Unit 1 Standards, Objectives, and Tasks
GA Performance Standards
SCSh3. Students will identify and investigate problems
scientifically.
e. Develop reasonable conclusions based on data
collected.
SCSh8. Students will understand important features of the
process of scientific inquiry. Students will apply the following
to inquiry learning practices:
a. Scientific investigators control the conditions of their
experiments in order to produce valuable data.
SB1. Students will analyze the nature of the relationships
between structures and functions in living cells.
b. Explain how enzymes function as catalysts.
c. Identify the function of the four major
macromolecules (i.e., carbohydrates, proteins, lipids,
nucleic acids).
d. Explain the impact of water on life processes (i.e.,
osmosis, diffusion).
Tasks
1.
2.
3.
Create a product that demonstrates your understanding
of the characteristics that all living things have.
Create a product that compares carbohydrates, lipids,
proteins, and nucleic acid as it relates to their
monomers, functions, and examples.
Create a product that demonstrates your understanding
of the effect enzymes have on chemical reactions in the
body. Be sure to include a diagram that illustrates the
lock & key mechanism of enzymes.
Labs
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2.
3.
Identifying Organic Compounds
Enzymatic Activity
Testing pH
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4.
Describe the characteristics of life.
Understand the chemistry of life.
a. Identify elements common to living things.
b. Explain the importance of hydrogen bonding as
it relates to the polarity of water.
c. Compare acids and bases.
d. Compare carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and
nucleic acid as it relates to their monomers,
functions, and examples.
e. Determine how to identify organic compounds
in the lab.
f. Describe how bonds break and reform during
chemical reactions.
g. Explain why chemical reactions release or
absorb energy.
h. Explain the effect of a catalyst on activation
energy.
i. Describe how enzymes regulate chemical
reactions.
Objectives
1.
2.
Know basic terms
a. Define biology, organism, cell, metabolism,
DNA, homeostasis, and adaptation.
b. Define hypothesis, theory, scientific law,
qualitative observations, quantitative
observations, experiment, data, independent
variable, dependent variable, constant, control
group, experimental group, line graph, bar
graph, pie (or circle) graph, and conclusion
c. Define solution, solvent, solute, acid, base, and
pH.
d. Define monomer, polymer, monosaccharide,
and amino acid.
e. Define chemical reaction, reactant, product,
activation energy, exothermic, endothermic,
catalyst, enzyme, and substrate.
Explain and use the steps of the scientific method to
solve problems.
a. Recall the steps in order.
b. Contrast quantitative and qualitative
observations.
c. Determine the independent and dependent
variables and constants in an experiment.
d. Analyze data into graphs.
e. Evaluate hypothesis based on data.