Science
Course: Biology
Unit: Classification, Plants/System Interactions, and
Animals/System Interactions
Guiding
TEKS/Prerequisites
Assessment
Questions/
Specificity
Designated Six Weeks: Fifth Six Weeks
Days to teach: 28 Days
Vocabulary
Instructional
Strategies/ELPS
Unit/Topic: Classification and Taxonomy
10C: Analyze the levels of
organization in biological
systems and relate the levels
to each other and to the
whole.
How are animals
similar and
different in regard
to their systems?
(EOC Supporting Standard)
(College and Career Readiness
Standard)
Specificity:
8A Define taxonomy and
recognize the importance of a
standardized taxonomic
system to the scientific
community
(EOC Supporting Standard)
(College and Career Readiness
Standard)
Revised Spring 2014
Emphasize the
physiological
interactions
between body
systems.
Know the
organization of the
basic unit of life to
the most complex
body systems.
Resources/
Weblinks
Days to teach: 8 Days
Linnaeus’s twoword system for
naming
organisms is
called
a. taxonomic
evolution.
b. Genus
species.
c. Greek
polynomials.
d. binomial
nomenclature.
Classification,
taxonomy,
phylogenic tree,
domain,
kingdom,
phylum,
class,
Activities:
Biological Levels of
Organization:
http://www.biologyjunction.
com/BIOLOGICAL%20LE
VELS%20OF%20ORGANI
ZATION%20FOLDABLE.d
oc
Exemplar Lesson
Classification
TEKS 8B
family,
genus,
4F
species.
United Streaming Video:
Classification of Animals: How
Animals are Classified (11:47)
United Streaming Video:
Understanding Bacteria (52:06)
All Exemplar Lessons are
located on the Google Drive –
High School Folder.
Exemplar Lesson
Dichotomous Key
TEKS 8B
ELPS/Strategies
http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/
rules/tac/chapter074/ch07
4a.html
order,
Text: Biology, Holt 2015
Graphic Organizers
Learning Log
5B Guided Notes
Instructional
Conversation
Dichotomous key
Alien Taxonomy &
Classification:
United Streaming Video: Life
Science: Bacteria (20:00)
United Streaming Video: Simple
Science: Kingdoms (27:14)
United Streaming Video: Life
Science: Protists and Fungi
(20:00)
APPS: I Tune U - TASA Bio
Science
Course: Biology
Unit: Classification, Plants/System Interactions, and
Animals/System Interactions
Guiding
TEKS/Prerequisites
Assessment
Questions/
Specificity
8B Categorize organisms
using a hierarchical
classification system based on
similarities and differences
shared among groups
(EOC Readiness Standard)
(College and Career Readiness
Standard)
8C Compare characteristics of
taxonomic groups, including
archae, bacteria, protests,
fungi, plants and animals.
(EOC Supporting Standard)
E. Classification and Taxonomy
1. Know ways in which living
things can be classified based on
each organism’s internal and
external structures development
and relatedness of DNA
sequences.
(College and Career
Readiness Standard)
Revised Spring 2014
Designated Six Weeks: Fifth Six Weeks
Days to teach: 28 Days
Vocabulary
Instructional
Strategies/ELPS
http://www.biologycorner
.com/worksheets/pamisha
n.html
ELPS/Strategies
http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/
rules/tac/chapter074/ch07
4a.html
4K Draw & Write
Discovery Learning
Classification by
Kingdoms Lab
ELPS/Strategies
http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/
rules/tac/chapter074/ch07
4a.html
1C Graphic Organizers
Guided Notes
4G Think, Pair, Share
Visuals
Resources/
Weblinks
8B – Classification Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b
Z8AUcbZOLY&edufilter=_2nXFU
MaB1_cnY78uKT5qQ
8B – Fungi Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
w8M4hK57vxM&edufilter=_2nXF
UMaB1_cnY78uKT5qQ
8B – Protist Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
W8nyX4lnXYY&edufilter=_2nXF
UMaB1_cnY78uKT5qQ
8B – Animal Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a
t4uTdp4Cxw&edufilter=_2nXFUM
aB1_cnY78uKT5qQ
8B – Plant Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
Mv97xCA7bAw&edufilter=_2nXF
UMaB1_cnY78uKT5qQ
8B – Bacteria Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
X32JZEkJAd0&edufilter=_2nXFU
MaB1_cnY78uKT5qQ
Science
Course: Biology
Unit: Classification, Plants/System Interactions, and
Animals/System Interactions
Guiding
TEKS/Prerequisites
Assessment
Questions/
Specificity
Unit/Topic: Plant Structure and Systems
10B: Describe the interactions What are the roles
that occur among systems that of the various
perform the functions of
systems in plants?
transport, reproduction and
response in plants.
What are the
(EOC Readiness Standard)
functions of
stomata?
Systems and Homeostasis
2. Describe, compare, and
contrast structures and processes
that allow gas exchange, nutrient
uptake, and processing, waste
excretion, nervous and hormonal
regulation, and reproduction in
plants, animals, and fungi, give
examples of each.
(College and Career Readiness
Standard)
Specificity:
Emphasize parts of
the plant and their
individual functions
How does
transpiration
move water
through a plant?
Designated Six Weeks: Fifth Six Weeks
Days to teach: 28 Days
Vocabulary
stomates (pl.
stomata),
guard cell,
mesophyll,
cuticle,
monocot,
dicot,
xylem,
phloem,
vascular tissue,
herbaceous plants,
woody plants,
turgor pressure
Instructional
Strategies/ELPS
Activities:
Help Wanted-Plants:
http://www.biologycorner
.com/worksheets/helpwan
ted.html
ELPS/Strategies
http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/
rules/tac/chapter074/ch07
4a.html
2C
4G
Days to teach: 8 Days
United Streaming Video:
The World of Plants: Our
Flowering World (13:33)
Laying the Foundation:
Transpiration lab
Word Knowledge
Accountable
Flower dissection lab
Exemplar Lesson
Plant Reproduction
TEKS 10 B,C
Plant scavenger hunt
Plant transpiration
lab
Revised Spring 2014
Resources/
Weblinks
All Exemplar Lessons are
located on the Google Drive –
High School Folder.
Science
Course: Biology
Unit: Classification, Plants/System Interactions, and
Animals/System Interactions
Guiding
TEKS/Prerequisites
Assessment
Questions/
Specificity
Topic/unit: Animals and Animal System Interaction
10A: Describe the interactions
How does the
that occur among systems that
digestive system
perform the functions of
affect excretory
regulation, nutrient absorption,
system?
reproduction and defense from
injury and illness in animals.
(EOC Readiness Standard)
Systems and Homeostasis
2. Describe, compare, and
contrast structures and processes
that allow gas exchange, nutrient
uptake, and processing, waste
excretion, nervous and hormonal
regulation, and reproduction in
plants, animals, and fungi, give
examples of each.
(College and Career Readiness
Standards)
How does the
circulatory system
affect the immune
system?
How do the various
systems interact
with one another?
Designated Six Weeks: Fifth Six Weeks
Days to teach: 28 Days
Vocabulary
Instructional
Strategies/ELPS
Resources/
Weblinks
Days to teach: 8 Days
Describe the
interactions
between the
circulatory
system and two
other systems.
Comparative
anatomy,
organ,
tissue,
organ system,
circulatory,
excretory,
reproductive,
nervous, respiratory,
digestive, endocrine,
integumentary,
immune.
Activities:
Skeleton and Organ
Construction
Text: Biology, Holt, 20015
Exemplar Lesson
Homeostasis
TEKS 10 A,C
All Exemplar Lessons are
located on the Google Drive –
High School Folder.
APP: Build a Body
Exemplar Lesson
System Interaction
TEKS 10A
ELPS/Strategies
http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rul
es/tac/chapter074/ch074a.ht
ml
United Streaming Video: Just
the Facts: The Human Body:
Major Systems and Organs
(50:00)
4F Accountable
2I Instructional
Conversation
United Streaming Video:
World’s Best: All American
Animals
Safari Montage Video:
Incredible Human Machine
(96:00)
Safari Montage Video:
Body Systems (24:23)
10A – Nutrient Absorption
Video:
Revised Spring 2014
Science
Course: Biology
Unit: Classification, Plants/System Interactions, and
Animals/System Interactions
Guiding
TEKS/Prerequisites
Assessment
Questions/
Specificity
Designated Six Weeks: Fifth Six Weeks
Days to teach: 28 Days
Vocabulary
Instructional
Strategies/ELPS
Resources/
Weblinks
http://www.educreations.com/les
son/view/nutrientabsorption/2381060/?ref=appem
ail
10A – Reproduction in Animals
Video:
http://www.educreations.com/les
son/view/reproduction-inanimals/2383540/?ref=appemail
10A – Animal System Defense
Video:
http://www.educreations.com/les
son/view/animal-defensesarticle/20451710/
10A – Regulation Video:
http://www.educreations.com/les
son/view/b10aregulation/2390272/?s=IvDvPs
&ref=appemail
Revised Spring 2014