Horizontal Curriculum Map by 3-Week Block
1A
Block
Standards
BIIE 1.f, 7IIE 7c,
BIIE 1.f, 8IIE 9.c,
BIIE 1.j B11E 1.n
RST 9.1, 2, 4
Topic(s)/
Essential
Question(s)
What is science?
What is the scientific
method? How do
scientist test
hypothesis? How
does a scientific
theory develop?
What is the goal of
science? What is life?
What are the
characteristics of life?
COURSE:__Biology________________
Content/Materials
The Scientific Method, Experimentation,
What is biology? Tools and Procedures
Chapter 1
The Chemistry of Life
Annotating, Reading Science Books
Assessments
From question bank,
design an experiment,
Define the elements of
life. The Scientific
method. What is biology
Academic
Vocabulaty
Science, observation,
data inference,
hypothesis,
replication,
spontanerous
generation,
controlled
experiment,
manipulated
variable, responding
variable, theory,
biology, cell,
homeostasis, sexual
reproduction, asexual
reproduction,
metabolism, stimulus
1B
Block
Standards
Topic(s)/
Essential
Question(s)
What is ecology?
What different levels
of organization do
ecologist study?
What methods are
used to study
ecology? Where does
the energy for life
processes come from?
How does energy
flow through living
6 5.b, BI 6.d, BI
systems? How
6.e, BI 6.f, BI 6.c,
efficient is the
Bi 6.B, BI 6.a
transfer
of energy
RST 9.3, 7,
among organism in an
WHST 1,6
ecosystem? How
does matter move
among the living and
the non-living parts of
an ecosystem? How
are nutrients
important in living
system? What creates
climates? What
climate factors
determine growth?
What can destroy an
ecosystem? What
are different climates?
How are aquatic
ecosystems different?
Content/Materials
Ecology
Chapter 3, 4
Interactions and interdependence
Energy flow
Populations
Humans in the Biosphere
experimentation
Writing scientific reports
Assessments
From question bank,
Define ecology,
observation, Role of
sunlight, Role of
producers and consumers.
How matter is recycled
within systems, role of
nutrients, role of climate,
what shapes an ecosystem,
biomes, aquatic systems
Academic
Vocabulaty
Ecology, biosphere,
species, population,
community, ecosystem,
biome, autotroph,
producer, photosynthesis,
chemosynthesis,
heterotroph, consumer,
herbivore, carnivore,
omnivore, detritivore,
decomposer, food chain,
food web trophic level,
ecological level, biomass,
biogeochemical cycle,
evaporation,
transpiration, nitrogen
fixation, primary
productivity, limiting
nutrient, algal bloom,
Weather, climate,
greenhouse effect, polar
zone, temperate zone,
tropical zone, biotic
factor, abiotic factor,
habitat, niche, resource,
competitive exclusion
principal, predation,
symbiosis, mutualism,
commensalism,
parasitism, ecological
succession, primary
succession, pioneer
species, secondary
succession, biome,
tolerance, microclimate,
canopy, understory,
deciduous, coniferous,
taiga, humus, permafrost
1C
Block
Standards
6 5.b, BI 6.d, BI
6.e, BI 6.f, BI 6.c,
Bi 6.B, BI 6.a
RST 1, 2, 3
WHST 1, 4,5
Topic(s)/
Essential
Question(s)
What are the
characteristics of
populations? What
influences their size?
What role does
resources play? What
influences growth?
How do humans
influence the
biosphere? How are
we changing the
planet?
Content/Materials
Ecology: populations
Humans in the biosphere
Chapter 5, 6
Reading techniques for science
specific publications
Assessments
Questions from answer
bank on
Population growth,
Characteristics that
limit/influence growth
Impact of humans on the
biosphere
Academic
Vocabulaty
Population density,
immigration, emigration,
exponential growth,
logistic growth, carrying
capacity, agriculture,
monoculture, green
revolution, renewable
resource, non renewable
resources, sustainable
development, soil
erosion, desertification,
deforestation,
aquaculture, smog,
pollutant, acid rain,
biodiversity, ecosystem
diversity, species
diversity, genetic
diversity, extinction,
endangered species,
habitat fragmentation,
biological magnification,
invasive species,
conservation, ozone
level, global warming
2A
Block
Standards
BI 1.c, BIIE 1.k,
7 1.c, 7 1.d BI
1.c, BI 1.e BI 1.j,
7 5.a
WHST 2, 6, 7
Topic(s)/
Essential
Question(s)
What is a cell? What
is the cell theory?
What are the
characteristics of
prokaryotes and
eukaryotes? What are
the functions of the
major cell structures?
What are the main
functions of the cell
membrane and the
cell wall? What
happens during
diffusion? What is
osmosis? What is cell
specialization? What
are the four levels of
organization in
multicellular
organism? What is
photosynthesis?
What role does light
and chlorophyll play
in photosynthesis?
What is the Calvin
Cycle?
Content/Materials
Cells: Chapter 7, 8
Cell Structure and Function
Photosynthesis
Writing for science
Assessments
From question bank:
Cell theory, Eukaryotic,
Cell boundaries, diversity
of cell life, How plants use
light to produce food, atp,
elements of
photosynthesis
Academic
Vocabulaty
Cells, cell theory,
nucleus, eukaryote,
prokaryote, organelle,
cytoplasm, nuclear
envelope, chromatin,
chromosome, nucleolus,
chromatin, ribosome,
endoplasmic reticulum,
Golgi apparatus,
lysosome, vacuole,
mitochondrion,
chloroplast, cytoskeleton,
centriole, cell membrane,
cell wall, lipid bilayer,
concentration, diffusion,
equilibrium, osmosis,
isotonic, hypertonic,
hypotonic, facilitated
diffusion, active
transport, endocytosis
phagocytosis, exocytosis,
cell specialization, tissue,
organ, organ system,
photosynthesis, pigment,
chlorophyll, autotroph,
heterotroph, adenosine
triphosphate (ATP),
thylakoid, photosystem,
stroma, NADP, light
dependent reactions, ATP
synthase, Calvin Cycle
Block
Standards
2B
BI 1.g, 7 1.d,
RST 1, 7, 8
Topic(s)/
Essential
Question(s)
What problems does
growth cause for
cells? What are the
main events of a cell
cycle? What are the
four phases of
mitosis? How is the
cell cycle regulated?
How are cancer cells
different from other
cells? What is
cellular respiration?
What happens during
the process of
glycolysis? What are
two main types of
fermentation?
Content/Materials
Cells/Chapter 9, 10
Reading Skills for science
Reading charts, data
Assessments
From test bank
Respiration, glycolysis,
kreb cycle and electron
transport, cell division,
limits to cell growth,
chromosomes, cell cycle,
Academic
Vocabulaty
Calorie, glycolysis,
cellular respiration,
NAD, fermentation,
aerobic, Krebs cycle,
electron transport chain,
mitosis, cytokinesis,
chromatid, centromere,
interphase, cell cycle,
prophase, centriole,
spindle, metaphase,
anaphase, telophase
2C
Block
Standards
Topic(s)/
Essential
Question(s)
What is dominance?
What happens during
7 2.c, 7 2.d, BI
segregation? What is
2.d, BI 3.b, BI
independent
2.g, BI 3.a, BI
assortment? What are
3.b, 7 2.c, 7 2.d,
other inheritance
BI 2.g, BI 3.a, BI
patterns besides
3.b, BI 2.g, BI
dominance? What is
2.a, BI 2.b, Bi
different between
2.d, BI 2.e. BI 3.d meiosis and mitosis?
7 2.a, BI 5.a, BIIE
What structures
1.k BI 5.b, BI 1.b,
actually assort
BI 4.a, BI 4.b, BI independently? What
7.b
is DNA? What is
RST 1,2, 7
RNA? What happens
during DNA
replication? What are
mutations??
Content/Materials
Genetics Chapters 11,
Genetics Chapter 12
DNA/RNA
Comparing sources
Assessments
From test bank, Mendel,
probability and Punnett
squares, Mendelian
genetics, meiosis, DNA,
RNA, Chromosomes and
replication, RNA and
Protein Synthesis,
mutation, regulation,
Heredity, chromosomes,
and genetics
Academic
Vocabulaty
Genetics, fertilization,
true-breeding, trait,
hybrid, gene, allele,
segregation, gamete,
probability, Punnett
Square, homozygous,
heterozygous, phenotype,
phenotype, independent
assortment, incomplete
dominance,
codominance, multiple
alleles, polygenic traits,
homologous, diploid,
haploid, meiosis, tetrad,
crossing over, gene map,
transformation,
bacteriophage,
nucleotide, base pairing,
chromatin, histone,
replication, DNA
polymerase, gene,
messenger RNA,
Transfer RNA,
transcription, RNA
polymerase, promoter,
intron, exon, codon,
translation, anticodon,
mutation, point mutation,
frameshift mutation,
polyploidy, operon,
operator, differentiation,
hox gene
Block
Standards
3A
BI 5.c, BI 5.d, BI
5.e,
WHST 1, 2, 4, 5,
6
3B
BIIE 1.1
7 3.b, BIIE 1.n,
BI 7.c, BI 7.d, BI
7.e, BI 7.f, BI 8.c
BI 8.a, BI 8.b, BI
8.d, BIIE 1.f, BI
8.e, BIIE 1.i,
RST 1, 2, 8, 9
Topic(s)/
Essential
Question(s)
What is the purpose
of selective breeding?
Why would you want
mutations? How do
you make changes to
DNA?
What did Darwin
contribute to science?
How did Hutton and
Lyell describe
geological change?
How do we evolve?
What is Malthus’s
theory of population
growth? How is
evolution defined in
genetic terms?
Content/Materials
Genetics Chapter 13, 14,
Genetic Engineering and The
Human Genome
Observation Writing
Evolution
Chapter 15, 16
Darwin, Evolutions of
Populations, Fossils
Evaluating scientific arguments
Assessments
From Test bank
Genetic engineering,
Manipulating DNA, Cell
transformation,
Applications of Genetic
Engineering, Debate on
ethics of Genetic
Engineering
From Test bank,
Evolution, Hutton and
Lyell, Malthus, Natural
selection, genes and
variation, Process of
Speciation, the fossil
record, evolution of
multicellular life, patterns
of evolution,
paleontologist, fossil
record, extinct, relative
dating, index fossil, halflife, radioactive dating,
geologic time scale, era,
period, proteinoid
microsphere, microfossil,
endosymbiotic theory,
mass extinction,
macroevolution, adaptive
radiation, convergent
evolution, coevolution,
punctuated equilibrium
Academic
Vocabulaty
karyotype, sex
chromosome, autosome,
pedigree, sex-linked
gene, nondisjunction,
DNA fingerprinting,
selective breeding,
hybridization, inbreeding,
genetic engineering,
restriction enzymes, gel
electrophoresis,
recombinant DNA,
polymerase chain
reaction, plasmid, genetic
marker, transgenic, clone
Evolution, theory, fossil,
artificial selection,
fitness, adaptation,
survival of the fittest,
natural selection, descent
with modification,
common descent,
homologous structure,
vestigial organ, gene
pool, relative frequency,
single-gene trait,
polygenic trait,
directional selection,
stabilizing selection,
disruptive selection,
genetic drift, founder
effect, Hardy-Weinberg
principle, genetic
equilibrium, speciation,
reproductive isolation,
behavioral isolation,
geographic isolation,
temporal isolation,
Block
Standards
3C
8.e, BIIE 1.i, BI
8.f, BI 8.g
WHST 2, 7,
Topic(s)/
Essential
Question(s)
What is the fossil
record? What is the
earth’s early history?
How did multicellular
life evolve? What are
the important patterns
of macroevolution?
Why do we classify?
How are evolutionary
relationships
important in
classification? How
can DNA and RNA
help scientists
determine
evolutionary
relationships? What
are kingdoms and
Domains?
Content/Materials
Evolution
Chapter 17, 18
History of Life and Classification
Writing scientific arguments
Assessments
From test bank, fossil
record, earths early
history, patterns of
evolution, classification
Academic
Vocabulaty
Paleontologist, fossil
record, extinct,
relative dating, index
fossil, half-life,
radioactive dating,
geologic time scale,
era, period,
proteinoid
microsphere,
microfossil,
endosymbiotic
theory, mass
extinction,
taxonomy, binomial
nomenclature, genus,
taxon, family, order,
class, phylum,
kingdom, phylogeny,
evolutionary
classification,
derived character,
cladogram,
molecular clock
Block
Standards
4A
BIIE 1.b,
7 3.c, BI 8.e,
BI 8.f
BI 9.a, BI 9.g
WHST 1
RST 1,2,4
Topic(s)/
Essential
Question(s)
What are plant
hormones? How do
they influence plant
growth? What are the
trends in invertebrate
evolution? What is
response? What is
the main trend in the
evolution of
chordates? Why is
how we control body
temperature
important? How do
organ systems of the
different groups of
chordates carry out
essential life
functions?
Content/Materials
Plants, Invertebrates and
Chordates
Chapter 22, 29, 33
Observation Writing
Assessments
From test bank,
Hormones and plant
growth, plant responses,
adaptations, invertebrate
evolution, form and
function in invertebrates,
Chordate evolution, body
temperature, form and
functions in chordates
Academic
Vocabulaty
Hormone, target cell,
phototropism, auxin,
gravitropism, lateral
bud, apical
dominance,
herbicide, cytrokinin,
gibberellin, ethylene,
tropism,
thigmotropism,
short-day plant, longday plant,
photoperiodism,
phytochrome,
dormancy, abscission
layer, xerophyte,
epiphyte, radial
symmetry, bilateral
symmetry,
cephalization,
coelom, intracellular
digestion,
extracellular
digestion, open
circulatory system,
closed circulatory
system, hydrostatic
skeleton,
exoskeleton,
endoskeleton, eternal
fertilization, internal
fertilization,
notochord, adaptive
radiation, ectotherm,
endotherm, alveolus
4B
Block
Standards
7 5.a, BI 9.c,
BI 9.b, BI 9.d,
BI 9.e, BI 9.h.
BI 10.a
RST 2, 6, 7
WHST 2, 4, 6,
7
Topic(s)/
Essential
Question(s)
How is the human
body organized?
What are the
functions of the
nervous system?
What are the five
types of sensory
response? How do
drugs interact with
the body? What are
the functions of the
skeletal system?
What are the
structures of the
circulatory system?
Content/Materials
The Human Body
The Nervous System, Chapter 35
The Skeletal System Chapter 36
The Circulatory System Chapter
37
Scientific Arguments
Assessments
From test bank
The nervous system, the
senses, drugs and the
nervous system, skeletal
system, muscular system,
integumentary system,
circulatory system, blood
and lymphatic system,
respiratory,
Academic
Vocabulaty
Specialized cell,
epithelial tissue,
connective tissue,
nervous tissue, muscle
tissue, homeostasis,
feedback inhibition,
neuron, cell body,
dendrite, axon, myelin
sheath, resting potential,
action potential,
threshold, synapse,
neurotransmitter,
meninges, cerebrospinal
fluid, cerebrum,
cerebellum, brain stem,
thalamus, hypothalamus,
reflex, reflex arc, sensory
receptor, pupil, lens,
retina, rod, cone, cochlea,
semicircular canal, taste
bud, drug, stimulant,
depressant, fetal alcohol
syndrome, drug abuse,
addiction, periosteum,
Haversial canal, bone
marrow, cartilage,
ossification, joint,
ligament, myosin, actin,
neuromuscular junction,
acetycholine, tendon,
epidermis, keratin,
melanin, dermis, hair
follicle, myocardium
,atrium, ventricle,
pulmonary circulation,
systemic circulation,
valve, pacemaker, aorta,
capillary, vein,
atheroscierosis, plasma,
hemoglobin, lymphocyte,
platelet, lymph, pharynx,
trachea, larynx, bronchus,
alveolus, diaphragm,
nicotine, emphysema
4C
Block
Standards
BI 9.f, BI 9.g,
BI 9.c, BI 9.i,
BI 10.d, BI
10.a, BI 10.b,
BI 10.c, BI
10.f,
RST 2, 6, 7
WHST 2, 4, 6,
7
Topic(s)/
Essential
Question(s)
What are the nutrients
your body needs?
Why is water so
important? What are
the organs of the
digestive system?
What are the
functions of the
kidneys? What is the
function of the
endocrine system?
What are the main
human reproductive
systems?
How does the
immune system
work?
Content/Materials
The Human Body
Digestive and Excretory System Chapter
38
Endocrine and Reproductive system
Chapter 39
Immune System
Chapter 40
Scientific arguments
Assessments
From the test bank
Food and nutrition,
digestion, excretory
system, endocrine system,
glands, reproduction,
fertilization and
development
Academic
Vocabulaty
Calorie, carbohydrate,
fat, protein, vitamin,
mineral, amylase,
esophagus, peristalsis,
stomach, chime, small
intestine, pancreas, liver,
villus, large intestine,
kidney, ureter, urinary
bladder, nephron,
filtration, glomerulus,
Bowman’s capsule,
reabsorbtion, loop of
Henle, urethra, hormone,
target cell exocrine gland,
endocrine gland,
prostaglandin, pituitary
gland, diabetes mellitus,
ovary, testis, puberty,
scrotem, seminiferous
tubule, epididymis, vas
deferens, urethra, penis,
follicle, ovulation,
fallopian tube, uterus,
vagina, menstrual cycle,
corpus luteum
menstruation, sexual
transmitted disease,
zygote, implantation,
differentiation,
gastrulation, neurulation,
placenta, fetus, disease,
pathogen, germ theory of
disease, Koch Postulates,
vector, antibiotic,
immunity, inflammatory
response, fever,
interferon, immune
response, antigen,
humoral immunity, cellmediated immunity,
antibody, vaccination,
active immunity, passive
immunity, allergy,
histamine, asthma, risk
factor, tumor, carcinogen