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Course Title: Biology A
Highly Qualified Teacher: Josh Hansen
Advisor:
Dates of Class: 9/3/2013 – 6/13/2014
Credits: 0.50
Certificated Contact Method: In-Person instructional contact
Estimated Total Hours/Week: 5 (Estimated hours per week spent on this class, counting both seat time
and time spent at home doing homework).
Class Description: In Biology, students learn to construct more sophisticated system models, including
the concept of feedback. They also extend and refine their understanding of inquiry and their ability to
formulate questions, propose hypotheses, and design, conduct and report on investigations. Students
learn that science and technology are interdependent, that science and technology influence society,
and that society influences science and technology. In Biology students learn that cells contain complex
molecules and structures that enable them to carry out life functions such as photosynthesis and
respiration and pass on their characteristics to future generations. Students learn about the factors that
foster or limit growth of populations within ecosystems and that help to maintain the health of the
ecosystem overall. They also learn about the factors that underlie biological evolution: variability of
offspring, population growth, a finite supply of resources, and natural selection.
*Any adjustments made to the syllabus will be indicated in the advisor’s working portfolio.
Learning Materials:
 Computer
 Handouts that are listed below that may include
o Readings, activities, assessments
 Videos that are listed below
Learning Goals/Performance Objectives:
Scientific Practices
SYSB (9-12) Systems thinking can be especially useful in analyzing complex situations. To be useful,
a system needs to be specified as clearly as possible.
INQB (9-12) Scientific progress requires the use of various methods appropriate for answering
different kind of research questions, a thoughtful plan for gathering data needed to answer the
question, and care in collecting, analyzing, and displaying the data.
INQC (9-12) Conclusions must be logical, based on evidence, and consistent with prior established
knowledge.
INQE (9-12) The essence of scientific investigation involves the development of a theory or
conceptual model that can generate testable predictions.
INQF (9-12) Science is a human endeavor that involves logical reasoning and creativity and entails
the testing, revision, and occasional discarding of theories as new evidence comes to light.
APPB (9-12) The technological design process begins by defining a problem in terms of criteria and
constraints, conducting research, and generating several different solutions.
APPC (9-12) Choosing the best solution involves comparing alternatives with respect to criteria and
constraints, then building and testing a model or other representation of the final design.
APPE (9-12) Perfect solutions do not exist. All technological solutions involve trade-offs in which
decisions to include more of one quality means less of another. All solutions involve consequences,
some intended, others not.
Cells
LS1A (9-12) Carbon-containing compounds are the building blocks of life. Photosynthesis is the
process that plant cells use to combine the energy of sunlight with molecules of carbon dioxide and
water to produce energy-rich compounds that contain carbon (food) and release oxygen.
LS1B (9-12) The gradual combustion of carbon-containing compounds within cells, called cellular
respiration, provides the primary energy source of living organisms; the combustion of carbon by
burning of fossil fuels provides the primary energy source for most of modern society.
LS1F (9-12) All of the functions of the cell are based on chemical reactions. Food molecules are
broken down to provide the energy and the chemical constituents needed to synthesize other
molecules. Breakdown and synthesis are made possible by proteins called enzymes. Some of these
enzymes enable the cell to store energy in special chemicals, such as ATP, that are needed to drive
the many other chemical reactions in a cell.
Gene to Protein
LS1E (9-12) The genetic information responsible for the inherited characteristics is encoded in the
DNA molecules in chromosomes. DNA is composed of four subunits (A,T,C,G). The sequence of
subunits in a gene specifies the amino acids needed to make a protein. Proteins express inherited
traits (e.g., eye color, hair texture) and carry out most cell function.
LS1G (9-12) Cells use the DNA that forms their genes to encode enzymes and other proteins that
allow a cell to grow and divide to produce more cells, and to respond to the environment.
LS1I (9-12) Egg and sperm cells are formed by a process called meiosis in which each resulting cell
contains only one representative chromosome from each pair found in the original cell.
Recombination of genetic information during meiosis scrambles the genetic information, allowing for
new genetic combinations and characteristics in the offspring. Fertilization restores the original
number of chromosome pairs and reshuffles the genetic information, allowing for variation among
offspring.
Learning Activities:
The learning activities below are based off of the concepts for Biology A. The student and
teacher can pick whichever reading, video, activity or questions that works for that individual
student. All information from below can be received from the teacher who has a digital copy of
all info below.
Anything that is in bold, may want to be a starting point.
Characteristics of Life
Concept 1A: Describe the characteristics of life.
Concept Readings Videos Activities Questions Assessments
1A
1.1R, 1.2R,
1.3R
1.1A, 1.2A,
1.3A
1.1Q
Biomolecules
Concept 2A: Describe that large molecules in food are broken down into smaller molecules by cells to
provide energy building block (proteins into amino acids, carbohydrates into simple sugars, fats into
fatty acids, DNA into nucleotides).
2B: Describe that cells build large molecules required for cell functions from smaller molecules (proteins
from amino acids, , carbohydrates from simple sugars, fats from fatty acids, DNA from nucleotides).
Concept Readings Videos Activities Questions Assessments
2A
2.1R, 2.2R
2B
2.1R, 2.2R
2.1A, 2.2A,
2.3A, 2.4A,
2.5A
2.1A, 2.2A,
2.3A, 2.4A,
2.5A
2.1Q, 2.2Q,
2.3Q, 2.4Q
2.1SA
2.1Q, 2.2Q,
2.3Q, 2.4Q
2.1SA
Cell Concepts
3a: Describe the essential functions of the following cell structures: cell membrane, cell wall, nucleus,
chromosome, chloroplast, mitochondrion, ribosome, and cytoplasm.
3B: Describe the structure of the cell membrane.
3C: Describe the processes of active transport, passive transport, osmosis, and facilitated diffusion that
allow substances to pass through the cell membrane.
Concept Readings Videos Activities Questions Assessments
3A
3.1R, 3.2R,
3.3R, 3.4R
3.1V
3B
3.1R, 3.2R,
3.3R, 3.4R
3.1V, 3.2V
3C
3.1R, 3.2R,
3.3R, 3.4R
3.1V, 3.2V
3.2A, 3.3A,
3.4A, 3.5A,
3.6A, 3.7A,
3.8A, 3.12A,
3.13A, 3.15A,
3.18A
3.2A, 3.3A,
3.4A, 3.6A,
3.8A, 3.11A,
3.12A, 3.18A,
3.19
3.1A, 3.2A,
3.3A, 3.4A,
3.6A, 3.8A,
3.9A, 3.10A,
3.11A, 3.12A,
3.16A, 3.17A,
3.18A, 3.19
3.1Q
3.1SA, 3.2SA
3.2Q
3.1SA, 3.2SA
3.3Q
3.1SA, 3.2SA
DNA Concepts
4A: Describe the structure of DNA molecules in terms of the four nucleotides (A, C, G, and T).
4B: Describe that the sequence of the four nucleotides in the DNA molecule encodes genetic
information.
4C: Describe the relationship among DNA, chromosomes, genes, amino acids, proteins, and traits.
Concept Readings Videos Activities Questions Assessments
4A
4.1R, 4.2R,
4.3R, 4.5R
4.1V, 4.2V,
4.3V
4B
4.2R, 4.3R,
4.5R
4.1V, 4.2V,
4.3V
4C
4.2R, 4.3R,
4.4R, 4.5R
4.1V, 4.2V,
4.3V
4.1A, 4.2A,
4.3A, 4.4A,
4.6A, 4.7A,
4.8A, 4.9A,
4.10A
4.1A, 4.2A,
4.3A, 4.4A,
4.6A, 4.7A,
4.8A, 4.9A,
4.10A
5.1Q
5.1SA
5.2Q
5.1SA
4.1A, 4.2A,
4.3A, 4.5A,
4.7A, 4.8A,
4.9A, 4.10A
5.3Q
5.1SA
Cell Division—Mitosis Concepts
5A: Describe that genes are carried on chromosomes.
5B: Describe that typical animal cells contain two copies of each chromosome, one from each biological
parent, with genetic information that regulates body structure and function.
5C: Describe the process of mitosis and the product of mitosis.
Concept Readings Videos Activities Questions Assessments
5A
5B
5C
5.1R, 5.4R,
5.7R
5.1R, 5.4R,
5.7R
5.1R, 5.2R,
5.3R, 5.5R,
5.6R, 5.8R
5.1V
5.1V
5.1V
5.3A, 5.5A,
5.6A, 5.7A
5.3A, 5.5A,
5.6A, 5.7A
5.1A, 5.2A,
5.3A, 5.4A,
5.5A, 5.6A,
5.7A
5.1Q
5.1SA
5.2Q
5.1SA
5.3Q
5.1SA
Proteins and Protein Synthesis Concepts
6A: Describe that the sequence of nucleotides in a gene specifies that amino acids needed to make
protein.
6B: Describe inherited traits (ex. Eye color, hair texture, attached earlobes) and cell functions as
primarily determined by the proteins expressed by genes.
6C: Predict the complementary strand of mRNA given the nucleotide sequence in a single strand of DNA
6D: Describe the steps and structures in the process by which gene sequences are copied to produce
proteins.
6E: Describe the molecular processes and environmental factors by which mutations can occur.
6F: Describe enzymes as proteins that regulate reactions that breakdown or build molecules needed by
the cell structures and functions of cells.
6G: Describe that cells use DNA that forms their genes to encode for the production of enzymes and
other proteins.
6H: Describe that cell functions (ex. Cell growth and division, response to the environment) can be
regulated by changing the activity of proteins and by changing whether and how often particular genes
are expressed.
6I: Describe that changes in the environment can cause changes in the amount and/or activity of
proteins (ex. Enzymes) produces by a gene.
Concept Readings Videos Activities Questions Assessments
6A
6.3R, 6.4R,
6.6R, 6.8R
6B
6.1R, 6.2R,
6.3R, 6.7R
6C
6.3R, 6.4R,
6.6R, 6.8R
6.1V
6D
6.3R, 6.4R,
6.6R, 6.8R
6.1V
6E
6F
6.5R
6.2R, 6.7R
6G
6.2R, 6.7R
6H
6.1R, 6.2R,
6.3R, 6.7R
6I
6.1V
6.1A, 6.3A,
6.4A, 6.5A,
6.6A, 6.8A,
6.10A, 6.11A,
6.12A, 6.13A,
6.14A, 6.16A
6.2A, 6.5A,
6.7A, 6.8A,
6.9A, 6.11A,
6.12A, 6.13A,
6.14A, 6.16A
6.1A, 6.3A,
6.4A, 6.5A,
6.6A, 6.8A,
6.10A, 6.11A,
6.12A, 6.13A,
6.14A, 6.16A
6.1A, 6.3A,
6.4A, 6.5A,
6.6A, 6.8A,
6.10A, 6.11A,
6.12A, 6.13A,
6.14A, 6.16A
6.7A, 6.17A
6.2A, 6.9A,
6.15A, 6.16A
6.2A, 6.9A,
6.15A, 6.16A
6.2A, 6.5A,
6.7A, 6.8A,
6.9A, 6.11A,
6.12A, 6.13A,
6.14A, 6.16A
6.15A, 6.16A
6.1Q
6.1SA, 6.2SA
6.2Q
6.1SA, 6.2SA
6.1Q
6.1SA, 6.2SA
6.1Q
6.1SA, 6.2SA
6.4Q
6.3Q
6.1SA, 6.2SA
6.1SA, 6.2SA
6.3Q
6.1SA, 6.2SA
6.2Q
6.1SA, 6.2SA
6.5Q
6.1SA, 6.2SA
Cell Division—Meiosis Concepts
7A: Describe the process of meiosis and the product of meiosis
7B: Describe that the processes of recombination during meiosis (ex. Segregation, independent
assortment) result in a unique combination of genetic information in the egg or sperm cell.
Concept Readings Videos Activities Questions Assessments
7A
7B
7.1R, 7.2R,
7.3R, 7.4R,
7.5R, 7.6R
7.1R, 7.2R,
7.3R, 7.4R,
7.5R,
7.1V, 7.2V
7.1V, 7.2V
7.1A, 7.2A,
7.3A, 7.4A,
7.5A, 7.6A
7.1A, 7.2A
7.1Q
7.2Q
Genetics Concepts
8A: Describe the process of fertilization as restoring the original number of chromosomes of an
organism.
8B: Describe the relationship between the unique combination of genetic information in an egg or
sperm cell and the differing characteristics in the offspring from a single set of parents.
8C: Describe that the process of fertilization allows for variation among off spring.
8D: Describe the possible combinations of offspring in a simple Mendelian genetic cross for two traits
(Punnett square).
8E: Describe the possible combination of offspring in a genetic cross involving co-dominance or
incomplete dominance for a single trait.
8F: Describe possible allele combinations in an egg or sperm cell given a combination of two traits and a
parent’s genotype for the two traits.
Concept Readings Videos Activities Questions Assessments
8A
8.1R, 8.2R,
8.3R, 8.4R,
8.5R, 8.6R,
8.7R
8.1V, 8.2V
8B
8.1R, 8.2R,
8.3R, 8.4R,
8.5R, 8.6R,
8.7R
8.1V, 8.2V
8C
8.1R, 8.2R,
8.3R, 8.4R,
8.1V, 8.2V
8.2A, 8.4A,
8.7A, 8.9A,
8.11A, 8.17A,
8.18A, 8.24A,
8.25A, 8.26A,
8.28A
8.2A, 8.4A,
8.7A, 8.9A,
8.11A, 8.17A,
8.18A, 8.24A,
8.25A, 8.26A,
8.28A, 8.30A,
8.31A, 8.32A,
8.33A
8.2A, 8.3A,
8.4A, 8.5A,
8.1Q, 8.2Q
8.1SA, 8.2SA, 8.3SA
8.1Q, 8.2Q
8.1SA, 8.2SA, 8.3SA
8.1Q, 8.2Q
8.1SA, 8.2SA, 8.3SA
8.5R, 8.6R,
8.7R
8D
8.1R, 8.2R,
8.3R, 8.4R,
8.5R, 8.6R,
8.7R, 8.8R
8.1V, 8.2V
8E
8.1R, 8.2R,
8.3R, 8.4R,
8.5R, 8.6R,
8.7R, 8.8R
8.1V, 8.2V
8F
8.1R, 8.2R,
8.3R, 8.4R,
8.5R, 8.6R,
8.7R, 8.8R
8.1V, 8.2V
8.6A, 8.7A,
8.9A, 8.11A,
8.17A, 8.18A,
8.24A, 8.25A,
8.26A, 8.27A,
8.28A, 8.30A,
8.31A, 8.32A,
8.33A
8.1A, 8.2A,
8.3A, 8.4A,
8.5A, 8.6A,
8.11A, 8.13A,
8.14A, 8.18A,
8.19A, 8.20A,
8.21A, 8.22A,
8.26A, 8.27A
8.1A, 8.2A,
8.3A, 8.4A,
8.5A, 8.6A,
8.11A, 8.13A,
8.14A, 8.18A,
8.19A, 8.20A,
8.21A, 8.22A,
8.26A, 8.27A
8.2A, 8.3A,
8.4A, 8.8A,
8.10A, 8.11A,
8.12A, 8.14A,
8.15A, 8.16A,
8.18A, 8.23A,
8.26A, 8.29A,
8.30A, 8.31A,
8.32A, 8.33A
8.3Q
8.1SA, 8.2SA, 8.3SA
8.3Q
8.1SA, 8.2SA, 8.3SA
8.4Q
8.1SA, 8.2SA, 8.3SA
Progress Criteria/Methods of Evaluation:
Successful completion will be indicated by successfully completing end of the unit assessments, teacher
observation, daily work, and/or reports on readings, and student teacher conferences to determine
mastery.
CEDARS Codes: 03051 Biology 03051 (9-12)