Unit 1: Review of the Scientific Process

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Unit Sequence

Title / Timeline / Page
1. Review of the Scientific Process / 2.5 weeks
08/11-08/27 / 2
2. Introduction to Biology / 1.5 weeks
08/28-09/09 / 4
3. Biochemistry / 4 weeks
09/10-10/15 / 6
4. Cellular Structures and Functions / 3 weeks
10/16-11/06 / 8
5. Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis / 3 weeks
11/07-12/05 / 10
6. Cell Cycle and Mitosis / 1.5 weeks
12/08-12/17 / 12
7. Genetics / 4 weeks
01/05-02/03 / 14
8. DNA and Proteins / 3 weeks
02/04-02/25 / 16
9. Natural Selection and Evolution / 4 weeks
02/26-03/26 / 18
10. Ecology / 3 weeks
03/27-04/24 / 20
11. Biodiversity / 3 weeks
04/27-05/15 / 22
12. Common Core ELA Standards, Science and Technical Subjects, Grade 9-10 / XXXXXXXXXXX / 24
13. Common Core ELA Standards, Writing, Grades 9-10 / XXXXXXXXXXX / 25

Unit 1: Review of the Scientific Process

Essential Questions

1. How do scientists develop explanations about the natural world?

Essential Question Addressed / Learning Goal / ACT Quality Core Standards / NGSS
1. How do scientists develop explanations about the natural world? / 1. I can describe the fundamental assumptions of science and their role in scientific discovery / A.3.a
2. I can develop biological research questions and design testable hypotheses and experiments based on those questions / A.1.a, A.4.c
3. I can manipulate variables (independent, dependent) using appropriate procedures (control group, experimental group, constants, multiple trials). / A.1.b, A.4.c
4. I can collect and organize data by creating tables and graphs and analyze data by using graphs, equations and statistics to find patterns and relationships. / A.1.c, A.2.c, A.4.d
5. I can interpret results and draw conclusions from an experiment. / A.1.d
6. I can safely identify and use lab equipment and techniques when conducting scientific experiments. / A.1.f
7. I can determine appropriate SI units for length, mass, time, temperature, quantity, area, volume, and density, including the correct prefix. / A.2.a
8. I can differentiate between the criteria that need to be met for a law, theory, and hypothesis. / A.3.d

Critical Vocabulary

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1. Accuracy

2. Area

3. Conclusion

4. Constant

5. Control Group

6. Conversion Factor

7. Data

8. Density

9. Dependent Variable

10. Direct Relationship

11. Experimental Group

12. Exponential

13. Hypothesis

14. Indirect Relationship

15. Law

16. Linear

17. Logistic

18. Independent Variable

19. Mass

20. Mean

21. Median

22. Mode

23. Observation

24. Precision

25. Range

26. Theory

27. Volume

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Unit 1: Review of the Scientific Process

Writing Assignments:

· Analyze a scientific news story

· Lab report

Readings:

· News articles

· Spongebob Scientific Method Stories

Labs/Activities:

· Lab Safety worksheet

· Design an experiment and write a lab report

· Graphing practice

ACT Prep:

· The Thursday Before ACT Dates

· Practice with data, reading graphs, and conflicting viewpoints incorporated into reading and writing activities each week.

Career Focus:

· Biology/Ecology Career of the Month

Arts and Humanities:

Assessments:

· Bell Ringers

· Weekly Quizzes/Assignments over readings, lectures, and in-class activities

· Unit Test

Resources

· McDougal Littell Textbook

· Wikispace

· The Science Teacher, NSTA monthly science journal

· Youtube.com

Unit 2: Introduction to Biology

Essential Questions:

1. What is life?

Essential Question
Addressed / Learning Targets / ACT Quality Core Standards / NGSS
1. What is life? / 1. I can determine if an unknown is considered living by determining if it meets the characteristics of life. / A.4.a
2. I can provide examples of each level of organization (biosphere, biome, ecosystem, community, population, multicellular organism, organ system, organ, tissue, cell, organelle, molecule, atom, subatomic particle. / A.4.b
3. I can describe the experiments of Redi, Needham, Spallanzani, and Pasteur to support or reject the hypothesis of spontaneous generation. / D.1.a

Critical Vocabulary

1. Atom

2. Biology

3. Biome

4. Biosphere

5. Cell

6. Community

7. Ecosystem

8. Homeostasis

9. Molecule

10. Multicellular Organism

11. Organ

12. Organelle

13. Organ System

14. Population

15. Reproduction

16. Spontaneous Generation

17. Subatomic Particle

18. Tissue

Unit 2: Introduction to Biology

Writing Assignments:

· Analyze a scientific news story

· Create a new creature writing project

Readings:

· News articles

Labs/Activities:

· Characteristics of life worksheet

· Modeling organizational levels

ACT Prep:

· The Thursday Before ACT Dates

· Practice with data, reading graphs, and conflicting viewpoints incorporated into reading and writing activities each week.

Career Focus:

· Biology/Ecology Career of the Month

Arts and Humanities:

· Create a new creature

Assessments:

· Bell Ringers

· Weekly Quizzes/Assignments over readings, lectures, and in-class activities

· Unit Test

Resources

· McDougal Littell Textbook

· Wikispace

· The Science Teacher, NSTA monthly science journal

· Youtube.com

Unit 3: Biochemistry

Essential Questions

1. What atoms and molecules are used by organisms?

2. How do living things use chemical reactions to sustain life?

3. Why is water important to living things?

4. What is pH and how does it affect organisms?

Essential Question Addressed / Learning Goal / ACT Quality Core Standards / NGSS
1. What atoms and molecules are used by organisms? / 1. I can identify subatomic particles and how they are arranged in atoms / A.5.a
2. I can describe the difference between ions and atoms and the importance of ions in biological processes / A.5.b
3. I can compare the types of bonds that occur between atoms and molecules. / A.5.c
4. I can describe the general structure and functions of macromolecules, including monosaccharides, disaccharides, polysaccharides, carbohydrates, fatty acids, glycerol, glycerides, lipids, amino acids, dipeptides, polypeptides, proteins, and nucleic acids. / A.5.d
2. How do living things use chemical reactions to sustain life? / 5. I can describe the function of enzymes, including how enzyme substrate specificity works in biochemical reactions. / A.5.h
3. Why is water important to living things? / 6. I can define and explain the unique properties of water that are essential to living organisms. / A.5.i
4. What is pH and how does it affect organisms? / 7. I can explain the fundamental principles of the pH scale and the consequences of having different concentrations of hydrogen and hydroxide ions. / A.5.f

Critical Vocabulary

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1. Acid

2. Activation Energy

3. Amino Acids

4. Atoms

5. Base

6. Carbohydrates

7. Catalyst

8. Chemical Reactions

9. Covalent Bonding

10. Enzyme

11. Fatty Acids

12. Functional Group

13. Glycerides

14. Glycerol

15. Hydrogen Bonding

16. Induced Fit

17. Inorganic

18. Ionic Bonding

19. Ions

20. Lipids

21. Lock and Key Theory

22. Nucleic Acids

23. Nucleus

24. Organic

25. Peptides

26. pH

27. Products

28. Proteins

29. Reactants

30. Substrate

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Unit 3: Biochemistry

Writing Assignments:

· Analyze a scientific news story

Readings:

· News articles

· Carbohydrate Articles-science daily

Labs/Activities:

· pH Lab

· Water Lab

· Modeling molecules

ACT Prep:

· The Thursday Before ACT Dates

· Practice with data, reading graphs, and conflicting viewpoints incorporated into reading and writing activities each week.

Career Focus:

· Biology/Ecology Career of the Month

Arts and Humanities:

Assessments:

· Bell Ringers

· Weekly Quizzes/Assignments over readings, lectures, and in-class activities

· Unit Test

Resources

· McDougal Littell Textbook

· Wikispace

· The Science Teacher, NSTA monthly science journal

· Youtube.com

Unit 4: Cellular Structures and Functions

Essential Questions

1. Why do we study cells and what is the history of cell study?

2. What characteristics distinguish major types of cells?

3. How do organelles contribute to the survival of a cell?

4. How does a cell maintains homeostasis?

Essential Question Addressed / Learning Goal / ACT Quality Core Standards / NGSS
1. Why do we study cells and what is the history of cell study? / 1. I can describe the components of the cell theory. / B.1.a
2. I can explain major discoveries that unlocked the understanding of the structure and function of cells. / B.1.a
2. What characteristics distinguish major types of cells? / 3. I can analyze the similarities and differences among (a) plant cells versus animal cells and (b) prokaryotic versus eukaryotic cells. / B.1.a, E.2.b
3. How do organelles contribute to the survival of a cell? / 4. I can identify and describe the structures and functions of all major cell organelles, including the nucleus, ER, RER, Golgi, ribosome, mitochondria, microtubules, microfilaments, lysosomes, centrioles, cilia, flagella, pseudopodia, cell wall, chloroplasts, vacuole and membrane. / B.1.b
4. How does a cell maintain homeostasis? / 5. I can explain how the cell membrane regulates movement of substances both into and out of a cell, distinguishing between types of transport. / B.1.e
6. I can describe the movement of solutes in hypertonic, hypotonic, and isotonic solutions. / B.1.e

Critical Vocabulary

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1. Active transport

2. Cell membrane

3. Cell theory

4. Cell wall

5. Chloroplast

6. Cilia

7. Concentration gradient

8. Cytoplasm

9. Diffusion

10. Equilibrium

11. Eukaryotes

12. Facilitated Diffusion

13. Flagella

14. Golgi

15. Homeostasis

16. Hypertonic

17. Hypotonic

18. Isotonic

19. Lipid bi-layer

20. Lysosomes

21. Mitochondria

22. Motility

23. Multicellular

24. Nuclear Envelope

25. Nucleolus

26. Nucleus

27. Osmosis

28. Passive Transport

29. Permeable

30. Phospholipids

31. Prokaryotes

32. Pseudopodia

33. Ribosomes

34. Rough ER

35. Smooth ER

36. Unicellular

37. Vacuole

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Unit 4: Cellular Structure and Function

Writing Assignments:

· Analyze a scientific news story

Readings:

· News articles

Labs/Activities:

· Microscopy Lab

· Cell organelle analogies

· Gummy Bear Lab

ACT Prep:

· The Thursday Before ACT Dates

· Practice with data, reading graphs, and conflicting viewpoints incorporated into reading and writing activities each week.

Career Focus:

· Biology/Ecology Career of the Month

Arts and Humanities:

Assessments:

· Bell Ringers

· Weekly Quizzes/Assignments over readings, lectures, and in-class activities

· Unit Test

Resources

· McDougal Littell Textbook

· Wikispace

· The Science Teacher, NSTA monthly science journal

· Youtube.com

Unit 5: Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis

Essential Questions

1. What type of energy do our cells use?

2. How is energy from the sun transformed for use in living things?

3. How is the food we eat broken down and used to form ATP?

Essential Question Addressed / Learning Goal / ACT Quality Core Standards / NGSS
1. What type of energy do our cells use? / 1. I can explain how cells store energy temporarily as ATP. / A.5.j / HS-LS1-5
HS-LS1-6
HS-LS1-7
HS-LS2-3
2. How is energy from the sun transformed for use in living things? / 2. I can explain the interaction between pigments, the absorption of light, and the reflection of light. / E.2.c, E.2.f
3. I can describe the light dependent and light independent reactions of photosynthesis, and compare the products of each. / E.2.d, E.2.e
3. How is the food we eat broken down and used to form ATP? / 4. I can identify the cellular sites and follow through the major pathways of anaerobic and aerobic respiration, compare reactants and products for each process, and account for how aerobic respiration accounts for more ATP per monosaccharide. / B.1.h, B.1.i

Critical Vocabulary

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1. Accessory pigment

2. ADP

3. Aerobic

4. Anaerobic

5. ATP

6. Autotrophs

7. Calvin Cycle

8. Carbohydrates

9. Carotenoid

10. Cellular Respiration

11. Chlorophyll

12. Chloroplast

13. Cristae

14. Electron Transport Chain

15. Glycolysis

16. Heterotrophs

17. Krebs Cycle

18. Light Dependent Reactions

19. Light Independent Reactions

20. Matrix

21. Mitochondria

22. Photosynthesis

23. Wavelength

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Unit 5: Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis

Writing Assignments:

· Analyze a scientific news story

Readings:

· News articles

· How and Why Do Leaves Change Color?-mentalfloss.com

Labs/Activities:

· Is Yeast Alive? Respiration Lab

· Respiration Jigsaw

ACT Prep:

· The Thursday Before ACT Dates

· Practice with data, reading graphs, and conflicting viewpoints incorporated into reading and writing activities each week.

Career Focus:

· Biology/Ecology Career of the Month

Arts and Humanities:

Assessments:

· Bell Ringers

· Weekly Quizzes/Assignments over readings, lectures, and in-class activities

· Unit Test

Resources

· McDougal Littell Textbook

· Wikispace

· The Science Teacher, NSTA monthly science journal

· Youtube.com

Unit 6: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

Essential Questions

1. What happens to a cell during its life cycle?

Essential Question Addressed / Learning Goal / ACT Quality Core Standards / NGSS
1. What happens to a cell during its life cycle? / 1. I can describe the life cycle of cells. / B.1.j
2. I can describe the basic process of mitosis using correct and appropriate terminology. / B.1.j

Critical Vocabulary

1. Anaphase

2. Cancer

3. Chromatin

4. Chromosomes

5. Cell Cycle

6. Centrioles

7. Centromere

8. Centrosome

9. Cyclins

10. Cytokinesis

11. Metaphase

12. Mitosis

13. Prophase

14. Spindle

15. Telophase

Unit 6: Cell Cycle and Mitosis

Writing Assignments:

· Analyze a scientific news story

Readings:

· News articles

Labs/Activities:

· Onion Root Tip Lab

· Alcohol Use and Cancer article-sciencedaily.com

ACT Prep:

· The Thursday Before ACT Dates

· Practice with data, reading graphs, and conflicting viewpoints incorporated into reading and writing activities each week.

Career Focus:

· Biology/Ecology Career of the Month