Curriculum Map - Coordinated Science Gr 9
Essential Question – How do we stay alive and survive?
First Trimester
CYCLES
1
Focus Question
What is life?
Expected
Performances
(from State
Frameworks)
ONGOING:
DINQ1 Identify
questions that can be
answered through
scientific
investigation.
DINQ6 Use
appropriate tools and
techniques to make
observations and
gather data.
DINQ10
Communicate about
science in different
formats using
relevant science
vocabulary,
supporting evidence
and clear logic.
Benchmark
Assessments
CAPT Labs
Labs/Demos
Process Skills
Science &
Sustainablility
Inquiries
Prentice Hall
Online Activities
2
What is the chemical basis for life?
D27 Describe significant
similarities and differences in the
basic structure of plant and
animal cells.
D30 Explain the role of the cell
membrane in maintaining a
constant internal environment.
D31. Describe the differences in
the structure of yeasts, bacteria
and viruses.
DINQ5 Identify independent
and dependent variables,
including those that are kept
constant and those used as
controls.
DINQ8 Use mathematical
operations to analyze and
interpret data, and present
relationships between variables
in appropriate froms.
DINQ8 Use mathematical
operations to analyze and
interpret data, and present
relationships between variables
in appropriate froms.
Shop and Lab Safety
9-1: 3 CR
2 PO
9-2: 4 CR
4 PO
What is life?
2004 CAPT Fire
Extinguisher
 IV, DV, constants
 Controls
 Data Tables
 Calculated Values
 Line Graphs
 Experimental
Design
Relationships between
IV & DV
13.1
13.3
13.4
6.2
6.3
3
D10. Describe the general
structure of the atom, and
explain how the properties of the
first 10 elements in the Periodic
Table are related to their atomic
structure.
D11. Describe how atoms
combine to form new substances
by transferring electrons (ionic
bonding) or sharing electrons
(covalent bonding).
D12. Explain the chemical
composition of acids and bases,
and explain the change of pH in
neutralization reactions.
D13. Explain how the structure of
the carbon atoms affects the type
of bonds it has in organic and
inorganic molecules.
DINQ4 Design and conduct
appropriate types of scientific
investigations …
DINQ9 Articulate conclusions
and explanations …, and
assess their validity …
D18 Explain how chemical and
physical processes drive carbon
to cycle through the major Earth
reservoirs.
D19 Explain how solar energy
drives water to cycle through the
major Earth reservoirs.
9-3
9-4
9-5
2001 CAPT Staying
Afloat
 Conclusion
PH -Photofinish Lab
14.1
14.2
15.1
15.3
4.2
4.3
4.4
22.1
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D29 Describe the flow of
matter and energy in the
processes of photosynthesis
and cell respiration.
5.1
Curriculum Map - Coordinated Science Gr 9
Essential Question – How do we stay alive and survive?
Second Trimester
CYCLES
4
5
What makes an organism unique?
Focus Question
Expected
Performances
(from State
Frameworks)
ONGOING:
DINQ1 Identify
questions that can be
answered through
scientific
investigation.
DINQ6 Use
appropriate tools and
techniques to make
observations and
gather data.
DINQ10
Communicate about
science in different
formats using
relevant science
vocabulary,
supporting evidence
and clear logic.
D28 Describe the general role
of DNA in protein synthesis
cell reproduction.
D34. Describe, in general
terms, how the genetic
information of organisms can
be changed to make them
produce new materials.
D35. Explain the risks and
benefits of altering the genetic
composition and cell products
of existing organisms
D 33. Explain how bacteria
and yeasts are used to
produce for human
consumption.
D36. Explain the usefulness
of meiosis in maintaining
organisms' genetic variations.
D37. Use the Punnett
Square technique to predict
the distribution of traits in
mono- and di-hybrid
crossings.
D38. Deduce the probable
mode of inheritance of traits
(e.g., recessive/ dominant,
sex-linked) from pedigree
diagrams showing
phenotypes.
Debate w/ Rubric
Benchmark
Assessments
9-6
CAPT Labs
Labs/Demos
Process Skills
CEPT Lab-Strand IV–
Apple Juice
9-8
SS 18.2 Performance
7
How do living things
change?
D40. Explain how the
processes of genetic
mutations and natural
selection are related to the
evolution of the species.
D41. Explain how the current
theory of evolution provides a
scientific explanation to fossil
records of ancient life forms.
CAPT LAB
CEPT STS – Strand IV GMO (Genetically
Modified Organisms)
CAPT “Tiny Bubbles” Task
17.2
17.3
17.4
18.1
18.2
9.5
9.6
10.2
10.3
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6
How does an
organism pass on its
traits?
19.1
19.2
18.3
19.3
18.4
20.1
11.6
14.2
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Curriculum Map - Coordinated Science Gr 9
Essential Question – How do we stay alive and survive?
Third Trimester
CYCLES
8
9
10
Focus Question
What attacks life and
negatively impacts it?
How do living things
change?
What interactions affect
populations?
Expected
Performances
(from State
Frameworks)
ONGOING:
DINQ1 Identify
questions that can be
answered through
scientific
investigation.
DINQ6 Use
appropriate tools and
techniques to make
observations and
gather data.
DINQ10
Communicate about
science in different
formats using
relevant science
vocabulary,
supporting evidence
and clear logic.
Benchmark
Assessments
D39. Describe the
difference between genetic
disorders and infectious
diseases.
D32. Describe how
bacterial and viral infectious
diseases are transmitted and
explain the role of sanitation,
vaccination and antibacterial
medications in the prevention
and treatment of infectious
diseases.
D42. Describe how structural
D 43. D44. Explain how change in
and behavioral adaptations
population density is affected
increase organisms' survival
by emigration, immigration,
in their environment
birth rate and death rate, and
relate it to the exponential
D43 Describe the factors that
growth of human populations.
affect the carrying capacity of
D45 Explain how
the environment.
technological advances
affected the size and growth
rate of human populations
through history.
Karyotype
9-14
Interdisciplinary Task
CEPT Lab Strand V Populations
CAPT Labs
Labs/Demos
Process Skills
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12.2
31.1
31.4
14.3
CEPT STS Strand VCompare Underdeveloped
with Developed Countries
7.3
8.3
9.1
8.1
7.4
35.3
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