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1 Module 1 Teaching Days: 0 Test: 10/16/2015 Remediation Days: 0 LS LS LS LS LS LS LS LS LS LS LS LS LS.3.8.4a LS.3.8.4b LS LS LS LS Illustrate the hierarchical relationships of cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, and organisms Identify different types of single-celled organisms: protists, bacteria Relate the effect of bacteria on oral health Describe and illustrate single-celled organisms found in pond water Use a dichotomous key to classify organisms found in pond water Compare and contrast characteristics of unicellular organisms and multi-cellular organisms Classify cells as eukaryotic or prokaryotic Identify and describe similarities and differences among organisms of different, but closely related taxa (e.g., pine trees, big cats, rodents, ungulates) Investigate careers, scientists, and historical breakthroughs related to organisms Identify and explain why inherited characteristics of living things depend on genes Differentiate between dominant and recessive traits Observe and classify traits as dominant or recessive: tongue rolling, detached earlobes, widow's peak, hitchhiker's thumb, dimples, unibrow Differentiate among observed inherited traits and acquired traits of plants Differentiate among observed inherited traits and acquired traits of animals Interpret simple genetic crosses using Punnett Squares Predict patterns that emerge from simple genetic crosses Conduct investigations demonstrating that the phenotype of a genetic trait is the result of genotype Explain how genetic variation within a species is a result of dominant traits and recessive traits Page 1 of 9

2 Module 1 Teaching Days: 0 Test: 10/16/2015 Remediation Days: 0 LS LS a LS b LS LS LS LS LS LS LS LS PS Compare and contrast patterns of embryological development for all vertebrates, including humans Distinguish between characteristics of plants through selective breeding Distinguish between characteristics of animals through selective breeding Investigate careers, scientists, and historical breakthroughs related to genetics Compare the theory of evolution to the characteristics of a scientific theory Identify basic ideas related to biological evolution: diversity of species, variations within species, adaptations, natural selection, extinction of a species Explain that the fossil record provides evidence of life forms appearance, diversification, and extinction Explain the process of natural selection Identify genetic traits that make organisms more likely to survive and reproduce in a particular environment Investigate careers, scientists, and historical breakthroughs related to natural selection and the fossil record Analyze the effect of changes in environmental conditions on the survival of individual organisms and entire species Compare the atomic theory to the characteristics of a scientific theory 30 SLEs End of Module 1 Page 2 of 9

3 Module 2 Teaching Days: 0 Test: 12/8/2015 Remediation Days: 0 PS PS PS PS PS.6.8.1a PS.6.8.1b PS.6.8.1c PS.6.8.1d PS PS PS Explain the structure of atoms Determine the number of protons, neutrons, and electrons in an atom Create atomic models of common elements Investigate scientists, careers, and historical breakthroughs related to the atomic theory Model how motion and forces change Earth s surface: compression Model how motion and forces change Earth s surface: tension Model how motion and forces change Earth s surface: weathering Model how motion and forces change Earth s surface: erosion Conduct investigations demonstrating the field force (lines of force) in magnetic fields Design and conduct investigations applying variables affecting the strength of an electromagnet Analyze and compare the relationship between electricity and magnetism PS Investigate careers, scientists, and historical breakthroughs related to motion and forces that change Earth s surface PS.7.8.1a Construct open and closed electrical circuits: series circuits PS.7.8.1b PS PS PS PS PS.7.8.6a PS.7.8.6b Construct open and closed electrical circuits: parallel circuits Describe and diagram open and closed series and parallel circuits Compare and contrast open and closed series circuits and parallel circuits Conduct investigations demonstrating the characteristics of a wave: wavelength, frequency, speed, amplitude Conduct investigations of longitudinal and transverse waves to determine how they are different Explain how energy is transferred through waves: seismic waves Explain how energy is transferred through waves: sound waves Page 3 of 9

4 Module 2 Teaching Days: 0 Test: 12/8/2015 Remediation Days: 0 PS.7.8.6c PS.7.8.6d PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS PS Explain how energy is transferred through waves: water waves Explain how energy is transferred through waves: electromagnetic waves Describe how waves travel through different kinds of media Differentiate among reflection, refraction, and absorption of various types of waves Describe and diagram the electromagnetic spectrum Analyze the electromagnetic spectrum Investigate examples of real world uses of the electromagnetic spectrum Conduct investigations demonstrating the separation of white light into its spectrum using refraction Compare ways to transfer information: sound, light, radio, microwave energy Investigate careers, scientists, and historical breakthroughs related to waves and the electromagnetic spectrum Compare the atomic theory to the characteristics of a scientific theory Note: Resources for the standards in this module are available through the mytli application. 31 SLEs End of Module 2 Page 4 of 9

5 Module 3 Teaching Days: 0 Test: 2/12/2016 Remediation Days: 0 ESS ESS ESS ESS.8.8.4a ESS.8.8.4b ESS.8.8.4c ESS.8.8.4d ESS ESS ESS Analyze the causes and predict the consequences of global warming on the following: weather, temperature, ocean water levels Investigate how global patterns of water currents influence local weather: Gulf Stream, Atlantic Currents, California Current Conduct investigations to compare and contrast different landforms found on Earth: mountains, plateaus, plains Synthesize and model the result of both constructive and destructive forces on land forms: deposition Synthesize and model the result of both constructive and destructive forces on land forms: erosion Synthesize and model the result of both constructive and destructive forces on land forms: weathering Synthesize and model the result of both constructive and destructive forces on land forms: crustal deformation Compare and contrast the different landforms caused by Earth s external forces: plains, canyons, deltas, valleys, swamps Research local, regional, and state landforms created by external forces on Earth: Gulf Coastal Plain, Arkansas River Valley, Mississippi Alluvial Plain, including the delta region, Crowley's Ridge Use topographic maps to identify surface features of Earth Page 5 of 9

6 Module 3 Teaching Days: 0 Test: 2/12/2016 Remediation Days: 0 ESS ESS ESS ESS ESS ESS ESS ESS ESS ESS ESS ESS ESS ESS Demonstrate an understanding of the agents of erosion: gravity, water, ice, wind, animals, including humans Using models of rivers, predict changes when variables, such as load, slope, amount of water, or the composition of a stream bed, are changed through erosion or deposition Explain how weathering and erosion affect the oceans salinity Investigate careers, scientists, and historical breakthroughs related to external forces that change the Earth Investigate the types of weathering involved in the breakdown of organic and inorganic components of Earth s surface Illustrate soil profiles Apply knowledge of soil profiles to local soil samples Investigate the formation of soil types Identify components of soil as inorganic or organic through investigations Identify the basic nutrients needed by plants that are present in soils: nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium Identify ways plants use organic and inorganic components in the soil Investigate and analyze the composition of a variety of soils Conduct investigations on soil permeability Explain processes that have changed Earth s surface that have resulted from sudden events (e.g., earthquakes and volcanoes) and gradual changes (e.g., uplift, erosion, and weathering) Page 6 of 9

7 Module 3 Teaching Days: 0 Test: 2/12/2016 Remediation Days: 0 ESS ESS.9.8.3a ESS.9.8.3b ESS ESS ESS ESS ESS ESS ESS ESS ESS ESS Analyze how rock sequences may be disturbed by the following: erosion, deposition, igneous intrusion, folding, faulting, uplifting Explain how scientists determine the relative ages of fossils found in layers of sedimentary rock: law of superposition Explain how scientists determine the relative ages of fossils found in layers of sedimentary rock: law of crosscutting Apply geologic laws of superposition and cross-cutting to determine the relative age of rock in a cross section Summarize the effects of gravity on bodies in space Identify variables that affect the amount of gravitational force between two objects: mass of the objects, distance between the objects Relate the effects of the moon s gravitational force on Earth s ocean tides Identify the causes of the following: high tides, low tides, spring tides, neap tides Define the terms galaxy and universe Illustrate the appearance of galaxies as seen through a telescope: clarity, shape Compare and contrast the Milky Way Galaxy to other galaxies Illustrate the position of our solar system within the Milky Way Galaxy Investigate careers, scientists, and historical breakthroughs related to gravity, galaxies, and the universe 37 SLEs End of Module 3 Page 7 of 9

8 Module 4 Teaching Days: 0 Test: 3/2/2016 Remediation Days: 0 NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS NS Justify conclusions based on appropriate and unbiased observations Evaluate the merits of empirical evidence based on experimental design: hypothesis, replication, sample size, appropriate use of control, use of standardized independent and dependent variables Formulate a testable problem using experimental design Analyze a set of scientific data using mean, median, mode, and range using SI units Suggest solutions to real world problems by analyzing scientific data in: data tables/charts, histograms, circle graphs, scatter plots, stem and leaf plots, line and double line, graphs by approximating line of best fit Formulate inferences based on scientific data Communicate results and conclusions from scientific inquiry following peer review Develop and implement strategies for long-term, accurate data collection Generate questions that can and cannot be answered by science Explain the role of peer review, evidence, and modification in the development of a theory Evaluate the merit of hypotheses, laws, and theories Note: Resources for the standards in this module are available through the mytli application. 11 SLEs End of Module 4 Page 8 of 9

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