TFSD Unwrapped Standard
Grade 10 - Biology
Power Standard (s) Reference: Standard 6- Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis
State Standard:
Goal 1.1: Understand Systems, Order, and Organization
9-10.B.1.1.1 Explain the scientific meaning of system, order, and organization.
9-10.B.1.1.2 Apply the concepts of order and organization to a given system.
Goal 1.2: Understand Concepts and Processes of Evidence, Models, and Explanation
9-10.B.1.2.2 Develop models to explain concepts or systems.
Standard 3: Biology
Students explain the importance of cells as they relate to the organization and structure of
complex organisms, differentiation and specialization during development, and the chemical
reactions necessary to sustain life. Students describe the functions of cell structures. Students
use the theory of evolution to explain diversity of life.
Goal 3.3: Understand the Cell is the Basis of Form and Function for All Living Things
9-10.B.3.3.2 Explain cell functions involving chemical reactions.
9-10.B.3.3.3 Explain how cells use DNA to store and use information for cell functions.
9-10.B.3.3.4 Explain how selective expression of genes can produce specialized cells
from a single cell.
Goal 5.2: Understand the Relationship between Science and Technology
9-10.B.5.2.1 Explain how science advances technology.
9-10.B.5.2.2 Explain how technology advances science.
9-10.B.5.2.3 Explain how science and technology are pursued for different purposes.
National Standards
A.1. Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
B.2. Structures and properties of matter
C.1.c. Cells store and use information to guide their functions
C.1.d. Cell functions are regulated
C1. f. Cells can differentiate, and complex multi-cellular organisms are formed as a highly
organized arrangement of differentiated cells.
C2.a In all organisms, the instructions for specifying the characteristics of the organisms are
carried in DNA.
C2.c Changes in DNA (mutations) occur spontaneously at low rates.
District Standard:
TFSD Power Standard:
Students will examine the role of nucleic acids and how they relate to the expression of traits
through protein synthesis.
Concepts: Need to know about (Nouns)
 Griffith and Transformation
 Avery and DNA
 The Hershey-Chase Experiment
 Bacteriophages
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The Components and Structure of DNA
Chargaff’s Rules
Rosalind Franklin
James Watson and Francis Crick discovered that DNA
Prokaryote and Eukaryote
Chromosome Structure
DNA Replication
The Structure of RNA
Transcription
RNA polymerase (Enzyme)
Introns and extrons
Promoters
Codon
Translation
Mutations
Be able to do (Verb Phrases)
Summarize the relationship between genes and DNA
Describe the overall structure of the DNA molecule.
Summarize the events of DNA replication.
Relate the DNA molecule to chromosome structure.
Tell how RNA differs from DNA.
Name the three main types of RNA.
Describe transcription and the editing of RNA.
Identify the genetic code.
Summarize translation.
Explain the relationship between genes and proteins.
Contrast gene mutations and chromosomal mutations
Describe a typical gene.
Identifying Big Ideas from Unwrapped Standards:
1. DNA molecules code for proteins that determine genetic traits.
2. Structure is related to function.
Essential Questions from Big Ideas to Guide Instruction and Assessment:
1. What is the relationship among DNA, proteins, and traits?
2. How does the chemical structure of nucleic acids relate to their function?
Possible Topics or Context: (what you will use to teach the concepts and skills-particular
unit, lessons or activities)
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Pre-assessment
o As a class create a wordsplash relating to DNA
Formative Assessment
o Create a concept map using tRNA, mRNA, ribosomes, transcription, translation,
amino acids, DNA, and protein synthesis
o DNA Lab
o Diagram of transcription and translation
o Class Activity Lab: Protein Synthesis
o GATTACA Movie (edited version)