniotes can retain moisture
3. Amniotes do not need to return to water to reproduce
4. Amnitoe embryos develop in a fluid-filled sac
5. Anatomy can circulation differ among amniotes
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What characteristics help an amniote retain moisture?
2. Why don’t amniotes need to return to water to reproduce?
3. What is the difference between an endotherm and ectoherm?
4. How does anatomy and circulation differ among amniotes?
Vocabulary: Amniote, Keratin, Amniotic Egg, Placenta, Pulmonary Circuit, Systemic Circuit, Ectotherm, Endotherm
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Diversity of Animals
Standards: 3.1.10 A, B, C; 3.2.10 B; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.3.10 C; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What are the shared characteristics among animals?
2. What are the structural and functional similarities and differences among animal groups?
Concept: 1. Reptiles are a diverse group of amniotes
2. There are four groups of reptiles
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. How does a viviparous and oviparous reptile differ?
2. What features do reptiles share?
3. What are the major groups of reptiles?
Vocabulary: Reptile, Oviparous, Viviparous
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Diversity of Animals
Standards: 3.1.10 A, B, C; 3.2.10 B; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.3.10 C; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What are the shared characteristics among animals?
2. What are the structural and functional similarities and differences among animal groups?
Concept: 1. A bird’s body is specialized for flight
2. Birds have spread to many ecological niches
Lesson Essential Questions: 1. What adaptations help birds with flight?
2. How are the wings, beak, and feet of an eagle well adapted to its niche?
Vocabulary: Airfoil, Sternum, Air Sac
Activities:
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Biology – 10th Grade
Unit: Diversity of Animals
Standards: 3.1.10 A, B, C; 3.2.10 B; 3.3.10 A, B; 4.3.10 C; 4.6.10 A; 4.7.10 B
Unit Essential Question(s): 1. What are the shared characteristics among animals?
2. What are the structural and functional similarities and differences among animal groups?
Concept: 1. All mammals share common characteristics
2. Mammals are divided into three main groups
Lesson Essential Questions: What characteristics do mammals share?
Vocabulary: Mammal, Mammary Gland, Monotreme, Marsupial
Activities:
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