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Life Science Standards Tracking
Goal
Progress Toward Goal
Standard
SYSA
SYSB
SYSC
SYSD
SYSE
SYSF
Identify Systems: Identify subsystems and larger, encompassing systems.
System Boundaries: Explain the boundaries of and changes in a system.
System Inputs/Outputs: Describe how the output of one system can become
the input of another.
Open vs. Closed Systems: Analyze and defend whether a system is open or
closed.
Energy Flow in Systems: Measure the flow of matter/energy into and out of
open systems. Predict how the system is likely to change.
Changes in Systems: Describe how science and technology impact systems
and how changes in one part of the system affect other parts.
INQA
Questioning: Generate a question that can be answered scientifically.
INQB
Planning and Conducting Investigations: Generate a logical plan for, and conduct, a
scientific controlled investigation including how to write a prediction and give reasons.
AND
Describe a plan to answer a given question for a field study including the method for
collecting data (control), conditions to be compared (independent variable), data to be
collected and recorded (dependent variable)
INQC
INQD
INQE
INQF
INQG
INQH
INQI
APPA
APPB
APPC
APPD
APPE
APPF
APPG
APPH
Results: Analyze and communicate results using pictures, tables, charts,
diagrams. Recognize and interpret patterns. Use statistical procedures to
analyze data.
Variables: Identify the controlled, manipulated (independent), and responding
(dependent) variables. Explain how uncontrolled variable could affect results.
Modeling: Create a model or simulation to represent behavior of objects,
explore the relationship between 2 variables and compare/contrast the model
with the actual phenomenon.
Explaining: Write a conclusion and describe the differences between
observations and inferences.
Communicate: Write a report including: the investigative question, a summary
of the procedure, evidence to accept or reject the hypothesis, an explanation of
the relationship between variables and a description of the limitations.
Intellectual Honesty: Recognize flaws in scientific claims, listen actively and
respectfully to students’ research reports, critique presentations fairly, and
engage in self-reflection and evaluation.
Ethics: Demonstrate ethical concerns and precautions when working with
animals, natural ecosystems, and human subjects.
Technology Changes: Describe how a technology has changed over time due
to societal changes.
Technology Professions: Investigate several professions in which an
understanding of science and technology is required. Explain why
understanding is necessary for success in that profession.
Science and Technology: Give examples of how science has contributed to
developing technology/solving human problems.
Define Problems: Define a problem that can be solved with technology,
research how others have solved the problem, brainstorm different solutions.
Collaborate: Work with other students to generate solutions to a problem.
Apply methods for making trade-offs to chose the best solution.
Test Solutions: Test solutions by building models. Redesign. Present findings.
Technology Around the World: Compare and contrast the use of technology
in industrialized and developing countries.
Technological Contributions: Describe scientific and technological
contributions to society made by people in various cultures.
Life Science Standards Tracking
Goal
Progress Toward Goal
Standard
LS3E
Cells: Identify that all organisms are composed of at least one cell and describe
the functions of cells (division, nutrients, energy use, release waste, produce materials)
Single-Celled Organisms: Identify the function of cell parts (nucleus, cell
membrane, etc.) in single-celled organisms.
Cells, Tissues, Organs: Describe how the structure of specialized cells relates
to the function of the cell. Explain the relationship between tissues, organs and
systems. Describe the functions of human body systems.
Plant and Animal Cells: Describe the functions of plant and animal cell
organelles. Compare/contrast plant and animal cells.
Classification: Use a classification key to identify organisms based on internal
and external structures as well as behaviors.
Health: Evaluate how lifestyle choices and environments affect parts of the
human body and the organism as a whole.
Ecosystems: Define and describe ecosystems including boundaries and
contents.
Food Webs: Analyze the flow of energy in an ecosystem. Show the
relationships among all of the ecosystems organisms.
Photosynthesis and Respiration: Explain how the Sun’s energy is
transformed into chemical energy by plants during photosynthesis and how
chemical energy is converted into other forms of energy during respiration.
Compare/contrast producers and consumers.
Changes in Ecosystems: Predict what may happen to an ecosystem if
nonliving factors change or if one or more populations are removed from or
added to the ecosystem.
Environmental Issues: Investigate environmental issues by defining the
problem, researching possible causes, understanding the underlying science
and evaluating risks and benefits of possible solutions. Identify resource uses
that reduce the capacity of ecosystems to support various populations.
Evidence of Evolution: Explain and provide evidence of how biological
evolution accounts for the diversity of species on Earth today.
DNA/Genes: Explain that information on how cells are to grow and function is
contained in genes in the chromosomes of each cell nucleus. Describe how
during reproduction genes are passed from parent cells to offspring.
Sexual vs. Asexual Reproduction: Identify sexually and asexually
reproducing plants and animals. Explain why offspring resulting from sexual
reproduction are likely to have more diverse characteristics than offspring from
asexual reproduction.
Genetics: Describe that in sexual reproduction the offspring receives half of
their genetic information from each parent and gets all of their genetic
information from only a single parent in asexual reproduction. Predict
outcomes of various genetic crosses. Explain the survival value of genetic
variation.
Adaptations: Give an example of a plant or animal adaptation that would give
the organism a survival advantage in an environmental change.
LS3F
Changes in Ecosystems: Given an ecosystem, predict which organisms are
most likely to disappear from that environment when the environment changes.
LS3G
Relatedness of Species: Identify how related two organisms are based on
anatomical and/or genetic features of the two species.
LS1A
LS1B
LS1C
LS1D
LS1E
LS1F
LS2A
LS2B
LS2C
LS2D
LS2E
LS3A
LS3B
LS3C
LS3D