St. Michael-Albertville High School
Biology(Master)
Teacher: Lynn Dahring
Month
September
2011
Content
CEQ
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WHAT ARE
THE
CRITERIA
THAT
GOVERN THE
BIOLOGICAL
SCIENCES?
HOW DO
CELLS
PERFORM
ALL OF LIFE'S
PROCESSES
AND
MAINTAIN
HOMEOSTASI
S?
HOW DO
BIOTIC AND
ABIOTIC
COMPONENTS
INTERACT IN
THE
BIOSPHERE?
WHAT IS
DNA'S ROLE
IN HEREDITY,
REPRODUCTI
ON, GROWTH
AND GENETIC
ENGINEERIN
G
PRACTICES?
WHAT IS THE
CONNECTION
TO
Skills
NATURE OF
BIOLOGICAL
SCIENCE
Assessment
NATURE OF
BIOLOGICAL
SCIENCE
Resources & Technology
NATURE OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE
BIOLOGY (Miller Levine) Chapters 1-2
CA Sci Method Quiz
Students will be able to
(SWBAT)…
1. Distinguish between
observations &
inferences in science.
2. Generalize how
theory & scientific laws
influence and are
influenced by
societies/media bias.
3. Identify hypothesis,
control, constant(s)
independent &
dependent variables in
an experiment.
4. Collect, analyze &
create accurate
conclusions from data.
5. Explain the 8
characteristics of living
things.
1. journal on outdoor
classroom reflection
(narrative writing standard)
2. current event articles
3-4. Greenhouse experiments
5-6. quiz on Molecules &
functions and 8 characteristics
7. water properties lab
8. enzyme lab- liver & spit
KEY VOCABULARY
-scientific law
-scientific theory
-hypothesis
-control
-independent variable
-dependent variable
-analysis
-conclusion
-organic macromolecules (lipids, carbohydrates, proteins, nucleic acids)
-Biology
-DNA
-stimulus
-homeostasis
-sexual & asexual reproduction
-metabolism
-cells
-pH
-solvent
-cohesion
-adhesion
-capillary action
-polarity
-molecules (electrons, protons)
OUTDOOR LESSONS:
-observations of outdoor classroom (perspectives of science)
characteristics of living things
TECH INTEGRATION:
http://www.biologyinmotion.com/minilec/wrench.html
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CLASSIFICATI
ON AND
SPECIATION
OF ALL
LIVING
ORGANISMS?
NATURE OF
BIOLOGICAL
SCIENCE
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How is
scientific
reasoning
used to
explain events
in the natural
world? (Ch
1.1)
How does the
scientific
community
and society
influence the
process of
science? (Ch
1.2)
What
characteristics
do all living
organisms
share? (Ch
1.3)
Skills
6. Describe the basic
molecular structures and
primary functions of the
4 carbon based
macromolecules
(carbohydrates, lipids,
proteins & nucleic acids).
St. Michael-Albertville High School
Assessment
Resources & Technology
http://www.lewport.com/10712041113402793/lib/10712041113402793/Animations/Enzym
7. Using the molecular
structure of a water
molecule, explain the
properties of water
(cohesion, adhesion,
capillary action, polarity
& pH) that make it a
good solvent.
8. Summarize the
important role that
enzymes play in
chemical reactions and
bonds in living
organisms.
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What are the
basic chemical
properties &
functions for
water, lipids,
proteins,
carbohydrates
& nucleic
acids in all
living
organisms?
(Ch 2.2, 2.3)
 Why are
enzymes
essential to
living
organisms?
(Ch 2.4)
Skills
St. Michael-Albertville High School
Assessment
Resources & Technology
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NATURE OF
BIOLOGICAL
SCIENCE
Experimental Design
Characteristics of
Living Things
Biochemistry
Enzymes
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October
2011
UEQ
How does
energy flow through
an ecosystem? (ch
3.2-3)
How does
matter recycle in the
biogeochemical
cycles and provide
for living
organisms? (ch 3.4)
St. Michael-Albertville High School
Skills
ECOLOGY
Assessment
ECOLOGY
Students will be able to
(SWBAT)…
1. quiz on food webs &
tropic levels
Resources & Technology
ECOLOGY
BIOLOGY (Miller Levine) Chapters 3-6
1.
Trace the energy
flow through an
ecosystem via trophic
levels of producers &
consumers.
2.
Compare and
contrast the
biogeochemical cycles
(C, N, P, water) that
recycle matter within an
ecosystem and
determine their
importance to living
organisms.
How do
competition and
other interactions
affect an organisms’
niche and population
Determine the
dynamics? (ch 4.2, ch 3.
limiting factors that
5)
influence populations,
carrying capacities and
How do
humans (historically biodiversity within an
ecosystem.
& currently) impact
the world climate and
an ecosystems’
4.
Describe how
sustainability? (ch
positive and/or negative
4.1, ch 5, ch 6)
feedback loops occur
within ecosystems.
2. quiz on cycles
3. MN ecosystems analysis
Isle Royal
moose/wolves, MN wolves
4. The Moose is Loose
(yellowstone case study)
5. quiz on biomes
6. Hot Ecological Issues
topics
risk/benefit analysis flyer
(informative/explanatory
writing standard)
KEY VOCABULARY
-producers
-consumers (herbivore, omnivore, carnivore, scavenger, decomposer)
-trophic levels
-nutrient cycles (C, N, P, water)
-abiotic factors
-biotic factors
-ecosystems
-biosphere
-competition
-limiting resources
-symbiosis
-niche
-climate change
- sustainability
- carrying capacity
OUTDOOR LESSONS:
-pond analysis (natural vs runoff)
-macroinvertebrate ID & tolerance levels
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Ecosystems (biotic &
abiotic factors)
Nutrient cycles (C, N,
O, P)
Flow of energy
(Producers &
consumers)
Sustainability
Climate Change
Skills
5.
Explain how
climate/biomes are
influenced by Earth’s
rotation, ocean currents,
land formations,
atmospheric
composition and
humans.
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Assessment
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6.
Critique diverse
human actions and
consider the benefits,
costs and risk analysis to
natural systems
(historically & current).
Populations (carrying
capacity, limiting
factors, biodiversity)
Feedback Loops
(positive & negative)
November
2011
CELL
CLASSIFICATION &
PROCESSES
UEQ
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How was the
development
of the
microscope
and various
technologies
Students will be able to
(SWBAT)…
1. Explain how various
technologies help in the
discovery of cells.
CELL
CLASSIFICATION &
PROCESSES
2-4. quiz on microscopes
function, cell organelles &
function
5-6. quiz on cell membrane
& molecular traffic
CELL CLASSIFICATION & PROCESSES
BIOLOGY (Miller Levine) Chapters 7-9, 20-21
KEY VOCABULARY
-microscope parts of eyepiece, objective lenses, slide, stage, adjustment knobs
powers
-prokaryote cells
-eukaryote cells
-viruses
-cell membrane
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helpful in
discovering
cells? (ch 7.1)
How do
viruses,
prokaryote
cells &
eukaryote
cells differ in
their
structures,
transformation
s of energy,
and
reproduction?
(ch 7, 8, 9, 20
& 21)
How do
various cell
structures
enable a cell
to carry out
basic life
processes?
(ch 7.2)
How do cells
regulate the
passage of
molecules
through its
cell
membrane?
(ch 7.3)
How do
Skills
2. Demonstrate
effective use of
compound microscopes.
3. Compare & contrast
viruses, prokaryote cells
and eukaryote cells.
St. Michael-Albertville High School
Assessment
7. quiz on enzymes &
homeostasis
8-9. quiz on energy capture
& tranformation
(metabolism)
CA 10-11. lab report on
Bacteria & antibiotics
(informational/explanatory
writing standard) could
be argument about
antibiotics too.
4. Identify cell
organelles and their
functions (mitochondria,
CA cell exam
chloroplast, nucleus,
ribosomes,
chromosomes, cell
membrane, vacuoles,
lysosomes, endoplasmic
reticulum, golgi
apparatus, cell wall)
5. Differentiate between
the processes of passive
and active transports
during the function of
the cell membrane’s
molecular traffic.
6. Distinguish the effect
that various
environments
(hypotonic, hypertonic
& isotonic solutions)
Resources & Technology
*semi permeable
-cell organelles
*mitochondria
*chloroplast
*ribosomes
*nucleus
*chromosomes
*vacuoles
*lysosomes
*endoplasmic reticulum
*golgi apparatus
*cell wall
-turgor pressure
-passive transports
*osmosis
*diffusion & facilitated diffusion
-active transports
*endocytosis
*exocytosis
-hypertonic
-hypotonic
-isotonic
-homeostasis
-photosynthesis
-respiration
-reactants & products
-homeostasis
-molecules & ions
-antibiotics
-antibodies
-antigens
TECH INTEGRATION:
venier lab probes for CO2 & ions
http://mrphome.net/mrp/Membran...
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unicellular
and
multicellular
organisms
maintain
homeostasis
with cells,
tissues and
organ
systems?(ch
7.4)
Prokaryotes
Eukaryotes
Viruses
Cell Organelles &
Function
Homeostasis
Photosynthesis &
Respiration
Cell Membrane
Traffic (transport)
Skills
have on cells.
St. Michael-Albertville High School
Assessment
Resources & Technology
7. Summarize how
enzymes and organelles
maintain homeostasis in
unicellular and
multicellular organisms.
8. Compare and
contrast how cells
convert light energy to
chemical energy (ATP)
through the processes of
photosynthesis and
respiration
(metabolism).
9. Define
photosynthesis and
respiration in terms of
reactants and products.
10. Generalize how cells
produce antibodies to
fight diseases and how
antibiotics and vaccines
help immunity.
11. Prepare and analyze
a scientific experiment
with live bacteria to test
the effectiveness of
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UEQ
How does
DNA’s structure
translate information
for assembling
proteins, make new
cells (mitosis) and
express genetic
traits? ( ch 10, 12, 13,
14)
How do
Mendel's laws &
meiosis increase
variation in a species
and determine
various patterns of
inheritance? (ch 11,
14)
Skills
various antibiotics in a
petri dish.
GENETICS
Students will be able to
(SWBAT)…
1. Describe the basic
molecular structures in
DNA.
2 Generalize the
discovery process of the
DNA molecule (model).
3. Describe the phases
and replication of DNA
during mitosis, asexual
reproduction of identical
new cells.
4. Outline the steps of
protein synthesis. (DNA
–RNA –proteins)
How do
mutations affect
DNA sequences and
genetic variation
within a species? (ch
13)
5. Explain the
relationships amongst
DNA, genes &
chromosomes.
Does the
6. Apply the terms of
phenotype, genotype,
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GENETICS
GENETICS
1-2. quiz on DNA
structures, functions &
people who discovered it
BIOLOGY (Miller Levine) Chapters 10-15
3. quiz on Mitosis phases
ready to roll lab Mitosis
slides
4. claytionary assessment
of protein synthesis
5-8. quiz on Genetics &
punnett squares
5-8. CA Genetics Test
11. pro/con risk analysis of
GMOs
(argument writing
standard)
KEY VOCABULARY
-DNA
*replication
*nucleotides (nitrogen bases, ATCG)
-transcripton
-translation
-mitosis
-sexual reproduction
-meiosis
-asexual reproduction
-genes
-chromosomes
-gentoype
-phenotype
-homozygous
-heterozygous
-alleles
-punnett squares
-probability
-dominant
-recessive
-segregation of alleles
-Mendel
-independent assortment
-recombination, crossing over
-mutations
*point mutations
*chromosome mutations (nondisjunction)
-cancer
-selective breeding
-hybridization
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discovery of the DNA
molecule and its role
in genetics lend
biotechnology to be
used in a beneficial
way for all living
organisms? (ch 10,
14, 15)
DNA discovery,
structure & functions
Protein Synthesis &
mutations
Mitosis , cell growth
& cancer
GMOs
(biotechnology,
genetically modified
organisms, lab
techniques &
selective breeding
practices)
Meiosis & sexual
reproduction
Inheritance patterns
of genetics
Genetic mutations
Skills
allele, homozygous,
heterozygous in various
inheritance patterns &
crosses with punnett
squares.
7. Use concepts of
Mendel’s Law of
Segregation and
Independent Assortment
to explain how crossing
over, sorting &
recombination of genes
during sexual
reproduction increases
variation within a
species.
St. Michael-Albertville High School
Assessment
Resources & Technology
-genetically modified organisms
-cloning
-recombinant DNA
-electrogelphoresis
TECH INTEGRATION:
http://www.dnai.org
/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
(pbs video of DNA)
http://www.nobelprize.org/educ...
(blood typing simulation)
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/
8. Explain how
mutations of DNA bases
or genes may have no
effect, harm, or rarely
may benefit an
organism/species.
9. Describe how some
diseases can be
predicted by genetic
testing & how this
affects
parental/community
decisions.
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Skills
St. Michael-Albertville High School
Assessment
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10. Recognize how
uncontrolled mitosis
results in cancer cells
and how personal
decisions & technologies
influence current
treatments.
11. Critique the
risk/benefit analysis of
genetically modified
organisms and
biotechnology
techniques (selective
breeding, genetic
engineering techniques)
in agriculture &
medicine.
January
2012
UEQ
How
does the geological
time scale, fossils and
plate techtonics
provide evidence for
changes on Earth and
changes its
EVOLUTION
EVOLUTION
EVOLUTION
Students will be able to
(SWBAT)…
1. public speaking with
paraphrase of various eras:
geological & biological
importances highlighted
BIOLOGY (Miller Levine) Chapters 16-17, 19, 27- 29 & appendix DOL pa
1. Paraphrase the
major events of Earth’s
geological history to the
Biological life forms that
were present during
various eras; showing
3-4. written summary of
Darwin's theory
(informational/explanatory
writing standard)
KEY VOCABULARY
-Natural Selection
*variation
*mutations
*survival of the fittest
*reproductive success
*struggle for existence
*common ancestory
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inhabitants? (ch 19)
How did
Darwin use his
observations &
Natural Selection
theory to describe the
history and diversity
of Life on Earth? (ch
16, 17)
How do
selective pressures
and competition drive
genetic variation and
speciation of
organisms through
descent with
modifications,
according to
Darwin’s Tree of
Life? (ch 16, 17)
Skills
speciation and changes
over time.
2. Summarize
Darwin’s theory of
natural selection utilizing
the terms genetic
variation, adaptation,
mutation, survival of the
fittest, struggle for
existence, common
ancestory, descent with
modification, selective
pressures and evolution.
St. Michael-Albertville High School
Assessment
4. claytionary assessment
of protein synthesis
5. quiz on dissections
(form& functions)
DISSSECTIONS
* crayfish
* grasshopper
* earthworm
* starfish
Resources & Technology
*descent with modifications
*selective pressures
* evolution
*homologous structures
*embryology
*fossils
*genetic switches
TECHNOLOGY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I91Huv4jbCk (What Darwin Never K
video series)
NOVA evolution websites (pbs NOVA)
3. Evaluate various
pieces of evidence
Darwin utilizes to
present his theory
(homologous structures,
embryology, fossils,
genetic and/or
biochemical
Utilizing similarities).
dissections, what links
4. Analyze evidence of
the cell to its
form to function when
functions and
dissecting various
therefore the
organisms and compile
organism to its
reasoning for how an
environment for all
Kingdoms of Life?(ch organism is
advantageous in a
27, 28 , 29 & DOL)
particular environment
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History of Earth &
Life on Earth
Evolution , variation,
speciation
Skills
due to its features.
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5. Analyze a case
study of a creature’s
systems, behaviors and
responses in its natural
environment.
Natural Selection
Comparative
anatomy
(dissections)
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