What Resources can I use to Review the Semester 1 Biology Benchmarks?
Note: Below you will find a menu of resources you can use to review the Biology EOC benchmarks covered during 1st semester. It is important
that you review the material for the benchmarks on which you earned “below proficiency” on the Cycle 2 assessment. Move from left to right
through the row completing each of the review materials for the benchmark until you have it mastered.
General Resources: these can be used in addition to the individual benchmark resources on the table
www.classzone.com Sign in with username: bio1student password: ilovebio; select Florida, High School Science, and select the 2012 textbook.
Select the correct chapter from the drop down menu on the left and then select the option you want (Interactive Review, Animated Biology, or Labs).
www.brainpop.com Sign in with username: gibbs_hs and password: bppinellas
https://ecsd-fl.schoolloop.com/BiologyEOCReview
Select the benchmark you wish to review from the menu bar on the left, and then select the tutorial you wish to view.
Benchmark &
Topic
SC.912.L.18.1
Macromolecules
Textbook &
Interactive
Reader: Use as
additional
resource for
information on
the benchmark
content.
Text: Chapter 2,
Sections 2.3,
pages 44-48
IR: pages 25-29
Video Clip or
Animation Tutorial:
Watch the video or
animation and
complete the quiz
or test.
Online Interactive Game or Lab:
Complete the lab or play the game
for each benchmark you need to
review.
Vocabulary
Quizlets: Review
the vocabulary
flashcards and
then take the test.
Exit Questions: You should
be able to provide a detailed
answer to each exit question
if you have mastered the
benchmark.
FOCUS Assessment: Your
teacher will need to open the
assessment for the
benchmark on Florida
Achieves for you to complete
it online.
Brainpop: Body
Chemistry
Macromolecule virtual lab
Organic molecules
Name each of the four
macromolecules & describe
their basic molecular
structure.
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password
Complete one of the
assessments for this
benchmark: 18.1
Macromolecule
Animation Tutorial
Explain the function of each
of the four macromolecules.
Also assesses
18.11 Enzymes
Text: Chapter
2, Section 2.5,
pages 54-59
IR: pages 33-34
Enzyme Tutorial
Animation
Bioman: Enzymatic
Enzymes
Explain the role of enzymes
in the biochemical reactions
that take place in our body.
How do factors such as pH
and temperature affect
enzyme activity?
What Resources can I use to Review the Semester 1 Biology Benchmarks?
Benchmark &
Topic
SC.912.L.18.12
Properties of
Water
SC.912.L.14.1
Cell Theory
Textbook &
Interactive
Reader: Use as
additional
resource for
information on
the benchmark
content.
Text: Chapter 2,
Section 2.2,
pages 40-42
Video Clip or
Animation
Tutorial: Watch the
video or animation
and complete the
quiz or test.
Online Interactive, Game, or Lab
Vocabulary
Quizlet: Review
the vocabulary
flashcards and
then take the test.
Exit Questions Based on
Learning Targets: You should
be able to provide a detailed
answer to each exit question
if you have mastered the
benchmark.
FOCUS Assessment: Your
teacher will need to open the
assessment for the
benchmark on Florida
Achieves for you to complete
it online.
Brainpop: water
Polarity
Properties of
water
What are the unique
properties of water that
make it essential to life?
IR: pages 22-24
Braingenie:
waterproperties
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Complete one of the
assessments for this
benchmark: 18.12
Text: Chapter 3,
Section 3.1,
pages 70-71
Properties of Water
animation
Cell Theory
Discoveries
Explained
Explain how each property
supports life?
Cell theory quiz game
Cell theory quiz
IR: page 37
Cell theory
Explain how hydrogen
bonding and polarity impact
the special properties of
water.
Describe the Cell Theory.
How did scientific
investigations play a role in
developing the cell theory?
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assessments for this
benchmark: 14.1
What Resources can I use to Review the Semester 1 Biology Benchmarks?
SC.912.L.14.3
Prokaryotic &
Eukaryotic Cells
Text: Chapter 3,
Sections: 3.1,
page 72
Section 3.2,
pages 73-79
IR: pages 38-42
Assignment
Discovery:
Introduction to
Cells
Cells Alive: Animal&Plant Cell
Structures
Cell Structures
Bioman: Animal cell
Assignment
Discovery:
Eukaryotic Cells
Explain the function of the
following cell structures:
cytoplasm, ribosomes,
nucleus, nuclear envelope,
nucleolus, endoplasmic
reticulum, vacuoles,
mitochondria, golgi
apparatus, chloroplasts,
lysosomes, cell wall, cell
membrane, cilia, flagella
Bioman: Build a Cell
Eukaryotic Cell
Structures
Brainpop: Cell
Structures
Also Assesses
14.2 Cell
Membrane
(active and
passive
transport)
Text: Chapter
3, Section 3.3
pages 81-84;
Section 3.4,
pages 84-88
Section 3.5,
pages 89-91:
IR: 43-50
Brainpop: Passive
Transport
Movement across cell membrane
animation
Diffusion and
Osmosis
Bioman: Cell membrane game
Passive Transport
How would you use cell
structures to classify a cell
as prokaryotic or
eukaryotic? Plant or
Animal?
Cell Membranes
How does the structure of
the cell membrane relate to
its function?
Explain the role of the cell
membrane during passive
transport.
Brainpop: Active
Transport
ActiveTransport
Explain the role of the cell
membrane during active
transport.
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assessments for this
benchmark: 14.3
What Resources can I use to Review the Semester 1 Biology Benchmarks?
Benchmark &
Topic
SC.912.L.18.9
Photosynthesis
& Cellular
Respiration
SC.912.L.16.1
Mendel’s Laws
Textbook &
Interactive
Reader: Use as
additional
resource for
information on
the benchmark
content.
Text: Chapter 4,
Sections 4.1,
4.2, 4.4; pages
100-103, 113114, 121
Video Clip or
Animation Tutorial:
Watch the video or
animation and
complete the quiz
or test.
Online Interactive or Lab
Brainpop:
Photosynthesis
Bioman:
Photosynthesis/Respiration Game
Vocabulary
Quizlet: Review
the vocabulary
flashcards and
then take the test.
Photosynthesis
Cellular
respiration
Cellular Respiration
Animation
IR: pages 53-58,
62-64
Brainpop: Cellular
Respiration
Text: Chapter 6,
Sections 6.3,
6.4, 6.5; pages
177-187;
Chapter 7,
Sections 7.1 &
7.2; pages 200207
Brainpop: Genetics
Mendels Laws Interactive
Brainpop: Mendel
Punnett Square interactive
Text: Chapter 8,
Sections 8.3,
8.4, 8.5, 8.7;
pages 235-247;
252-255
Genetics
incomplete and Codominance
Mendel animation
Sex Determination and Linkage
Brainpop: DNA
be able to provide a detailed
answer to each exit question
if you have mastered the
benchmark.
Why do humans need plants
to live?
Compare and contrast the
processes of photosynthesis
and cellular respiration
Including the reactants and
products of each.
IR: pages 96104 & 110-113
SC.912.L.16.3
DNA
Replication
Exit Question: You should
DNA and how it works
DNA replication
Explain Mendel’s Laws of
Segregation and
Independent Assortment.
Using a Punnett square
demonstrate how two
parents with brown eyes
(dominant) could have a
child with blue eyes
(recessive). Give the
expected genotype and
phenotype ratios of the
offspring from this cross.
Describe the process of DNA
replication.
Brainpop: RNA
Transcribe interactive
Transcription
Explain the processes of
transcription and
FOCUS Assessment: Your
teacher will need to open the
assessment for the
benchmark on Florida
Achieves for you to complete
it online.
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Complete one of the
assessments for this
benchmark: 18.9
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assessments for this
benchmark: 16.1
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What Resources can I use to Review the Semester 1 Biology Benchmarks?
IR: pages 127138; 142-144
Translation
Brainpop: Genetic
Mutations
translation, and their roles
in the expression of genes.
The Double Helix Game
How can a mutation in the
DNA sequence of a
chromosome cause a change
in a person’s physical
appearance?
Genetic mutations lab
Complete one of the
assessments for this
benchmark: 16.3
Cancer and cell
cycle animations
SC.912.L.16.10
Biotechnology
Text: Chapter 9,
Section 9.4;
pages 275-279
IR: pages 154156
SC.912.L.16.17
Cell Cycle
Mitosis vs.
Meiosis
Text: Chapter 5,
Sections 5.1,
5.2, 5.4, pages
134-142, 146150; Chapter 6,
Sections 6.1,
6.2; pages 168176
Biotechnology
DNA Fingerprinting
Classzone:
Biotechnology all
six key concepts
Gel electrophoresis lab
Give an example of
biotechnology and
explain its potential
positive and negative
impacts on society.
Cell Division
Compare and contrast the
processes of mitosis and
meiosis.
Chapter 9: Labs – virtual lab
Chapter 9, Interactive
Review: Key Concepts
Assignment
Discovery Cell
Reproduction and
Growth
Cells Alive: Cell Cycle
Cells Alive: Mitosis
Mitosis Animation
Cells Alive: Meiosis
Meiosis Animation
IR: pages 74-81,
90-95, 105-106
Biotechnology
Bioman:Meiosis game
Why can meiosis create
genetic diversity while
mitosis can not?
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benchmark: 16.10
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assessments for this
benchmark: 16.17