Honors Biology Student Learning Map
SCIENCE, THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD, and
THE STUDY OF LIFE
(Chapter 1)
Key Learning: Science is learned through investigative and
inquiry processes. It assumes a natural cause for events and
uses the answers to make predictions. Scientists have
developed a list of characteristics shared by all living things and
utilize various tools to examine these living things
How is scientific knowledge constructed and
what makes something alive?
What is Science?
The Scientific Method
(ref. Section 1.1)
(ref. Section 1.6, 1.7, 1.8 & 1.9)
 How does
science differ
from religion/
philosophy?
Science
Fact
Observation
Biology
System
Science Safety
(supplemental
handouts/website)
 What are the
essential
rules to
follow when
doing a lab?
 What are the basic steps of the scientific method?
 How do you solve a problem using a scientific approach?
 How is a scientific question or hypothesis created?
 Why is it important for many experiments to have a control group and
constants?
 What is the difference between a scientific law and theory?
Hypothesis
Principle
Theory
Placebo
Constants
Experiment
Independent Variable
Control Group
Hypothesis-Based Science
Inductive Reasoning
Inference
Peer Review
Dependent Variable
Experimental Group
Discover Science
Deductive Reason
Pseudoscience
(ref. Section 1.9 and supplemental handouts/website)
 How is science sometimes
misused?
 How can you avoid being taken
in by pseudoscience?
Pseudoscience
Bias
Sample Size
Law
Cell Specialization and Levels of
Organization
Characteristics of Life
(ref. Section 1-2, 1-3, 1.4 & 1.5)
(ref. Section 1.1)
 How are the cells of multicellular
organisms specialized and organized to
perform specific tasks?
Organelle
cell
Tissue
Organ
Organ System
Organism
Population
Community
Ecosystem
Biosphere
 What are the characteristics shared by all
living things?
 How do organisms maintain homeostasis
(e.g. thermoregulation, water regulation,
oxygen regulation)?
 What are the central themes of biology?
Cell
Sexual Reproduction
Asexual Reproduction
Metabolism
Homeostasis
Homeostatic Mechanism
Molecules
Unicellular
Multicellular
Extracellular
Intracellular
Stimulus
Consumer
Producer
Decomposer
Prokaryotic
Eukaryotic
Taxonomy
Kingdoms
Domains
Archaea
Bacteria
Eukarya
Natural selection
Evolution
Evolutionary Adaptation