Download Regents Living Environment - Monticello Central School District

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This Course: Regents Living Environment
is
about
Understanding the structure of living organisms,
their chemical and physiological processes, and
their interactions with each other and the environment.
Course Questions:
1. What is the central purpose of scientific inquiry?
2. Beyond the uses of reasoning and consensus, what does scientific
inquiry involve when testing proposed explanations?
3. How do observations made while testing proposed explanations,
allow analysis, both conventional and invented?
4. How are living things both similar to and different from each
other?
5. How do organisms inherit genetic information?
6. How do individual organisms and species change over time?
7. How is the continuity of life sustained through reproduction and
development?
8. How do organisms maintain a dynamic equilibrium that sustains
life?
9. How do plants and animals depend on each other and their
physical environment?
10. How have human decisions and activities had a profound
impact on the physical and living environment?
Course Standards:
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20% Effort (Homework and
classwork)
20% Labs / Projects
30% Quizzes
30% Tests
Course Progress:
Year 1
Year 2
Evolution Exam
Ecology Exam
Cellular Biology Exam
Immunity Exam
Genetics Exam
Repro and Devel. Exam
Body Systems Exam
Numerous Review
Exams
Regents Exam
This Course: Regents Living Environment
Course Map
Student:
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Community
Principles
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Respect
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Responsibility
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Safety
Performance
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Learning rituals
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Do Nows
Concept Mapping
Laboratory Exercises
Cooperative Groups
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Integration of Technology
Research
Scaffolding
Regents Preparation
1. Work is due on the assigned date.
2. Students must complete 1,200
minutes of laboratory time.
3. Extra help can be obtained
during homeroom, lunch, and at
after school tutorial.
Critical Concepts
Homeostasis
Interdependence
Biodiversity
Inheritance
Natural Selection
Adaptation
Evolution
Nutrition
Transport
Synthesis
Reproduction
Respiration
Regulation
Excretion
Feedback
Experimentation
Equilibrium
Development
Succession
Learned in these
UNITS
Cellular
Biology /
Physiology
Maintaining
Dynamic
Equilibrium
Genetics
Ecology