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Power Standards
The term power standards refers to a subset of learning standards that Swartz Creek
educators have determined to be the highest priority or most important for students
to learn in each course. While the teaching and learning will include many other skills
and content, these standards will help us foster the most rigorous and engaging
learning environment within our classrooms. (www.edglossary.org)
Course: Biology and Honors Biology
Grade: 9th
Department: Science
Power Standard
“I can...” Statement
Academic Vocabulary
Nature of Science
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I CAN solve a problem using
the scientific method and the
SI system.
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Data, controlled
experiment,
independent
(manipulated)
variable, dependent
(responding) variable,
control group,
experimental group,
observation,
inference, theory,
hypothesis
Characteristics of Life
•
I CAN use evidence to
determine if an unknown is
living or nonliving.
•
Living, nonliving,
adaptation, growth,
development,
organization, cells,
metabolism,
reproduction,
response, evolution,
genetic material,
stimulus
Chemistry of Life
•
I CAN explain the general
structure and function of the
4 macromolecules that build
life.
•
Atoms,
macromolecules,
monomers, polymers,
CHONPS, water,
polar, acid, base,
neutral, buffer, pH
scale, carbohydrate/
monosaccharide,
protein/amino acid,
lipid/fatty acids and
glycerol, nucleic
acid/nucleotide,
enzyme, catalyst,
chemical reaction,
dehydration,
hydrolysis
Classification of Cells
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I CAN classify cells into
kingdoms using physical
characteristics.
•
Prokaryote,
eukaryote, autotroph,
heterotroph,
unicellular,
multicellular, nucleus,
cell wall, organelle,
Archaebacteria,
Eubacteria, Protista,
Fungi, Plantae,
Animalia
Cell Specialization
•
I CAN explain how a cell is
specialized to perform its job.
•
Structure, function,
specialization, cell
size, surface area to
volume ratio,
mitochondria,
chloroplasts, Golgi
apparatus,
endoplasmic
reticulum, cytoplasm,
cilia, flagella,
lysosome, vacuole,
cytoskeleton,
ribosomes, nucleus,
nucleolus
Cell Transport
•
I CAN explain how materials
are moved into/out of the cell
using different forms of
transport.
•
Cell membrane, cell
wall, phospholipids,
channel proteins,
receptor proteins,
diffusion, osmosis,
passive transport,
active transport,
endocytosis,
exocytosis,
hypertonic, hypotonic,
isotonic, solvent,
solute,
semipermeable
Honors Bio: Sodium
Potassium pump
Cell Energetics
•
•
I CAN explain how organisms
store, transfer, and transform
energy needed to live.
I CAN compare and contrast
the processes of
photosynthesis and cellular
respiration.
•
Reactants, products,
glucose,
photosynthesis,
cellular respiration,
chloroplasts,
mitochondria, ATP,
aerobic, anaerobic,
fermentation, lactic
acid
Honors Bio: Glycolysis,
Kreb’s Cycle, light reactions,
dark reactions, Calvin Cycle
Body Systems and
Homeostasis
•
I CAN explain how the
systems work together
through feedback
mechanisms.
•
Cell, tissue, organ,
organ system,
organism,
homeostasis,
feedback, structure
and function of the 11
body systems
Mitosis and Meiosis
•
I CAN compare/contrast
different forms of cell division
in terms of purpose and
products.
•
Mitosis, meiosis,
interphase, prophase,
metaphase,
anaphase, telophase,
centrioles, spindle
fibers, chromosomes,
chromatin,
chromatids,
centromere, doubled
chromosomes
(tetrad), haploid,
diploid, gametes,
nondisjunction,
cancer, cell cycle and
its phases (G1, S, G2,
M) , differentiation,
stem cells
Nature of Disease
•
I CAN differentiate between
pathogenic, genetic, and
environmental diseases.
•
Disease, immune
system/response,
pathogen, bacteria,
virus, parasite,
antibiotic, vaccine,
antiviral drug, white
blood cell, fever,
inflammation, Koch’s
postulates, methods
of transmission
DNA and Protein Synthesis
•
I CAN model how DNA codes
for proteins through the
processes of transcription
and translation.
•
Nucleic acids, DNA,
RNA, double helix,
replication,
nucleotides, nitrogen
bases (A, C, G, T),
hydrogen bond,
Chargaff,
Watson/Crick,
Franklin, Wilkins
sugar/phosphate
backbone,
transcription,
translation, codons,
anticodons, rRNA,
mRNA, tRNA,
complementary,
ribosomes, amino
acids, proteins,
mutation, frameshift
mutation, base-pair
substitution
Honors Bio: Antiparallel,
Okazaki fragments, ligase,
helicase, DNA polymerase,
RNA polymerase
Genetic Engineering
•
I CAN critique the pros/cons
of current biotechnology
topics.
•
Biotechnology,
restriction enzymes,
plasmid, DNA
extraction, DNA
fingerprinting, gel
electrophoresis,
recombinant DNA,
cloning, Human
Genome Project,
transgenic organism,
gene therapy
Honors Bio: PCR, RFLPs
Mendel’s Genetics
•
I CAN apply Mendel’s laws of
inheritance to real-life
phenomena and predict
•
Dominant, recessive,
allele, gene,
heterozygous,
outcomes.
Exceptions to Mendel’s
Genetics
•
I CAN apply exceptions in
inheritance (incomplete
dominance, codominance,
polygenic traits, and multiple
alleles) to real-life
phenomena.
homozygous,
purebred, hybrid, Law
of Dominance, Law of
Segregation, Law of
Independent
Assortment, Punnett
square, probability,
monohybrid, dihybrid,
genotype, phenotype,
pedigrees,
karyotypes,
autosomes, sex
chromosomes,
chromosomal
disorders
•
Incomplete
dominance,
codominance,
polygenic trait,
multiple alleles, sexlinked traits
Honors Bio: Sex-limited trait,
sex-influenced trait
Evolution
•
I CAN explain that gene flow,
mutation, genetic drift, and
natural selection all lead to
the evolution of species.
•
Evolution, Darwin,
natural selection,
genetic drift, gene
flow, mutation, theory,
transition fossils,
homologous
structures, analogous
structures, vestigial
structures,
comparative
embryology,
comparative
biochemistry
Population Dynamics
•
I CAN explain that
ecosystems are
characterized by both
stability and change on which
human populations can have
impact.
I CAN use math/data/models
to explain changes in
biodiversity in populations.
•
Logistic growth,
exponential growth,
boom and bust,
limiting factors,
carrying capacity,
predator-prey cycles,
symbiotic
relationships,
succession,
Greenhouse effect,
•
carbon footprint
Matter Cycle and Energy
Flow in an Ecosystem
•
•
I CAN explain how matter is
recycled in an ecosystem.
I CAN analyze a food
pyramid to explain how
energy flows through an
ecosystem.
•
Biotic, abiotic, food
chain, food web,
autotroph/producer,
heterotroph/
consumer, scavenger,
decomposer, trophic
level, food pyramid,
carbon-oxygen cycle,
nitrogen cycle, water
cycle, Law of
Conservation of
Energy and Mass