Horizontal Curriculum Map by 3-Week Block
1A
Block
Standard(s)
PE/ATE 7, 7b, 7c
PE/ATE 1, 1a, 1f,
2, 2a, 2b, 2e, 5,
5a, 5b, 7a, 3c, 7b,
7d
RST 1,2, 4
Topic(s)/
Essential
Question(s)
What is science?
What is the scientific
method? Why is
science beneficial?
How do you design
experiments? What
tools do scientists do?
What is life? Why do
organisms need food,
water, air and living
space? What is atp?
COURSE:___Life Science_______________
Content/Materials
Scientific method, tools and
measurements
Chapter 1 and 2
Annotating, Reading Science
Books
Assessments
From bank, scientific
method, what is science,
tools, characteristics of
life, ATP,
Academic
Vocabulaty
Life science,
scientific method,
hypothesis, factor,
controlled
experiment, variable,
theory, technology,
compound light
microscope, electron
microscope, meter,
area, volume, mass,
temperature, cell,
stimulus,
homeostasis, asexual
reproduction, sexual
reproduction, DNA,
heredity,
metabolism,
producers,
consumers,
decomposers,
proteins, enzymes,
carbohydrates, lipids,
phospholipids,
nucleic acids, ATP
1B
Block
Standard(s)
PE/ATE 6a, 7, 7a,
6, 6a, 6e, 6f, 6g,
7, 7a, 7b, 7d, 7c,
PE/ATE 1, 1a, 1b,
1f, 5, 5a, 5b, 7b,
1c, 2, 2e, 4, 4e,
WHST 1, 6
Topic(s)/
Essential
Question(s)
How are
electromagnetic
waves different from
other waves? What
are the characteristics
of life? How does
light relate to life?
Content/Materials
Light
Chapter 3
Cells
Chapter 4
Experimentation
Writing scientific reports
Assessments
From assessment bank
Electromagnetic spectrum,
reflection, absorption,
refraction, organization of
life, discovery of cells,
Eukaryotic cells
Academic
Vocabulaty
Wave,
electromagnetic
wave, wavelength,
frequency,
electromagnetic
spectrum, reflection,
law of reflection,
absorption,
scattering,
transmission,
pigment, refraction,
lens, convex lens,
concave lens, tissue,
organ, organ
systems, organisms,
unicellular,
multicellular,
population,
community,
ecosystem, cell
theory, cell
membrane,
organelles,
cytoplasm, surface to
volume ration,
nucleus,
prokaryotic,
eukaryotic, bacteria,
cell wall, ribosomes,
endoplasmic
reticulum,
mitochondria,
chloroplast, Golgi
complex, vesicles,
vacuole, lysosomes,
1C
Block
Standard(s)
PE/ATE 7, 7a,
7c, 1, 1a, 1b,
1d, 3c, 4, 5, 5a,
1e, 1f
RST 1, 2, 3
WHST 1,4,5
Topic(s)/
Essential
Question(s)
How do cells interact
with their
environment? What
is the cell cycle?
Content/Materials
Cells
Chapter 5
Reading for Science specific
publications
Assessments
From test bank
Diffusion, cell energy, cell
cycle
Academic
Vocabulaty
Diffusion, osmosis,
passive transport,
active transport,
endocytosis,
exocytosis,
photosynthesis,
cellular respiration,
fermentation, cell
cycle, chromosome,
binary fission,
homologous
chromosomes,
centromere,
chromatids, mitosis,
cytokinesis,
2A
Block
Standard(s)
PE/ATE 7, 7a, 7c,
2b-2c, 5, 5f, 7b7d, 5a, 1, 2,
WHST 2, 6, 7
2B
PE/ATE 7, 7a, 7c,
2b-2c, 5, 5f, 7b7d, 5a, 1, 2,
RST 1, 7, 8
Topic(s)/
Essential
Question(s)
Content/Materials
Assessments
What is heredity?
What are genes?
What is meiosis?
What are the building
blocks of life?
Genetics
Chapter 6
Writing for Science
From test bank
Heredity, Mendel,
Meiosis, DNA, genetic
engineering
What is heredity?
What are genes?
What is meiosis?
What are the building
blocks of life?
Genetics
Chapter 7
Plus evolution, see below
Reading Data
From test bank
Heredity, Mendel,
Meiosis, DNA, genetic
engineering
Academic
Vocabulaty
Heredity, selfpollinating plant,
true-breeding plant,
dominant trait,
recessive trait, genes,
alleles, Punnett
square, genotype,
probability, sex cells,
homologous,
chromosomes,
meiosis, sex
chromosomes, DNA
nucleotide, adenine,
thymine, guanine,
cytosine, ribosome,
mutation, mutagen,
pedigree, genetic
engineering, DNA
fingerprinting,
Human Genome
Project
DNA nucleotide,
adenine, thymine,
guanine, cytosine,
ribosome, mutation,
mutagen, pedigree,
genetic engineering,
DNA fingerprinting,
Human Genome
Project
2C
Block
Standard(s)
Topic(s)/
Essential
Question(s)
Why do fossils
PE/ATE 7, 7a, 7b,
matter? How do
2e, 3, 3a-3c, 3e,
organisms change
4, 4a, 4c-4e, 4g,
over time? How does
5, 7c, 7d, 2b, 4f,
evolution happen?
4d, 1c, 4b
What is natural
RST 1, 2, 7
selection?
Content/Materials
Evolution (overlap with above)
Chapter 8, 9
Comparing sources
Assessments
From exam bank
Natural selection,
adaptation, process of
evolution, eras of geologic
time scale, human
evolution
Academic
Vocabulaty
Adaptation, species,
evolution, fossil,
fossil record,
vestigial structures,
trait, selective
breeding, natural
selection, mutation,
generation time,
speciation,
paleontologist, fossil,
rock cycle, relative
dating, absolute
dating, half-life,
geologic time scale,
extinct, mass
extinction, Pangaea,
plate tectonics,
Precambrian time,
prokaryote,
anaerobic, ozone,
eukaryote, Paleozoic
era, Mesozoic era,
Cenozoic era,
primate, hominid,
prosimian,
australopithecine,
Neanderthal, CroMagnon
3A
Block
Standard(s)
PE/ATE 7, 7c, 7e,
3, 3a-3d, 4, 4e,
7b, 1, 1b-1d, 4d,
5, 5a
WHST 1,2, 4,5 ,6
3B
PE/ATE 3e, 7, 7a,
7c, 3, 5, 5f, 7b, 5,
RST 1,2, 8, 9
Topic(s)/
Essential
Question(s)
Why do we need to
classify? What are
the six kingdoms?
What are ecosystems?
Why are they
important? What are
the different biomes?
What makes up the
ocean? What are the
differences between
ocean and freshwater
ecosystems?
Content/Materials
Classification
Chapter 10
Observation writing
Ecology
Chapter 17
Evaluating scientific arguments
Assessments
From Exam bank, levels
of classification, scientific
names, six kingdoms
From exam bank, land
ecosystems, marine
ecosystems, freshwater
ecosystems
Academic
Vocabulaty
Classification,
kingdom, phylum,
class, order, family,
genus, species,
taxonomy,
dichotomous key,
bacteria,
Archaebacteria,
Eubacteria, Protista,
Plantae, Fungi,
Animalia
Abiotic, biome,
deciduous, conifer,
diversity, savanna,
desert, tundra,
permafrost, marine,
phytoplankton,
zooplankton,
Sargassum, estuary,
tributary, littoral
zone, open-water
zone, deep-water
zone, wetland,
marsh, swamp
3C
Block
Standard(s)
PE/ATE 7, 7a,
7b, 3e, 7c,
WHST 2, 7
4A
PE/ATE 7, 7c, 1b,
1d, 2a, 2b, 3c, 5,
5a, 5f, 6f, 7b
WHST 1,
RST 1,2, 4
Topic(s)/
Essential
Question(s)
How do humans
change their
environment? Why is
conservation
important?
What makes a plant a
plant? How are
plants structured?
What is the purpose
of seeds? How do
plants reproduce?
How do they make
food? How do plants
respond to the
environment? How
do plants grow?
Content/Materials
Ecology
Chapter 18
Writing scientific arguments
Plants
Chapter 11, 12
Writing observations
Assessments
From test bank Pollution
and conservation
From test bank Plant
structure
Academic
Vocabulaty
Pollution, pollutant,
toxic, radioactive
waste, renewable
resource,
nonrenewable
resource, alien,
overpopulation,
biodiversity,
deforestation,
biodegradable
Cuticle, sporophyte,
gametophyte,
nonvascular plant,
vascular plant,
gymnosperm,
angiosperm, xylem,
phloem, epidermis,
taproot, fibrous root,
stomata, sepals,
petals, stamen, pistil,
stigma, ovary,
dormant,
chlorophyll, cellular
respiration, stomata,
transpiration,
tropism,
phototropism,
gravitropism,
evergreen,
deciduous, hormones
Block
Standard(s)
4B
PE/ATE 7, 7a, 7c,
7e. 1, 1b, 2a, 2b,
5, 5a, 7b, 2c, 3,
3a,3d, 2a,
RST 2, 6, 7
WHST 2,4, 6, 7
Topic(s)/
Essential
Question(s)
What are the
characteristics of
animals? What is the
difference between
learned and innate
behavior? How do
animals
communicate?
Content/Materials
Animals, Invertebrates
Chapter 13, 14
Scientific Arguments
Assessments
Test bank
Vertebrate, Invertebrate,
animal behavior,
communication
Academic
Vocabulaty
Vertebrate,
invertebrate,
multicellular,
embryo, tissue,
organ, consumer,
predator, prey,
camouflage, innate
behavior, learned
behavior, migrate,
hibernation,
estivation, biological
clock, circadian
rhythm, navigate,
landmark, bilateral
symmetry, radial
symmetry,
asymmetrical,
ganglia, gut, coelom,
medusa, polyp,
parasite, host,
exoskeleton,
compound eye,
antennae, mandible,
metamorphosis,
endoskeleton, water
vascular system,
Block
Standard(s)
4C
PE/ATE 7, 7a, 7d,
5, 5c, 2a, 4e, 5a,
6, 7, 7b, 7c, 3, 3c,
4, 4e, 5, 5c, 3a,
RST 2, 6, 7
WHST 2,4,6, 7
Topic(s)/
Essential
Question(s)
What is a chordates?
What are fish? What
is the difference
between amphibians
and reptiles? Why
are birds like reptiles?
What are
characteristics of
mammals?
Content/Materials
Fish and Birds
Chapter 15, Chapter 16
Arguments
Assessments
Test bank
Vertebrate, classification
of fish, amphibians,
reptiles, birds, mammals,
Academic
Vocabulaty
Endotherm,
ectotherm, fins,
scales, lateral line
system, gills,
external fertilization,
internal fertilization,
denticles, swim
bladder, lung,
tadpole,
metamorphosis,
therapsid, amniotic
egg, down feather,
contour feather,
preening, lift,
brooding, precocial
chick, altricial chick,
therapsid, mammary
glands, diaphragm,
monotreme,
marsupial, placental
mammal, placenta,
gestation period,
carnivore, primate