Unit Topic: Genetic Engineering Days to Teach: 2 Day 6H Describe how techniques such as DNA fingerprinting, genetic modifications and chromosomal analysis are used to study the genome of organisms. Classification and Taxonomy 1. Know ways in which living things can be classified based on each organism s internal and external structure, development, and relatedness of DNA sequences. (College and Career Readiness How do changes in DNA affect the resulting protein? What are the implications of these changes? : Emphasize: Duplication, Insertion, Translocation, and Inversion, Genetic engineering refers to the process of a. creating new DNA molecules from nucleotide sequences. b. rearranging nucleotides in a gene of an organism so that new traits appear in the development of an embryo. c. moving genes from a chromosome of one organism to a chromosome of a different organism. d. building a new species by combining genes of different organisms. Karyotype, DNA fingerprint, genetic engineering, genetic modification, genome Activities Human Genome Activity: Laying the foundation: Recombination Lab Laying the foundation: Plasmid Lab http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rul es/tac/chapter074/ch074a.ht 2F 3E Advance Organizers Partner Reading Human Genome Laying the Foundation: Biology Unit Topic: Evolution Days to Teach: 5 Days 7A Analyze and evaluate how evidence of common ancestry among groups is provided by the fossil records, biogeography, homologies, including anatomical, molecular and developmental. What is the difference between homologous and analogous structures? Natural selection generates a. changes in the environment. b. plants and animals to Homologous structure, analogous structure, Activities Peppered Moth Simulation http://biologycorner.c om/worksheets/peppe rmoth_paper.ht United Streaming: Icons of science: Evolution United Streaming Video: Great Books: The Origin of Species 7A Evidence of Common
7B Analyze and evaluate scientific explanations concerning any data of sudden appearance, stasis, & sequential nature of groups in the fossil record. EOC Supporting Standard) 7C Analyze and evaluate how natural selection produces change in populations, not individuals. 7D Analyze and evaluate how the elements of natural selection including inherited variation, the potential of a population to produce more offspring that can survive, and a finite supply of environmental resources, results in differential reproductive success 7E Analyze and evaluate the relationship of natural selection to adaptation and to the development of diversity in and among species. What are some of the reasons for the differences between organisms? What are some of the results of natural selection? What are the different reasons species are successful today? What are the effects of other evolutionary mechanisms on today s species? produce more offspring than can survive. c. changes in the frequency of certain alleles in a population d. All of the above embryology, vestigial structure, fossil record, natural selection, population, evolution, inherited variations, reproduction, adaptation, diversity, genetic drift, gene flow, mutation, and recombination http://ritter.tea.state.t x.us/rules/tac/chapter 074/ch074a.ht 3E Question Answer 4G World Knowledge Activities Modeling Natural Selection http://www.biologyc orner.com/worksheet s/naturalselection.ht http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rul es/tac/chapter074/ch074a.ht 3E 2I Manipulatives Question Answer Sex and Guppy Computer Simulation Ancestry Video: http://teachertube.com/viewvid o.php?video_id=270756 APPS: I Tunes U TASA Bio United Streaming Video: Biologix: Gene Frequencies, Natural Selection, and Speciation United Streaming Video: Adaptation and Natural Selection (5:24) Natural Selection (28:24) Prehistoric America: Ice Age Oasis (48:55) Guppy Similation
7F Analyze and evaluate the effect of other evolutionary mechanisms, including genetic drift, gene flow, mutation and recombination. C. Evolution and Population 1. Know multiple categories of evidence for evolutionary change and how this evidence is used to infer evolutionary relationships among organisms. 2. Recognize variations in populations sizes, including extinction, and describe mechanisms and conditions. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolu ion/sex/guppy/ed_pop.ht Guppy Simulation Worksheet http://www.biologycorner.com/ worksheets/guppy.ht 7E Natural Selection Video: http://www.educreations.com/le son/view/b-7-e-naturalselection/2386469/?s=oncvro ref=appemail APPS: I Tunes U TASA Bio Unit Topic: Ecology Days to Teach: 5 Day 12A: Interpret relationships, including predation, parasitism, commensalism, mutualism and competition among organisms. How is matter and energy transferred from one trophic level to the next? A relationship between a producer and consumer is best illustrated by a a. snake eating a bird. b. fox eating a mouse. c. lion eating a zebra d. zebra eating grass. Parasitism, commensalism, mutualism, symbiosis, Exemplar Lesson: Symbiosis TEKS 12A Activities Deer: Predation or Starvation http://www.biologyc orner.com/worksheet United Streaming Video: The Pond Community Ecology in Action (19:06) United Streaming Video: Life : Ecology (20:00) Build a Food Web: http://www.vtaide.com/png/foo
12C: Analyze the flow of matter and energy through trophic levels using various models, including food chains, food webs and ecological pyramids. How do living and non-living organisms interact in ecosystems? predator, prey, food web, food chain, food pyramid, s/predator_prey_grap hing.ht http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rul es/tac/chapter074/ch074a.ht 4F 4K Think, Pair, Share Graphic Organizers Learning Logs Think Aloud chains.htm Eco Relationships Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch v=ecky9w4nwju&edufilter= 2nXFUMaB1_cnY78uKT5qQ Strange Days on Planet Earth: Predators (51:02) 2. Know patterns of energy flow and material cycling in Earth s ecosystems. 11C: Summarize the role of microorganisms in both maintaining and disrupting the health of both organisms and ecosystems. 3. Understand typical forms of organismal behavior. energy pyramid, trophic level, omnivore, carnivore, herbivore, producer, consumer, (primary, secondary, tertiary), detritivore, Food Web: http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rul es/tac/chapter074/ch074a.ht 4F 3B Field Notes Guided Notes Draw & Write Discovery Learning The Unknown World (55:23) Sustainability in the 21 st Centur (24:26) Africa s Wild Oasis (55:22) APPS: I Tunes U TASA Bio - Posts/Materials
11B: Investigate and analyze how organisms, populations, and communities respond to external factors. decomposer B. Biochemistry 5. Know how organisms respond to presence or absence of oxygen, including mechanisms of fermentation. Unit Topic: Biogeochemical Cycles 12E: Describe the flow of How does matter matter through the carbon and flow in the carbon nitrogen cycles and explain and nitrogen cycle? the consequences of disrupting these cycles. Which of the following best reflects the nitrogen cycle? a. conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into usable organic compounds by bacteria Biogeochemical cycle, nitrogen cycle, carbon cycle, decay, decomposer, nitrogen fixation, nitrification, denitrification, urea, ammonia, nitrite, Exemplar Lesson Biogeochemical Cycle TEKS 12E Days to Teach: 2 Day All Exemplar Lessons are located on the Google Drive High School folder.
2. Know patterns of energy flow and material cycling in Earth s ecosystems. Unit Topic: Biomes b. conversion of nitrogen from decaying organisms into ammonia c. nitrogen fixation d. All of the above nitrate, reservoir, biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, sediments, organic, inorganic, precipitation, photosynthesis, lithosphere. APPS: I Tunes U TASA Bio - Posts/Materials Days to Teach: 2 Day 12B: Compare variations and adaptations of organisms in different ecosystems. 1. Identify Earth s major biomes, giving their locations, typical climate conditions, and characteristic organisms. 11B: Investigate and analyze how organisms, populations, and communities respond to external factors 12D: Recognize that long-term survival of species is dependent on changing resource bases that are limited. What are some variations and adaptations of organisms in different ecosystem? (Consider aquatic ecosystem, too.) What are the effects of environmental changes on populations, species, resources and ecosystems? Which of the following biomes is categorized by evergreen trees and mammals such as moose, bears, and lynx? a. taiga b. polar c. temperate deciduous forest d. tundra Students are expected to know the vocabulary terms: Tundra, grassland, taiga, forest, desert, niche, population, community, ecosystem, freshwater (lake, river, pond), brackish water(estuary), marine (different depth), adaptation, biotic, abiotic, resource, limited resources, carrying capacity, primary succession, Exemplar Lesson Biomes TEKS 12 B,F Activities: Biome Brochure: http://www.biologyjuncti on.com/biomebrochure.d oc http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/ rules/tac/chapter074/ch07 4a.ht 4I Guided Notes Partner Reading 3B Graphic Organizers Draw & Write Text: Biology, Holt, 2015 All Exemplar Lessons are located on the Google Drive High Schoo Folder. United Streaming Video: Elements of Biology: Biomes: The Adaptations of Organisms Africa s Wild Oasis (55:22) APPS: I Tunes U TASA Bio - Posts/Materials
3. Understand typical forms of organismal behavior. 4. Know the process of succession. secondary succession. Ecological Succession: http://www.biologycorner.com/worksheets/examini ng_stages_succession.htm l Exemplar Lesson: Population Ecology TEKS 11D All Exemplar Lessons are located on the Google Drive High School folder. 11D: Describe how events and processes that occur during ecological succession can change populations and species diversity. C. Evolution and Population 1. Know multiple categories of evidence of evolutionary change and how this evidence is used to infer evolutionary relationships among organisms. 2. Recognize variations in population sizes including extinction, and describe mechanisms and conditions that produce these variations. 12F: Describe how http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/ rules/tac/chapter074/ch07 4a.ht 4G 4F Think, Pair, Share Instr. Conversation Think Aloud Field Notes Plant and Animal Mini- Ecosystem http://www.biologycorner.com/worksheets/ecosyste m.ht http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/ rules/tac/chapter074/ch07 4a.ht 4F 1C Manipulatives Field Notes Learning Log Ecological Succession: http://www.educreations.c om/lesson/view/b-11-dsuccession/2379046/?s=8i qf1g&ref=appemail
environmental change can impact ecosystem stability. Discovery Learning Eco Stability Video: http://www.educreations.com/le son/view/b12f-take- 2/2389808/?s=TY9xYh&ref=ap pemail