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Unit 1 What is Science?
Timeline
Big Idea
Objectives
Review
Concepts
Scope and
Sequence
Instructional
Activities
Assessment
August 7-August 29, 2014
Science Skills
1. Identify and clarify biological research questions and design experiments
2. Manipulate variables in experiments using appropriate procedures
3. Collect, organize, and analyze data accurately and precisely
4. Interpret results and draw conclusions, revising hypotheses as necessary
and/or formulating additional questions or explanations
5. Write and speak effectively to present and explain scientific results, using
appropriate terminology and graphics
6. Safely use laboratory equipment and techniques when conducting scientific
investigations
7. Use appropriate SI units for length, mass, time, temperature, quantity, area,
volume, and density, and describe the relationships among SI unit prefixes
(e.g., centi-, milli-, kilo-) and how SI units are related to analogous English units
8. Describe the biological criteria that need to be met in order for an organism to
be considered alive
Scientific Method
Metric Measurement
Ch. 1 Biology: The Study of Life
Class discussions, cooperative groups, internet search, assigned
VIDEOS and readings
Labs: Inquiry Choice Chambers, Obscertainers, Metric Measurement,
Characteristics of Life, Spark Inquiry Temperature (Introduction to Data
Collection)
Activities: Using Graphs, Lab report
Differentiation: Current Science journal articles, Honors project
introduction & topic selection, extension questions
Quizzes
Metric Mastery Test
Lab/Activity Questions
VIDEO and Reading Homework
Open Response Test
VIDEOs:
Science Spot Metric Mania http://sciencespot.net/Pages/classmetric.html#Anchor-General-49575
 Lesson 1 Length Presentation
 Lesson 2 Mass Presentation
 Lesson 3 Volume Presentation
 Lesson 4 Density Brain Pop
How to Convert Units (4:00) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKCZn5MLKvk
How to Graph http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Graph/
Introduction to Characteristics of Life (3:40) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juxLuo-sH6M
The 8 Characteristics of Life (1:29)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=fvwp&v=kl10jtgMTV4
Readings: Are Viruses Alive? (Scientific American, 2004)
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=are-viruses-alive-2004
Unit 2 Ecology
Timeline
Big Idea
Objectives
Review
Concepts
Scope and
Sequence
Instructional
Activities
Assessment
September 2 - October 2, 2014
Interdependence
1. Define and provide examples of biosphere, biome, ecosystem, community,
population, species, habitat, and niche
2. Discuss biotic and abiotic factors that affect land and aquatic biomes
3. Discuss the role of beneficial bacteria
4. Explain how energy flows through ecosystems in one direction, from
photosynthetic organisms to herbivores to carnivores and decomposers
5. Explain how the amount of life any environment can support is limited by the
available matter and energy and by the ability of ecosystems to recycle the
residue of dead organic materials
6. Explain how organisms cooperate and compete in ecosystems and how
interrelationships and interdependencies of organisms may generate
ecosystems that are stable for thousands of years
7. Diagram the flow of energy using food webs, food chains, and pyramids (e.g.,
pyramid of energy, pyramid of biomass, and pyramid of numbers)
8. Describe examples of competition, symbiosis, and predation
9. Explain the concept of carrying capacity
10. Describe the growth of populations, including exponential and logistic growth
11. Explain the process of ecological succession, and describe the different
communities that result
12. Read and describe current journal articles relating to environmental concerns
13. Discuss and evaluate the significance of human interference with major
ecosystems
Food Chains and Food Webs
Graphing and Metric Measurement
Ch. 2 Principles of Ecology
Ch. 3 Communities, Biomes and Ecosystems
Ch. 4 Population Biology
Ch. 5 Biodiversity and Conservation
Class discussions, cooperative groups, internet search, assigned
VIDEOS and readings
Labs: Food What Food, Transpiration, Oh Deer, Lynx Eats the Hare,
Compost vs. Potting Soil (on going), The Greenhouse Effect, Spark
Organisms and pH, Spark Acid Rain, Climate Change Labs
Activities: Symbiosis Challenge, Carbon Cycle Game, Biome Disruption
Presentations, Real World Succession, Around the World Age
Structures, Environmental Concern PowerPoint/Prezi, Life Cycle
Assessment Debates, Carrying Capacity
Differentiation: Current Science journal articles, Honors project
research & experimental design, extension questions
Quizzes
Lab/Activity Questions
VIDEO and Reading Homework
Presentations
Multiple Choice/Open Response Test
VIDEOs:
Lesson 1 Introduction to Ecology, Habitat, Niche and Ecological Levels
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVGNYmJIQTY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Lesson 2 Symbiosis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSmL2F1t81Q&feature=fvwrel
Lesson 3 Energy Flow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIh7LJ483RA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Lesson 4 Bio-geo-chemical Cycles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UHo6I5cCTk&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Lesson 5 Limiting Factors and Tolerance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOy_dqnHuqs&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Lesson 6 Ecological Succession http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V49IovRSJDs
Lesson 7 Biomes http://videos.howstuffworks.com/science/biomes-videos-playlist.htm#video28104
Lesson 8 Population Growth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8rGCYtqw6o&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Lesson 9 Human Population Growth (two VIDEOS)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdlKVfk7_iQ&feature=related
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/the-magazine/the-magazine-latest/ngm-7billiontypical/?source=news_7billion
Lesson 10 Landfill and Recycling http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3clxhin8JQ
Readings:
Global Climate Change http://www.globalchange.gov/publications/reports/scientificassessments/us-impacts/
Unit 3 Biochemistry
Timeline
Big Idea
Objectives
Review
Concepts
Scope and
Sequence
Instructional
Activities
Assessment
VIDEOs:
Readings:
October 13 - October 31, 2014
Life is Chemical Reactions
1. Identify subatomic particles and describe how they are arranged in atoms
2. Describe the difference between ions and atoms and the importance of ions in
biological processes
3. Compare the types of bonding between atoms to form molecules
4. Show how chemical reactions (e.g., photosynthesis, fermentation, cellular
respiration) can be represented by chemical formulas
5. Explain the difference between organic and inorganic compounds
6. Explain the fundamental principles of the pH scale and the consequences of
having the different concentrations of hydrogen and hydroxide ions
7. Describe the general structure and function(s), including common functional
groups, of monosaccharides, disaccharides, polysaccharides, carbohydrates,
fatty acids, glycerol, glycerides, lipids, amino acids, dipeptides, polypeptides,
proteins, and nucleic acids
8. Describe the function of enzymes, including how enzyme-substrate specificity
works, in biochemical reactions
9. Define and explain the unique properties of water that are essential to living
organisms
Atomic Structure
Graphing and Metric Measurement
Properties of Water
Ch. 6 Chemistry in Biology
Class discussions, cooperative groups, internet search, assigned
VIDEOS and readings
Labs: Enzymes Inquiry, Spark pH, Spark Buffers, Lactose Intolerance,
Structure and Properties of Carbohydrates, Properties of Lipids, Spark
Energy Content of Food, Spark Role of Buffers, Organic Molecules Lab
Activities: Carbohydrates as Marshmallows, Enzyme Puzzles, Case
Study Sweet Indigestion
Differentiation: Current Science journal articles, Honors project
introduction & topic selection, extension questions
Quizzes
Lab/Activity Questions
VIDEO and Reading Homework
Multiple Choice/Open Response Test
Unit 4 The Cell
Timeline
Big Idea
Objectives
November 5 - December 19, 2014
Structure Fits Function
1. Explain how cells store energy temporarily as ATP
2. Analyze the similarities and differences among (a) plant versus animal cells and
(b) eukaryotic versus prokaryotic cells
3. Describe the functions of all major cell organelles, including nucleus, ER, RER,
Golgi apparatus, ribosome, mitochondria, microtubules, microfilaments,
lysosomes, centrioles, and cell membrane
4. Illustrate how all cell organelles work together
5. Contrast the structure and function of subcellular components of motility (e.g.,
cilia, flagella, pseudopodia)
6. Explain how the cell membrane controls movement of substances both into and
out of the cell and within the cell
7. Explain how the cell membrane maintains homeostasis
8. Describe and contrast these types of cell transport: osmosis, diffusion,
facilitated diffusion, and active transport
9. Explain the interaction between pigments, absorption of light, and reflection of
light Describe the light-dependent and light-independent reactions of
photosynthesis
10. Relate the products of the light-dependent reactions to the products of the
light-independent reactions
11. Design and conduct an experiment (including the calculations necessary to
make dilutions and prepare reagents) demonstrating effects of environmental
factors on photosynthesis
12. Identify the cellular sites of and follow through the major pathways of anaerobic
and aerobic respiration, compare reactants and products for each process,
and account for how aerobic respiration produces more ATP per
monosaccharide
13. Explain how photosynthetic organisms use the processes of photosynthesis
and respiration
14. Describe the basic process of mitosis
Review
Concepts
Plant Cells vs Animal Cells
Microscope Parts
Scope and
Sequence
Ch. 7 Cellular Structure and Function
Ch 8 Cellular Energy
Ch 9 Cellular Reproduction
Class discussions, cooperative groups, internet search, assigned
VIDEOS and readings
Labs: Introduction to the Microscope, Comparing Plant and Animal
Cells, Keeping a Balance: Homeostasis and Negative Feedback,
Selective Permeability, Spark Membrane Permeability, Gummy Bear
Diffusion, Osmosis, Spark Photosynthesis, Inquiry Photosynthesis,
Spark Cellular Respiration, Mitosis
Activities: Case Study, Cell Analogy Assignment
Differentiation: Current Science journal articles, Honors project
introduction & topic selection, extension questions
Quizzes
Lab/Activity Questions
VIDEO and Reading Homework
Multiple Choice/Open Response Test
Instructional
Activities
Assessment
VIDEOs:
Readings:
Unit 5 Genetics
Timeline
Big Idea
January 5 - February 13, 2015
Continuity and Diversity
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Review
Concepts
Scope and
Sequence
Instructional
Activities
Assessment
Describe the basic structure and function of DNA, mRNA, tRNA, amino acids,
polypeptides, and proteins (e.g., replication, transcription, and translation)
Describe the experiments of major scientists in determining both the structure of DNA
and the central dogma
Use mRNA codon charts to determine amino acid sequences of example polypeptides
Use mRNA codon charts to determine the effects of different types of mutations on
amino acid sequence and protein structure (e.g., sickle cell anemia resulting from base
substitution mutation)
Illustrate how all cell organelles work together by describing the step-by-step process
of the translation of an mRNA strand into a protein and its subsequent processing by
organelles so that the protein is appropriately packaged, labeled, and eventually
exported by the cell
Describe how gene expression is regulated in organisms such that specific proteins are
synthesized only when they are needed by the cell (e.g., allowing cell specialization)
Describe the basic process of meiosis
Identify and explain Mendel’s law of segregation and law of independent assortment
Explain how the process of meiosis reveals the mechanism behind Mendel’s
conclusions about segregation and independent assortment on a molecular level
Define and provide an example of the following: genotype, phenotype, dominant allele,
recessive allele, codominant alleles, incompletely dominant alleles, homozygous,
heterozygous, and carrier
Explain sex-linked patterns of inheritance in terms of some genes being absent from the
smaller Y chromosome, and thus males (XY) having a different chance of exhibiting
certain traits than do females (XX)
Construct and interpret Punnett squares and pedigree charts (e.g., calculate and
predict phenotypic and genotypic ratios and probabilities)
Infer parental genotypes and phenotypes from offspring data presented in pedigree
charts and from the phenotypic and genotypic ratios of offspring
Describe the mode of inheritance in commonly inherited disorders (e.g., sickle cell
anemia, Down syndrome, Turner’s syndrome, PKU)
Complete a major project relating to recombinant DNA, cloning, or stem cell research
Mitosis
Punnett Squares
Ch 10 Sexual Reproduction and Genetics
Ch 11 Complex Inheritance and Human Heredity
Ch. 12 Molecular Genetics
Ch. 13 Genetics and Biotechnology
Class discussions, cooperative groups, internet search, assigned
VIDEOS and readings
Labs: Crossing Over, Determination of Genotypes from Phenotypes,
Blood Typing, Descendent Discs, Eye Color/Polygenic Inheritance,
Karyotype, Berryful of DNA
Activities: Fruit Fly Simulation, Sex-linked Traits Simulation, Case
Study, DNA Model, Transcription and Translation, Snork DNA,
BioDecisions
Differentiation: Current Science journal articles, Honors project
experimentation, extension questions
Quizzes
Lab/Activity Questions
VIDEO and Reading Homework
Presentations
Multiple Choice/Open Response Test
VIDEOs:
Your Health Depends on Where You Live
http://www.ted.com/talks/bill_davenhall_your_health_depends_on_where_you_live.html
Readings:
Unit 6 History of Biological Diversity
Timeline
Big Idea
Objectives
Review
Concepts
Scope and
Sequence
Instructional
Activities
Assessment
VIDEOs:
Readings:
February 17 - March 13, 2015
Change Over Time
1. Describe the experiments of Redi, Needham, Spallanzani, and Pasteur to
support or falsify the hypothesis of spontaneous generation
2. Explain the biological definition of evolution
3. Differentiate among chemical evolution, organic evolution, and the evolutionary
steps along the way to aerobic heterotrophs and photosynthetic autotrophs
4. Discuss Darwin’s principle of survival of the fittest and explain what Darwin
meant by natural selection
5. Explain the influences of other scientists (e.g., Malthus, Wallace, Lamarck,
Lyell) and of Darwin’s trip on HMS Beagle in formulating Darwin’s ideas about
natural selection
6. Contrast Lamarck’s and Darwin’s ideas about changes in organisms over time
7. Provide examples of behaviors that have evolved through natural selection
(e.g., migration, courtship rituals)
8. Design, perform, and analyze a laboratory simulation of natural selection on a
working population
9. Specifically describe the conditions required to be considered a species (e.g.,
reproductive isolation, geographic isolation)Describe the basic types of
selection, including disruptive, stabilizing, and directional
10. Explain how natural selection and its evolutionary consequences (e.g.,
adaptation or extinction) provide a scientific explanation for the fossil record of
ancient life-forms and the striking molecular similarities observed among the
diverse species of living organisms
11. Discuss evidence from the fields of geology, biochemistry, embryology,
comparative anatomy, and comparative physiology that points to shared
evolutionary relationships
12. Explain how Earth’s life-forms have evolved from earlier species as a
consequence of interactions of (a) the potential of a species to increase its
numbers and (b) genetic variability of offspring due to mutation and
recombinations of DNA
13. Distinguish between catastrophism, gradualism, and punctuated equilibrium
Prokaryotes vs Eukaryotes
Graphing and Metric Measurement
Ch 14 The History of Life
Ch 15 Evolution
Class discussions, cooperative groups, internet search, assigned
VIDEOS and readings
Labs: Biological Evidence for Evolution, Natural Selection For the Birds,
A Step in Speciation, Hungry Birds, Sex and the Single Guppy, Literacy
Lab – Types of Natural Selection, Sunflower seed graphing
Activities: Case Study, Natural Selection Diagram, Virtual Natural
Selection, Graphing Natural Selection
Differentiation: Current Science journal articles, Honors project
experimentation, extension questions
Quizzes
Lab/Activity Questions
VIDEO and Reading Homework
Multiple Choice/Open Response Test
Unit 7 Diversity of Living Things
Timeline
Big Idea
Objectives
Review
Concepts
Scope and
Sequence
March 16 – May 21, 2015
Diversity and Unity
1. Explain how organisms are classified into a hierarchy of groups and
subgroups based on similarities that reflect their evolutionary relationships
2. List each of the major levels in the hierarchy of taxa: kingdom, phylum, class,
order, family, genus, and species
3. Explain the binomial nomenclature system
4. Construct and use a dichotomous taxonomic key
5. Distinguish between and among viruses, bacteria, and protists, and give
examples of each
6. Explain classification criteria for fungi, plants, and animals
7. Describe the basic mechanisms of plant processes, especially movement of
materials and plant reproduction
8. Explain the functions of unique plant structures, including the cell wall,
chloroplasts, and critical parts of the flower and the seed
9. Compare the major divisions of animals
10. Identify major types of animal cells and tissues
11. Describe the major components and functions of physiological systems,
including skeletal, muscle, circulatory, respiratory, digestive, urinary,
endocrine, nervous, reproductive, and immune
Plant vs Animal Cells
Cell Structure
Ch. 17 Organizing Life’s Diversity
Ch. 18 – Ch. 31 “Parade of Phyla”
Class discussions, cooperative groups, internet search, assigned
VIDEOS and readings
Labs: Classification, Spark Regulation of Body Heat, protists lab,
Instructional dissection,
Activities: WebQuest Viruses and Bacteria, Animal Cells and tissues,
Activities
diversity presentations, human body systems, Plant diversity
Differentiation: Current Science journal articles, Honors project writing
and presenting experiments, extension questions
Quizzes
Lab/Activity Questions
Assessment VIDEO and Reading Homework
Multiple Choice/Open Response Test
Meet Your Microbes
http://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_eisen_meet_your_microbes.html?utm_source=newsletter_we
ekly_2012-07-12&utm_campaign=newsletter_weekly&utm_medium=email