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Curriculum Map
Course Title: Biology Honors
Quarter: 4
Academic Year: 2011-2012
Essential Questions for this Quarter:
Unit/Time Frame
Chapter 14 History Of Life
14.1 Record of Life
14.2 Origin of Life
Standards
Content Stand.
B5.6
B7.1
B7.5
B8.1
B8.4
B8.6
Content
Reading Stand.
9-10.RS.1,2,4
Writing Stand.
9-10.WS.1
Resources
Explain the scientific theory of the origin life
List and explain each of the origin of life
theories
Discuss the mechanisms of evolutionary
change
Explain the theory of evolution using fossil
evidence to provide a scientific explanation.
Describe specific mass extinctions in earth’s
history that have led to evolutionary change in
species.
Describe and apply the Endosybiont theory to
the formation of the plant and animal cells.
Vocabulary
Etymology
Activity Analysis
Questions
Worksheets
Discussion
Quizzes
Tests
Directed Reading
Questions
Bingo Card
Vocab Foldable
Text Book
IPAD APP-Geo-time
scale enhanced
IPAD-Dinosaurs
Darwin
Natural Selection
Adaptations–types
Evidence
Types of Natural Selection
Genetic Equilibrium
Causes of Evolution
Types of Evolution
Explain how Darwin observed the life on
Galapagos islands, and came to the conclusion
that Natural Selection was the force behind
Change.
Describe what Natural selection is, and factors
that cause natural selection.
List and describe types of Natural selection.
Identify some the consequences of the
interactions of species such as increased
numbers, genetic mutations, and genetic
variation.
Identify basic trends in early evolution.
Describe conditions that are conducive for
natural selection to occur.
Explain how natural selection can cause
evolution to occur to a population.
Compare and contrast convergent and
divergent evolution.
Vocabulary
Etymology
Activity Analysis
Questions
Worksheets
Discussion
Quizzes
Tests
Directed Reading
Questions
Bingo Card
Vocab Foldable
Comparative
Embryology
Activity
Sex and the Single
Guppy
Evolution Song
Text Book
DVD: Ice Age
DVD: Bugs Life
Evolution Articles
DVD: Sneeches
Internet
McGraw-Hill
Website
Internet
Writing Stand.
9-10.WS.1b,c
9-10.WS.2b,d
Content Stand.
B8.5
B8.6
B8.7
B4.4
B2.3
Assessment
Early Earth
Evidence in Fossils/rocks
Radiometric vs relative dating
Geological time scale
Mass extinction
Origin of Life theories
Endosymbiont Theory
Reading Stand.
9-10.RS.1,2,4,5,
Chapter 15 Theory of
Evolution
15.1 Natural Selection and
Evolution
15.2 Mechanisms of
Evolution
Skills
Franklin County Community School Corporation - Brookville, Indiana
Curriculum Map
Course Title: Biology Honors
Quarter: 4
Academic Year: 2011-2012
Essential Questions for this Quarter:
Unit/Time Frame
Chapter 17 Life’s Diversity
17.1 Classification
17.2 Kingdoms
Standards
Content Stand.
B8.1
B8.2
B8.3
B8.4
B8.7
Reading Stand.
9-10.RS.2,3,4,7,8
Writing Stand.
9-10.WS.1a,c,e
9-10.WS.2a,d
Content
History of classification
Taxonomy
Levels of Taxa
Kingdoms
Classification models
Skills
Describe how and why living things are
classified by their evolutionary relationships.
Identify the distinguishing characteristics of
kingdom classification.
List and describe the different kingdoms.
List 3 examples of each kingdom
Be able to classify a given living thing using
the levels of taxonomy.
List and describe the different classification
models used through out history.
Be able to identify the genus and specific
epithet of a scientific name.
List and describe the different classification
models.
Assessment
Vocabulary
Etymology
Activity Analysis
Questions
Worksheets
Discussion
Quizzes
Tests
Directed Reading
Questions
Bingo Card
Vocab Foldable
Construct Cladogram
Resources
Text book
IPAD-Geo
Time Line
DVD-Classification of
Living things
IPAD-Geo Walk
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