Subject:
Course Content
Objectives
Vocabulary
Quarter:
Week 1 – Chemical Properties and Review
Teacher
Week 6 - Domains
Week 2 – Diversity of Life
Week 7 – Plants and the vascular system
Week 3 – Adaptations and Characteristics/Variations Traits
Week 8 – Plant reproduction and Growth
Week 4 – What is life
Week 9- Insects
Week 5 – The Cell
Week 10 – Diversity of Life
Week 1
Understanding Chemical Properties and the periodic table.
Week 2
The diversity of life.
Week 3
What is adaptations and variations, passed on generations. Why do I look like I do.
Week 4
How to classify life.
Week 5
The parts of the cell
Week 1
Elements, Compound, Orbits, Valence, Electrons, Protons, Neutrons, Mixtures,
Homogeneous and heterogeneous
Week 2 Dead, Dormant, Evidence, living, nonliving, organism,
Week 6- What are domains and how to sort.
Week 3 – Allele, characteristic, chromosome, cross, feature, gene, generation, genotype,
heredity, heterozygous, homozygous, phenotype, population, recessive, trait, variation
Week 4 – Cell, cell membrane, cell structure, cell wall, chlorophyll, chloroplast, cytoplasm,
elodea, mitochondrion, nucleus, organelle
Week 5 - Cell, cell membrane, cell structure, cell wall, chlorophyll, chloroplast, cytoplasm,
elodea, mitochondrion, nucleus, organelle
Integration with other subjects
Writing of reports, math for formulas and processes.
Projects
Fly Procedure, Punit Square, Characteristic Study, M&M Lab, Plant Cell Lab
Key Resources
Delta Program, Internet resources.
Week 7 – How a cell reproduces and grows
Week 8 – What are the structures and insect parts
Week 9 – How do organisms live, grow, and respond to their environment
Week 10 – Understanding cause and effect.
Week 6 – Archaea, Atom, Bacterium, Classification, Colony, Control, Culture, Decomposer,
Domain, e-Coli- Eukaryote, Fungus, Microorganism, Molecule, Penicillium, Plasmid,
Prokaryote, Spore
Week 7 – Aerobic cellular respiration, Guard cell, Organ, Organ system, Phloem,
Photosynthesis, Stoma, Tissue, Transpiration, Vascular, Vein, Xylem
Week 8 - Aerobic cellular respiration, Guard cell, Organ, Organ system, Phloem,
Photosynthesis, Stoma, Tissue, Transpiration, Vascular, Vein, Xylem
Week 9 – Adaptation, Coevolve, Egg, ovum, Environmental process, Fertilize, Flower, Genetic
factor, Germination, Pollination, Pollination Syndrome, pollinator, salinity, salt tolerance, see,
sexual reproduction, sperm
Week 10 - Adaptation, Coevolve, Egg, ovum, Environmental process, Fertilize, Flower,
Genetic factor, Germination, Pollination, Pollination Syndrome, pollinator, salinity, salt
tolerance, see, sexual reproduction, sperm
Assessments
Quiz’s and tests, Lab Procedures, Lab journals, Oral Questions, Participations, Fund of Knowledge, vocabulary
Standards
MS-LS1-1, MS-LS1-2, MS-LS1-3, MS-LS1-4, MS-LS1-5,MS-LS1-6,MS-LS1-7,MS-LS3-2, MS-PS1-1,MS-PS2-2,MS-PS1-3, MS-PS1-4,MS-PS1-5,MS-PS1-6, MS-PS3-4, MS-PS3-4,MS-PS3-5
“No excuse” skills
Understanding the differences between plant and animal cells, Asexual and sexual reproduction,
Interventions/plans for students
below level
Group work, study hall, focused teaching,