CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING THINGS
• What characteristics do all living things share?
• Identify the characteristics that all living things share.
• Construct an argument from evidence explaining why viruses are not living.
• What characteristics do all living things share?
• Identify the characteristics that all living things share.
• Construct an argument from evidence explaining why viruses are not living.
WATER, BIOMOLECULES, AND CELL TYPES
• How is the structure of water important to its role within the cell?
• How are a protein’s structure and function related?
• Identify the major classes of biological molecules and their functions.
• Analyze differences between different cell types, and their organelles.
• Construct an argument from evidence about what organelles might be present in specific cell types.
• How is the structure of water important to its role within the cell?
• How are a protein’s structure and function related?
• Identify the major classes of biological molecules and their functions.
• Analyze differences between different cell types, and their organelles.
• Construct an argument from evidence about what organelles might be present in specific cell types.
WATER AND BIOMOLECULES, AND ENZYMES
• How is the structure of water important to its role within the cell?
• How are a protein’s structure and function related?
• What is the role of enzymes on biochemical reactions within the cell?
• Explain the importance of protein structure and function.
• Conduct investigations into environmental variables which can affect protein function.
• Predict changes in enzyme function due to environmental variables.
• How is the structure of water important to its role within the cell?
• How are a protein’s structure and function related?
• What is the role of enzymes on biochemical reactions within the cell?
• Explain the importance of protein structure and function.
• Conduct investigations into environmental variables which can affect protein function.
• Predict changes in enzyme function due to environmental variables.
PLASMA MEMBRANE AND MEMBRANE TRANSPORT
• How does the cell move materials through the plasma membrane?
• Explain the various modes of cellular transport
• Create and test a prediction about the movement of molecules across a membrane.
• How does the cell move materials through the plasma membrane?
• Explain the various modes of cellular transport
• Create and test a prediction about the movement of molecules across a membrane.
ATP AND PHOTOSYNTHESIS
• What is the function of ATP in cells?
• How is energy transferred from light energy into stored energy in the cell?
• What are the reactants and products of photosynthesis?
• What factors affect photosynthesis?
• Students can explain the role of ATP in the cell.
• Students can identify the energy transfer steps of photosynthesis.
• Students can identify and explain the role of the reactants and products of photosynthesis.
• What is the function of ATP in cells?
• How is energy transferred from light energy into stored energy in the cell?
• What are the reactants and products of photosynthesis?
• What factors affect photosynthesis?
• Students can explain the role of ATP in the cell.
• Students can identify the energy transfer steps of photosynthesis.
• Students can identify and explain the role of the reactants and products of photosynthesis.
CELLULAR RESPIRATION
• What is the relationship between photosynthesis and cellular respiration?
• What are the steps of cellular respiration?
• How efficient are the steps of cellular respiration?
• How does cellular respiration follow the laws of thermodynamics?
• Students can explain how glucose is used to create ATP.
• Students can explain the difference in the efficiency of fermentation and cellular respiration.
• Students can explain why ectotherms eat less than endotherms.
• What is the relationship between photosynthesis and cellular respiration?
• What are the steps of cellular respiration?
• How efficient are the steps of cellular respiration?
• How does cellular respiration follow the laws of thermodynamics?
• Students can explain how glucose is used to create ATP.
• Students can explain the difference in the efficiency of fermentation and cellular respiration.
• Students can explain why ectotherms eat less than endotherms.
DNA
• What is the basic structure and function of DNA
• How do genes and chromosomes relate to their function?
• How does DNA define a human individual?
• Identify the chemical components of DNA.
• Describe the clues that helped scientists determine the structure of DNA.
• Explain what the double-helix model shows about DNA.
• What is the basic structure and function of DNA
• How do genes and chromosomes relate to their function?
• How does DNA define a human individual?
• Identify the chemical components of DNA.
• Describe the clues that helped scientists determine the structure of DNA.
• Explain what the double-helix model shows about DNA.
CELL CYCLE, MITOSIS, CANCER, AND STEM CELLS
• How do different cell types divide accurately?
• How is cell division controlled?
• How does cell division provide evidence of the relatedness of living things in the world?
• How do differences between and among cell division correlate to specific functions and how is this
evidence that living things are uniquely adapted to their environment?
• Describe some of the difficulties a cell faces as it increases in size.
• Describe what happens during the phases of mitosis.
• Investigate how daughter cells split apart after mitosis.
• Compare cancer cells with other cells.
• investigate how the cell cycle is regulated.
• Investigate how cells become specialized for different functions.
• Explain what stem cells are.
• Evaluate some possible benefits and issues associate with stem cell research.
• How do different cell types divide accurately?
• How is cell division controlled?
• How does cell division provide evidence of the relatedness of living things in the world?
• How do differences between and among cell division correlate to specific functions and how is this
evidence that living things are uniquely adapted to their environment?
• Describe some of the difficulties a cell faces as it increases in size.
• Describe what happens during the phases of mitosis.
• Investigate how daughter cells split apart after mitosis.
• Compare cancer cells with other cells.
• investigate how the cell cycle is regulated.
• Investigate how cells become specialized for different functions.
• Explain what stem cells are.
• Evaluate some possible benefits and issues associate with stem cell research.
MEIOSIS
• What processes are responsible for life’s unity and diversity?
• How is genetic information carried from one organism to its offspring?
• Identify how many sets of genes are found in most adult organisms.
• Describe the events that occur during each phase of meiosis.
• Identify the differences between meiosis and mitosis.
• Explain how two alleles from different genes can be inherited together.
• What are the effects of errors in meiosis?
• What processes are responsible for life’s unity and diversity?
• How is genetic information carried from one organism to its offspring?
• Identify how many sets of genes are found in most adult organisms.
• Describe the events that occur during each phase of meiosis.
• Identify the differences between meiosis and mitosis.
• Explain how two alleles from different genes can be inherited together.
• What are the effects of errors in meiosis?
PROTEIN SYNTHESIS
• How is the heredity information in genes inherited and expressed?
• How does DNA control growth and function of cells?
• Explain the role of bacterial viruses played in identifying genetic material.
• Describe the role of DNA heredity.
• Describe the process of transcription and translation are similar in all organisms.
• Explain the role of DNA polymerase in copying DNA.
• Compare DNA replication in prokaryotic cells and in eukaryotic cells.
• How is the heredity information in genes inherited and expressed?
• How does DNA control growth and function of cells?
• Explain the role of bacterial viruses played in identifying genetic material.
• Describe the role of DNA heredity.
• Describe the process of transcription and translation are similar in all organisms.
• Explain the role of DNA polymerase in copying DNA.
• Compare DNA replication in prokaryotic cells and in eukaryotic cells.