Download Curriculum Map for General Biology

Curriculum Map for General Biology
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Content
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Practice of Science
2
Measurements &
Units
3
Cells
Skills for student
Achievement
Assessment
Performance
Standards Addressed
Essential Questions
Students will be able to…
 Understand that
science is about
knowing the natural
world
 Describe how
technological/
scientific advances
are made
 Identify Bias
 Recognize
constraints and
values effects on
investigations
 Use the scientific
Method
 Use lab equipment
safely (microscopes)
 Measure precise
amounts
 Use metric
conversions
 Reflection Blog
 Vocabulary
Definitions
 Mind Map
 Scientific
Investigation
 Article Review
 Self-Assessment
of Practice of
Science
 Scientific Method
“Penny Lab”
 Reasons for
scientific
investigation
 9.1.3.4.1-6
 Societal and
scientific ethics
impact research
practices
 9.1.3.3.1-3
 What is Science?
 What is Science used
for?
 How do we build
scientific knowledge?
 How reliable is scientific
knowledge?
 What is Bias?
 How does bias influence
research and
interpretation of data?
 How do values and
constraints affect
science?
 Reflection Blog
 Metric Mania 1/2
 Conversions Quiz
 Units 1 & 2 Test
 ALL types of people
have contributed to
our scientific
knowledge
 9.1.3.2.1-2
 Why do we use the
metric system in science?
 How do you measure
precisely?
 Explain cellular
processes
 Understand what
factors influence cell
 Reflection Blog
 Life of a Cell
 Vocabulary
 Microscopes Lab
 Cells and cell
structures have
specific functions
that allow for
 What are the essential
cell structures?
 How do cells reproduce?
 What functions can cells
processes
 Describe what
systems are involved
in maintaining
homeostasis in an
organism
 Explain the various
types of cellular
respiration
 Understand how/
what amino acids
chain together in
different shapes to
create proteins
 Identify the phases
of mitosis
 Understand what
mitosis/meiosis are
used for
 Explain similarities
and differences of
mitosis and meiosis
 Osmosis Lab
 Staining Cells Lab
 Energy Flow
Posters
 Diffusion Demo
 Vocabulary
 T-Charts
(Compare and
Contrast) for Cells
 Cell Unit Test
growth, survival,
and reproduction
 9.4.1.1.1-2
 9.4.1.2.1
 Cells are composed
primarily of a few
elements
 Cells work is done
by proteins
 Differentiate
between processes
of photosynthesis
and respiration
 9.4.1.2.2
 9.4.1.2.4
 9.4.2.2.1
 Explain the process
of mitosis
 Describe the two
types of cell
formation
 Explain the function
and importance of
cell organelle as
related to their cell
processes
(Respiration,
Photosynthesis,
Protein Synthesis,
and Cell
Reproduction)
 9.4.1.2.4-6
perform?
 What are the different
types of active and
passive transport?
 How/Why do cells use
these?
 How are respiration and
photosynthesis similar?
Different?
 What are mitosis and
meiosis?
 What are these processes
used for?
 Why are these processes
essential for life?
 How are mitosis and
meiosis different? Same?

4
Genetics
 Understand the roles
of DNA and RNA in
assembling protein
molecules
 Apply the proper
terms to monohybrid
crosses (Punnett
Squares)
 Understanding
diverse contributions
to science
 Reflection Blog
 Vocabulary
 DNA Model
 Punnett Square
Practice
 Animations
 Transcription &
Translation
 Pedigrees
 Mitosis Vs.
Meiosis
Flashcards

 Genetics Unit Test
5
Evolution
 Uncover the history
of natural selection
 Discover the
scientific evidence
of evolution
 Recognize artificial
selection
 Debate evolution
with scientific
evidence
 Apply the theories of
evolution to entire
populations
 Theorize about how
new species are
created
 Reflection Blog
 Vocabulary
 Whale Evolution
Article Review
 Relative Dating
and Absolute
Dating W.S. &
Games
 Natural Selection
Activity
 Create your own
species
 Evolution Unit
Test
 Explain the
relationship among
DNA, genes, and
chromosomes
 Describe the process
of DNA replication
 Apply the terms
phenotype,
genotype, allele,
homozygous, and
heterozygous
 9.4.3.1.1-3
 ALL types of people
have contributed to
our scientific
knowledge
 9.1.3.2.1-2
 Discuss Mendel’s
Laws
 Discover mutations
 Development of
Natural Selection
 Recognize Artificial
Selection
 Genetic Variation
 Competition
 Selective Pressures
 9.4.3.2.1-3
 9.4.3.3.1-6
 Importance of
variation within the
species
 How does DNA produce
proteins?
 How does inheritance
work?
 Why is genetic variation
important?
 How do we use genetics
today?
 How have our
perspectives on history
been distorted?
 How can we change the
way we look at history?
 What are some
dis/advantages of
a/sexual reproduction?
 How does genetic
variation occur within a
species?
 What are the rules of
natural selection?
 What scientific evidence
is there for evolution?
 How does evolution
occur on a larger scale?
 What are some ways that
the environment can
drive evolution?
 Think about what a
species require to
exist and how they
develop those traits
 Competition for
resources and the
changing
environment
promote natural
selection
 Development of new
species
 9.4.3.3.3-6
 How does an isolated
population diverge to
become a new species?
 How are other ways a
new species can evolve?
6
Principles of Ecology
 Understand how the
ecosystem can affect
the organism
 Explain species
interactions’
 Describe a variety of
different types of
animal/plant
interactions
7
The Tree of Life
And The History of
Life
8
Plants
 Use scientific
evidence to show
evolutionary
relationships among
species
 Explore the ancient
ideas associated with
the taxonomy of life
and how modern
technology has
altered the way we
classify life
 Discover the
organization and
functions of plants
 Discovering the
important adaptive
features that plants
have evolved
 Explore the variety
of plant species on
our planet
 Reflection Blog
 Vocabulary
 Ecological
Footprint
 Estimating Pop.
Sizes
 Predator-Prey
Simulation
 Food Web
 Interpreting
Ecological Data
 Reflection Blog
 Vocabulary
 Wiki Organisms
Pages
 Tree of Life
 Factors affecting the
carrying capacity of
an ecosystem, relate
those to population
growth
 Ecosystem change
related to new
species introductions
 9.4.2.1.1-2
 What can
increase/decrease an
ecosystem’s carrying
capacity?
 How can a new species
be introduced into an
ecosystem?
 What positive/negative
affects do those new
species have on the
ecosystem?
 Discuss evidence of
evolution
 Connect the
scientific evidence
showing
relationships among
species
 9.4.3.3.1-2
 What are some ways we
can see evolution?
 In what ways are we able
to compare animals?
 How did organization/
classification of animals
occur before we used
genetics and homologous
structures?
 Can we make our own
tree of life?
 Reflection Blog
 Vocabulary
 Dichotomous Key
 Plant Growth
Experiment
 Life Cycle poster
 Photosynthesis
 Plant Unit Test
 Organisms are made
up of organ systems
 9.4.1.2.5
 9.4.1.1.2
 Explain how matter
and energy is
transformed and
transferred among
organisms in an
 How do plants grow?
(Primary & Secondary)
 What are the structures
within the stems, roots,
flowers, fruits and
leaves?
 How do plants
reproduce?
 What are vascular and
 Classifying plants
 Uncovering life
cycles of plants
9
Animals
 Discover the
organization and
function of animals
 Explore the variety
of animal species on
our planet
 Classifying animals
 Discover species
anatomy
 Discovering the
important adaptive
features that animals
have evolved
 Discover that
animals behaviors
are either instinctual
or learned and
discuss the
importance of each
 How to observe
ecosystem
 9.4.2.2.2
 Reflection Blog
 Vocabulary
 Perch Dissection
 Frog Dissection
 Earthworms
Dissection
 Rat Dissection
 Mussel Dissection
 Crayfish
Dissection
 Starfish
Dissection
 Animal Anatomy
Guide
 Animal Unit Test
 Organisms are made
up of organ systems
 9.4.1.2.5
 9.4.1.1.2
 Explain how matter
and energy is
transformed and
transferred among
organisms in an
ecosystem
 9.4.2.2.2
 Competition for
finite resources and
the changing
environment
promotes natural
selection
 9.4.3.3.5
nonvascular plants?
 What are monocots and
dicots?
 How do plants get their
energy?
 How do you use a
dichotomous key?
 How many different
species of plant are
there?
 Does the environment
affect our personal
decisions?
 How do animals get
energy?
 What can you tell about
an animal just based on
some the structures that
are present?
 How are animals
classified?
 How are all animals
similar? Different?
 How many different
species of animal are
there?
 Why do animals behave
the way they do?
 What can be learned
from simple
observations?
 What is the best way to
animal behaviors
keep a record of your
observations?
10
Bacteria and Viruses
 Compare and
Contrast Prokaryotic
and Eukaryotic cells
 Identify bacteria
based on shape,
locomotion,
environment, stains,
and oxygen
preferences
 Reflection Blog
 T-Chart (Pro/
Eukaryotic)
 Vocabulary
 Bacteria/Viruses
Study guides
 Prion Research
 Bacterial
Resistance Video
 Bacterial Growth
& Staining Lab
 Bacteria and Virus
Quiz
11
Interactions Among
Systems
(Including Human
Impacts)
 Recognize the
impact our actions
has on our
ecosystems
 Describe the
interdependence of
systems in from an
organism to an
ecosystem
 Reflection Blog
 Vocabulary
 Paper on
interdependence
of systems
 Cumulative Final
Test
 (Field trip to the
college for the
wind energy)
 Describe the
differences/similariti
es of Prokaryotic
and Eukaryotic cells
 9.4.1.2.3
 Antibodies produced
by our bodies fight
disease (Vaccines
assist this)
 9.4.4.2.2
 The body’s immune
system can
sometimes attack its
own cells
 9.4.4.2.3
 Discuss the social
and economic
risks/benefits of
biotechnology in
agriculture and
medicine
 Compare local and
global
environmental and
economic
dis/advantages of
generating
electricity from
various sources
 How are the relative size,
complexity and structure
important to the functions
of Bacteria and Viruses?
 Why do we consider the
Archaea Bacteria the
extremophiles?
 How do we classify
different types of
bacteria?
 What are ways that we
(Humans) affect the
ecosystems around us?
 What are the various
ways we are able to
produce electricity and
their dis/advantages?
 What are some trade-offs
involved with resource
use?
 9.1.3.1.1-3
 9.2.4.1.1-2
 9.4.4.2.4