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Jefferson County Schools Science The Terra Nova, Second Edition (CAT/6) is a comprehensive, modular assessment series, offering multiple measures of student achievement in science. Biology I The Biology I End-of-course test is given after completion of Biology I. |
| Earth and Space Science |
| The Earth and Space Science unit addresses the composition, structure, exploration, and history of the earth and space. Topics include plate tectonics, the atmosphere, geological cycles and processes, weather, climate, the solar system, and the universe. |
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Water Cycle: Interpret/Biosphere
The learner will be able to interpret the water cycle in the biosphere.
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Geochemical Cycles: Interpret/Biosphere
The learner will be able to interpret the principal chemical cycles in the biosphere.
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Geochemical Cycles: Interpret/Biosphere
The learner will be able to interpret the carbon, oxygen and nitrogen cycles in the biosphere.
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Geochemical Cycles: Oxygen-Carbon
The learner will be able to interpret an illustration of the oxygen-carbon dioxide cycle.
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Geochemical Cycles: Oxygen-Carbon/Model
The learner will be able to create a model or diagram of the oxygen-carbon dioxide cycle.
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Acid Rain: Explore/Impact/Environment
The learner will be able to explore the impact of acid rain on the environment.
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| Life Science |
| The Life Science unit addresses the characteristics and cycles of and relationships between living things and their environments. Topics include cellular organization, classification, ecosystems, genetics, and human health issues. |
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Living Things: Relationships/Identify
The learner will be able to identify relationships among living things on the basis of structural parts, symmetry, metamorphosis and alternation of generations by integrating a comparative study of plant and animal anatomical structures.
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Living Things: Diversity/Explore
The learner will be able to explore the diversity of living things by interpreting classification systems, investigating different environments, and comparing life cycles.
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Reproduction: Cells/Diagram/Label
The learner will be able to diagram and label various reproductive cells utilizing a microscope or hand lens.
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Fossils: Associate/Biogeographical
The learner will be able to gather and/or survey a variety of fossils and associate them to biogeographical alterations.
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Animals & Plants: Study/Find
The learner will be able to study plant and animal specimens and find similarities and differences in their structural parts, symmetry and life cycles.
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Animals: Physical Attributes/Symmetry
The learner will be able to survey or model body plans with asymmetry, radial and bilateral symmetry.
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Human Population: Graphs/Infer/Effect
The learner will be able to interpret human population graphs to infer the effect on global resources, political systems and political systems.
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Human Nutrition: Food/Diet
The learner will be able to document his/her nutritional intake for one week, calculate the amount of caloric intake each day for each biomolecule, and assess his/her diet to create a plan of improvement.
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Living Things: Habitats/Survey
The learner will be able to survey a habitat that is outside and recognize its living and nonliving factors, kinds of populations, producers, consumers and decomposers.
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Ecosystems: Human/Research/Presentation
The learner will be able to research examples where human impact has altered an ecosystem using recent publications and prepare a written and/or oral presentation of his/her findings.
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Environment: Population/Events/Impact
The learner will be able to gather data from local or regional records about population counts of a particular species found in the area and hypothesize what events might impact populations.
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Graphs: Population/Create/Analyze
The learner will be able to gather data, create and analyze population graphs to find out if the population is stable, increasing or decreasing.
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Biochemistry: Enzymes/Plan/Perform
The learner will be able to plan and perform a controlled experiment to survey enzymatic actions and recognize potential sources of error.
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Heredity: Genetics/Karyotype
The learner will be able to create and/or interpret a karyotype and recognize abnormalities for chromosome number, deletions and translocations.
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Genetic Engineering: DNA Technologies
The learner will be able to investigate and assess DNA technologies from an ethical and scientific perspective.
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Growth & Development: Metamorphosis
The learner will be able to model or survey the stages of complete and incomplete metamorphosis.
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Plants: Model/Movement
The learner will be able to model or depict the movement of water, oxygen, nitrogen and carbon dioxide through a plant.
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Cells: Compute/Ratio
The learner will be able to compute the ratio of cell surface area to cell volume.
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Cells: Compare/Organelles/Kinds
The learner will be able to compare the organelles of various kinds of cells.
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Cells: Organelle/Investigate
The learner will be able to investigate the structure and function of organelles in the cell.
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Cells: Plant and Animal/Differentiate
The learner will be able to differentiate plant and animal cells.
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Cells: Processes/Interpret
The learner will be able to interpret a variety of cell processes.
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Cells: Cycle/Find/Plant/Animal
The learner will be able to find similarities and differences in the cell cycle of plant and animal cells.
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Cells: Investigate/Organelles/Kinds
The learner will be able to investigate the organelles of various kinds of cells.
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Cells: Model/Three-Dimensional
The learner will be able to make a three-dimensional model of a cell.
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Living Things: Environment/Interact
The learner will be able to explore how organisms and their environments interact though various relationships, population dynamics and behavior patterns.
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Organisms: Diorama/Time Line/Alteration
The learner will be able to create a diorama or time line that shows the alteration of living things over time.
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Respiration: Recognize/Equations
The learner will be able to recognize the reactants and products of respiration when provided with the equations.
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Respiration: Order/Steps/Cellular
The learner will be able to order the steps of cellular respiration.
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Respiration: Order/Steps/Anaerobic
The learner will be able to order the steps of anaerobic respiration.
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Respiration & Photosynthesis: Proces
The learner will be able to find similarities and differences in the biological processes that are involved in energy transfer during photosynthesis and respiration.
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Respiration: Investigate/Aerobic
The learner will be able to investigate the efficiency of aerobic respiration.
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Respiration: Investigate/Anaerobic
The learner will be able to investigate the efficiency of anaerobic respiration.
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Respiration & Photosynthesis: Relate
The learner will be able to explore how respiration and photosynthesis relate.
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Respiration & Photosynthesis: Connec
The learner will be able to connect the way that respiration and photosynthesis are dependant on one another to organisms.
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Respiration: Compare/Efficiency
The learner will be able to compare the efficiency of aerobic and anaerobic respiration.
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Respiration: Differentiate/Oxygen/ATP
The learner will be able to differentiate between aerobic and anaerobic respiration with respect to the presence or absence of oxygen and the production of ATP.
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Respiration & Photosynthesis: Charts
The learner will be able to create charts showing the similarities and differences among the reactants, products and energy transfer in photosynthesis and respiration.
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Reproduction: Find Differences
The learner will be able to find differences between asexual and sexual reproduction.
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Reproduction: Find Similarities
The learner will be able to find similarities between asexual and sexual reproduction.
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Producers/Consumers: Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize producers, consumers and decomposers in food chains or webs.
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Producers/Consumers/Decomposers: Group
The learner will be able to group living things as producers, consumers, or decomposers when provided with their behaviors and environments.
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Ecosystems: Model/Conditions/Maintain
The learner will be able to build a model of an ecosystem in order to identify the general conditions required to maintain an ecosystem.
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Ecosystems: Model/Maintain
The learner will be able to maintain a model of an ecosystem.
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Environment: Differentiate/Components
The learner will be able to differentiate between abiotic and biotic components of the environment.
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Fossils: Age/Estimate/Carbon 14
The learner will be able to estimate the age of a fossil when provided with the amount of Carbon 14 atoms and the half-life of C-14.
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Fossils: Formation/Find
The learner will be able to find similarities and differences in the processes of fossil formation.
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Fossils: Ages/Distinguish/Rock Strata
The learner will be able to distinguish between the relative ages of a variety of fossils in sedimentary rock when provided with an illustration of rock strata.
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Fossils: Make/Casts/Molds
The learner will be able to make pretend fossils utilizing casts and molds.
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Animals & Plants: Deduce/Native
The learner will be able to deduce which animals or plants are native to an environment when provided with illustrations of various organisms and descriptions of the environment.
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Vertebrates: Embryos/Observe/Compare
The learner will be able to observe a variety of vertebrate embryos and compare their early embryonic development to demonstrate relatedness.
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Heredity: Explore
The learner will be able to explore the ideas of genetics and heredity, various methods of reproduction, patterns of inheritance, and genetic disorders.
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Heredity: Breeding/Natural Selection
The learner will be able to distinguish between selective breeding and natural selection.
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Diseases: Essay/Lifestyle/Associates
The learner will be able to compose a persuasive essay, using current scientific journals to support it, which associates a certain disease with particular lifestyle choices.
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Life Cycle: Alternation of Generations
The learner will be able to survey or depict the alternation of generations in a plant or animal species.
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Life Cycle: Find/Alternation
The learner will be able to find similarities and differences in the life cycles of a variety of living things to include alternation of generations when provided with pictorial representations.
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Careers: Cells/Research
The learner will be able to research careers that have to do with the study of cells.
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Careers: Diversity/Research
The learner will be able to research careers that have to do with diversity.
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Careers: Environment/Research
The learner will be able to research careers that have to do with the environment.
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Careers: Respiration/Photosynthesis
The learner will be able to research careers that have to do with respiration and photosynthesis.
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Careers: Genetics/Inheritance/Research
The learner will be able to research careers that have to do with genetics and inheritance.
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Careers: Evolution/Research
The learner will be able to research careers that have to do with biological evolution.
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Cells: Energy/Respiration/ATP
The learner will be able to identify the transfer of energy from respiration to cellular work when provided with a diagram or an equation of the ATP cycle.
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Cells: Energy/Metabolism/Explore
The learner will be able to explore the role of biomolecules in cell metabolism.
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Instruments: Slides/Prepare/Wet Mount
The learner will be able to prepare wet mount slides.
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Instruments: Slide/Staining Technique
The learner will be able to prepare a slide utilizing the correct staining technique.
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Instruments: Microscopes/Compound
The learner will be able to show the correct care and use of compound light microscopes.
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Instruments: Microscopes/Development
The learner will be able to make a time line that shows the development of microscopes.
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Instruments: Microscopes/Utilize/Cells
The learner will be able to utilize microscopes to study plant and animal cells.
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Instruments: Microscopes/Cytology
The learner will be able to associate a time line showing the development of the microscope with cytology.
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Systems: Estimate/Function/Organ
The learner will be able to estimate the function of an organ when provided with descriptions of its component tissues.
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Systems: Estimate/Function
The learner will be able to estimate the function of a system when provided with descriptions of the properties of its component organs.
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Systems: Estimate/Function
The learner will be able to estimate the function of an organ or system when provided with structural descriptions whether in the earthworm, crayfish, frog or human.
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Systems: Find/Plants/Animals
The learner will be able to find similarities and differences in the organs and organ systems of a variety of plant and animal species with respect to their structural parts and functions.
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Organisms: Survival/Associate
The learner will be able to associate the survival of living things to their behaviors and adaptations.
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Organisms: Survival/Associate/Behaviors
The learner will be able to associate the learned and innate behaviors of organisms to their survival.
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Biomes: Estimate/Kinds/Life
The learner will be able to estimate the kinds of plant and animal life that might be native to a biome by determining the properties of the biome.
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Biomes: Deduce/Animal/Plant
The learner will be able to deduce in what biome an animal or plant lives when provided with a description of the organism and illustrations of a variety of biomes.
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Biomes: Depict/Create/Species
The learner will be able to depict or create a biome for particular plant and animal species by finding out the requirements of the species.
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Species: Recognize/Relatedness/DNA
The learner will be able to recognize the relatedness of species utilizing DNA strands.
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Species: Estimate/Environment/Alteration
The learner will be able to estimate how the formation or extinction of a species will be encouraged or discouraged by environmental alterations.
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Species: Structures/Homologous/Compare
The learner will be able to compare homologous structures in species to establish the relatedness of particular species when provided with illustrations of the species.
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Species: Explore/New/Affected
The learner will be able to explore how the emergence of a new species can be affected by natural selection, mutations and adaptations.
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Evolution: Identify/Scientists
The learner will be able to identify the contributions of scientists, including Darwin, that led to the idea of evolution.
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Evolution: Divergent/Establish
The learner will be able to transfer knowledge of divergent evolution to establish why species with shared ancestors have adapted differently when provided with a diagram of the various species.
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Evolution: Evidence/DNA/Anatomy
The learner will be able to provide evidence for evolution utilizing current knowledge of DNA and comparative anatomy.
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Evolution: Analyze/Evidence
The learner will be able to analyze the evidence for biological evolution.
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Evolution: Analyze/Evidence/Fossil
The learner will be able to analyze the fossil evidence for biological evolution.
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Natural Selection: Explore/Development
The learner will be able to explore the forces of natural selection on the development of living things.
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Evolution: Assess/Evidence/Fossil
The learner will be able to assess the fossil evidence for biological evolution.
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Heredity: DNA/Identify/Functions
The learner will be able to identify the two principal functions of DNA, replication and protein synthesis, when provided with illustrations depicting a strand of bases with a complimentary strand.
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Heredity: DNA/Recognize/Molecule
The learner will be able to recognize a DNA molecule when provided with a selection between various structural formulas.
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Heredity: DNA/Replication/Describe
The learner will be able to describe replication by utilizing models of DNA and RNA.
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Heredity: DNA/Interpret
The learner will be able to explain how DNA can be interpreted to recognize the individual from whom the DNA came.
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Heredity: DNA/Interpret/Fingerprinting
The learner will be able to interpret DNA fingerprinting utilizing an illustration of DNA bands.
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Heredity: DNA/Explore/Structure
The learner will be able to explore the structure of DNA.
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Heredity: DNA/Explore/Makeup
The learner will be able to explore the molecular makeup of DNA.
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Heredity: DNA/Connect/Replication
The learner will be able to connect the process of replication to the structure of DNA and RNA.
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Heredity: RNA/Explore/Makeup
The learner will be able to explore the molecular makeup of RNA.
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Heredity: RNA/Explore/Structure
The learner will be able to explore the structure of RNA.
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Heredity: DNA/Sequences/Compare
The learner will be able to compare DNA sequences to establish the relatedness of various living things.
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Heredity: DNA/Model
The learner will be able to make a model of DNA.
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Heredity: DNA/RNA/Chart
The learner will be able to create charts showing the similarities and differences in the structure, functions and molecular composition of DNA and RNA.
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Living Things: Behavior/Interpret
The learner will be able to interpret various behaviors in order to establish if they are learned or innate.
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Living Things: Behavior/Explore
The learner will be able to explore the behaviors of living things.
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Living Things: Habitats/Niche/Explain
The learner will be able to explain the habitat and niche of a living thing in an ecosystem.
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Ecosystems: Human/Investigate/Change
The learner will be able to investigate how the activities of people change ecosystems.
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Ecosystems: Human/Study/Impact
The learner will be able to study the impact of human activity on ecosystems.
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Cells: Structure/Chloroplasts/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize the chloroplasts in a leaf.
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Cells: Parts/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize basic cell parts.
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Cells: Structure/Chloroplasts/Leaf
The learner will be able to investigate the chloroplasts in a leaf.
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Cells: Function/Structure/Biomolecules
The learner will be able to explore the structure and function of the biomolecules in cells with respect to cellular processes.
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Cells: Structure/Explore/Biomolecules
The learner will be able to explore the role of biomolecules in cell structure.
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Ecosystems: Consumer/Decomposer/Producer
The learner will be able to explore the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers in an ecosystem.
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Ecosystems: Energy/Matter/Show
The learner will be able to show the flow of energy through an ecosystem from the sun to producers, consumers, and decomposers.
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Ecosystems: Energy/Matter/Interpret
The learner will be able to interpret the flow of energy in ecosystems utilizing pyramids of energy and biomass.
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Ecosystems: Energy/Matter/Flow
The learner will be able to study the flow and loss of energy through the trophic levels of an ecosystem using a sketch of an energy pyramid.
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Environment: Population/Infer/Impact
The learner will be able to infer how environmental factors would impact population growth.
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Living Things: Characteristics/Related
The learner will be able to find similarities and difference in analogous and homologous structures of living things to show relatedness.
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Living Things: Characteristics/Symmetry
The learner will be able to deduce the body symmetry of a living thing when provided with an illustration of the living thing.
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Food Chains: Identify/Base
The learner will be able to identify the types of living things found at the base of a food chain.
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Graphs: Population/Use/Analyze
The learner will be able to use graphs to analyze population growth curves.
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Graphs: Population/Interpret/Moths
The learner will be able to interpret a graph of the distribution of the population of peppered moths as their environment altered.
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Biochemistry: Recognize/Test
The learner will be able to recognize a positive test for carbohydrates and lipids when provided with an experimental procedure, data and results.
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Biochemistry: Cell/Recognize/Biomolecule
The learner will be able to recognize the biomolecules responsible for communicating, regulating or reproducing in the cell.
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Biochemistry: Proteins/Perform/Test
The learner will be able to perform a test to detect if proteins are present.
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Biochemistry: Differentiate/Diagrams
The learner will be able to differentiate between proteins, lipids, carbohydrates and nucleic acids when provided with structural diagrams.
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Biochemistry: Find/Chemistry/Biomolecule
The learner will be able to find similarities and differences in the chemistry of biomolecules.
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Biochemistry: Perform/Recognize
The learner will be able to perform an investigation to recognize carbohydrates and lipids.
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Biochemistry: Model/Biomolecules
The learner will be able to make a model of each biomolecule.
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Plants: Photosynthesis/Recognize/Cell
The learner will be able to recognize the cell part in which photosynthesis happens when provided with an illustration of a plant.
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Plants: Photosynthesis/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize the reactants and products of photosynthesis when provided with the equations.
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Plants: Photosynthesis/Show/Oxygen
The learner will be able to show that oxygen is produced during photosynthesis in a laboratory exploration.
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Plants: Photosynthesis/Find/Light/Dark
The learner will be able to find similarities and differences in the light and dark reactions of photosynthesis.
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Plants: Photosynthesis/Maps/Events
The learner will be able to create concept maps showing the principal events which occur in the light and dark reactions.
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Environment: Adaptation/Explore
The learner will be able to explore the adaptations of living things.
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Cells: Mitosis/Meiosis/Chromosomes
The learner will be able to determine how many chromosomes there are after mitosis or meiosis when provided with the number of chromosomes in the original cell.
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Cells: Mitosis/Chromosomes/Movement
The learner will be able to model or survey the movement of chromosomes during mitosis in plant and animal cells.
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Cells: Mitosis/Order/Chromosomes
The learner will be able to order a series of illustrations showing the movement of chromosomes during mitosis.
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Cells: Meiosis/Chromosomes/Movement
The learner will be able to model or survey the movement of chromosomes during meiosis in plant and animal cells.
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Cells: Meiosis/Judge/Genetic
The learner will be able to judge the role of meiosis in maintaining genetic variability and continuity.
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Heredity: Genetics/Sex Linked/Pedigree
The learner will be able to identify sex linked patterns of inheritance utilizing a pedigree.
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Heredity: Genetics/Diseases/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize causes of genetic diseases in plants and animals.
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Heredity: Genetics/Diseases/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize the impact of genetic diseases in plants and animals.
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Heredity: Genetics/Mendel/Predict
The learner will be able to use Mendel's laws to predict offspring.
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Heredity: Genetics/Carriers/Probability
The learner will be able to find out the probability of a child having cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anemia or Tay-Sachs if both parents are carriers.
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Heredity: Genetics/Analyze/Modes
The learner will be able to analyze modes of inheritance involving sex-linkage, co-dominance, incomplete dominance, multiple alleles and polygenic traits.
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Heredity: Genetics/Analyze/Modes
The learner will be able to analyze modes of inheritance involving co-dominance, incomplete dominance, multiple alleles and polygenic traits utilizing genetic problems or Punnett squares.
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Heredity: Genetics/Punnett/Estimate
The learner will be able to estimate the genotype and phenotype of a monohybrid cross when provided with a Punnett square.
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Heredity: Genetics/Punnett/Interpret
The learner will be able to interpret a dihybrid cross when provided with a completed Punnett square to find out the probability of a specific trait.
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Heredity: Genetics/Hardy-Weinberg
The learner will be able to explore factors that affect the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.
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Heredity: Genetics/Monohybrid Cross
The learner will be able to make a monohybrid cross when given a genetic problem to solve.
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Heredity: Genetics/Dihybrid Cross
The learner will be able to make a dihybrid cross and utilize it to estimate genotypic and phenotypic ratios.
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Organisms: Environment/Deduce/Indigenous
The learner will be able to deduce what kinds of living things are indigenous to certain environments in the principal biomes that are on the earth.
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Homeostasis: Identify/Importance
The learner will be able to identify the importance of homeostasis to the viability of humans and other living things when provided with the definition of homeostasis.
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Cells: Transport/Show
The learner will be able to show the movement of molecules across a semi-permeable membrane.
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Cells: Transport/Water/Estimate
The learner will be able to estimate the movement of water molecules across the membrane of the cell when provided with various concentrations.
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Cells: Transport/Differentiate
The learner will be able to differentiate between active and passive transport when provided with examples of various molecules.
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Taxonomy: Find/Dichotomous Key
The learner will be able to find the genus and species of a living thing using a dichotomous key which includes the descriptions of the property of each classification level.
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Taxonomy: Classify/Dichotomous Key
The learner will be able to classify various organisms by utilizing a dichotomous key and properties of the organisms.
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Taxonomy: Compare/Systems/Biology
The learner will be able to compare historically relevant classification systems utilized in biology.
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Genetic Engineering: Recombinant DNA
The learner will be able to model the process of recombinant DNA.
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Genetic Engineering: Explore/Implication
The learner will be able to explore the scientific and ethical implications of genetic engineering, recombinant DNA, selective breeding, hybridization, cell and tissue culturing, transgenic animals, and DNA fingerprinting.
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Genetic Engineering: DNA Technologies
The learner will be able to research a position paper defending perspectives on the ethics of a chosen group of DNA technologies.
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Genetic Engineering: Debate
The learner will be able to debate the scientific and ethical issues related to current emerging DNA technologies and/or the Human Genome Project.
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Genetic Engineering: DNA Technologies
The learner will be able to assess current and future DNA technologies, including recombinant DNA, by utilizing an ethical model.
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Heredity: Chromosome/Recognize/Sex
The learner will be able to recognize the sex chromosomes in people.
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Protein Synthesis: Transcription/Models
The learner will be able to describe transcription by utilizing models of DNA and RNA.
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Protein Synthesis: Translation/Models
The learner will be able to describe translation by utilizing models of DNA and RNA.
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Protein Synthesis: Distinguish
The learner will be able to distinguish between transcription and translation when provided with illustrations.
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Protein Synthesis: Connect/DNA/RNA
The learner will be able to connect the process of protein synthesis to the structure of DNA and RNA.
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Heredity: Mutation/Demonstrate/Model
The learner will be able to demonstrate various kinds of mutations by manipulating a DNA model.
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Heredity: Mutation/Explore/Causes
The learner will be able to explore causes of mutations.
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Heredity: Mutation/Explore/Impact
The learner will be able to explore the impact of mutations.
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Heredity: Mutation/Interpret/Series
The learner will be able to interpret a series of DNA bases to establish the sequence which depicts a mutation.
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Heredity: Mutation/Estimate/Survival
The learner will be able to estimate the role mutations play in the survival of a population.
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Heredity: Mutation/Connect/Instructions
The learner will be able to connect the causes of mutations to alterations in the DNA instructions when provided with illustrations.
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Heredity: Traits/Dominant/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize the dominant trait when provided with the results of a monohybrid cross.
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Heredity: Traits/Differentiate/Cross
The learner will be able to differentiate between dominant and recessive traits when provided with the results of a monohybrid cross.
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Insects: Establish/Metamorphosis
The learner will be able to establish if an insect undergoes complete or incomplete metamorphosis when provided with illustrations of the insect in its stages of development.
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Symbiosis: Recognize/Mutualism
The learner will be able to recognize an example of mutualism.
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Symbiosis: Recognize/Commensalism
The learner will be able to recognize an example of commensalism.
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Symbiosis: Recognize/Parasitism
The learner will be able to recognize an example of parasitism.
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Symbiosis: Find/Kinds
The learner will be able to find similarities and differences in various kinds of symbiotic relationships.
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Symbiosis: Find/Kinds/Three
The learner will be able to find similarities and differences in the three kinds of symbiotic relationships: parasitism, commensalism and mutualism.
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Symbiosis: Explore/Parasites/Effect
The learner will be able to explore the effect of parasites on human population.
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Fermentation: Explore/Significance
The learner will be able to explore the significance of fermentation to the pharmaceutical, agricultural, and food and beverage industries.
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Recycling: Research/Effect
The learner will be able to research the economic and political effect of recycling on nonrenewable resources.
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Recycling: Assess/Effect
The learner will be able to assess the economic and political effect of recycling on nonrenewable resources.
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Cells: Membrane/Explore
The learner will be able to explore the structure and function of cell membranes.
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Cells: Membrane/Explore/Makeup
The learner will be able to explore the makeup of the cell membrane.
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Cells: Membrane/Explore/Homeostasis
The learner will be able to explore the importance of the cell membrane to homeostasis.
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Ecosystems: Biotic/Abiotic Components
The learner will be able to recognize abiotic and biotic factors in an ecosystem.
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| Physical Science |
| The Physical Science unit includes concepts related to matter, forces, motion, and energy, as well as their interactions. Topics include chemical and physical changes, electricity, magnetism, heat, light, sound, machines, work and power. |
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Objects: Properties/Create/System
The learner will be able to create a rationale for a classification system for a set of given objects.
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| Research and Inquiry |
| The Research and Inquiry unit focuses on the knowledge, processes, and real world issues associated with science and technology. Topics include experimentation, data analysis, science related careers, and technological advances. |
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Classification: Explain/Kinds
The learner will be able to explain the advantages and disadvantages of a variety of kinds of classification systems including the Aristotelian, Linnean and DNA sequencing systems.
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Classification: Deduce/Relatedness
The learner will be able to deduce the relatedness of various living things utilizing the Linnean system of classification when provided with various plants or animals and a classification key of living things.
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Classification: Create
The learner will be able to create various systems for classification.
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