Biology 3-4 Essential Questions: 1. How does the process of evolution drive the unity and diversity of life? 2. How do biological systems utilize free energy and molecular building blocks to grow, reproduce and maintain dynamic homeostasis? 3. How do living systems store, retrieve, transmit, and respond to information essential to life processes? 4. How do biological systems interact and how do they possess emergent properties? From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes Anchor Standard 1: Students will analyze how organisms live, grow, respond to their environment, and reproduce. HS-LS1-1A: Students will develop and use a model to illustrate the hierarchical organization of interacting systems that provide specific functions within organisms. Prior Background Knowledge Students will know Students will understand taxonomy discuss Linnaeus s levels of organization living things are contribution to N/A (kingdoms and domains) organized for study. classification. taxonomic keys each organism is tell the difference assigned a universally between common names accepted name. and scientific names. Vocabulary: Linnaeus binomial nomenclature there are six kingdoms and 3 domains. taxonomic keys are used to distinguish among similar organisms. list the kingdoms and domains. use a taxonomic key to distinguish among similar organisms. Board Adopted March 27, 2017 1
HS-LS1-1B: Students will develop and use a model to illustrate the hierarchical organization of interacting systems that provide specific functions of bacteria and viruses. Prior Background Knowledge Students will know Students will understand distinguishing features of differentiate between the bacteria kingdoms. bacteria are separated bacteria kingdoms. distinguish between differences between the into two kingdoms. construct a model of a prokaryotes and lytic cycle and the viruses have a specific typical virus. eukaryotes. lysogenic cycle. structure. compare and contrast the structure of a virus. viruses reproduce in a lytic and lysogenic cycle. infectious diseases. variety of ways. describe how bacterial antibiotic use. bacteria and viruses can cause and viral infections occur. infections/diseases. discuss the treatment of antibiotics work on bacterial infections (not viral infections). bacterial and viral infections/diseases. Board Adopted March 27, 2017 2
HS-LS1-1C: Students will develop and use a model to illustrate the hierarchical organization of interacting systems that provide specific functions within the Protista kingdom. Prior Background Knowledge Students will know Students will understand distinguishing features of categorize protists as the major phyla of protists is a diverse either animal like or explain the role of protists. kingdom, including all plant like, or fungus like. chlorophyll. protists structures and eukaryotic organisms distinguish between heterotrophs and functions. that are neither animals, nor plants, nor autotrophs. protists are classified as plant like, animal like, or fungus like. animal like protists are grouped according to how they move. plant like protists are grouped according to their accessory pigments. HS-LS1-1D: Students will develop and use a model to illustrate the hierarchical organization of interacting systems that provide specific functions within the Fungi kingdom. Prior Background Knowledge Students will know Students will understand defining features of distinguish between fungi is a diverse organisms of various N/A internal structure of kingdom including phyla. eukaryotic heterotrophic organisms that have cell walls composed of chitin. identify the structures of Board Adopted March 27, 2017 3
HS-LS1-1E: Students will develop and use a model to illustrate the hierarchical organization of interacting systems that provide specific functions of living organisms. Prior Background Knowledge Students will know Students will understand similarities and identify and distinguish differences in phyla. in multicellular between organisms of understand mitosis and structures of organisms organisms, there is a various phyla. meiosis and how they enable system of interacting compare and contrast the list the levels of life s functions. tissues and organs, characteristics that organization (cells, possible phyla might specialized for particular differentiate organisms tissues, organs, organ include: Porifera, functions. from each other. systems) Cnidaria, Mollusca, organisms are grouped investigate and describe Platyhelminthes, Nematoda, Annelida, Arthropoda, Echinodermata, together based on similarities in form and function. the structures and functions of organisms systems through dissections. Chordata, as well as Kingdom Plantae. explain differences in the essential functions of See appendix for vocab organisms. Board Adopted March 27, 2017 4
Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity Anchor Standard 2: Students will explain the reasoning for so many similarities among organisms yet so many different kinds of plants, animals, and microorganisms. HS-LS4-1: Students will communicate scientific information that common ancestry and biological evolution are supported by multiple lines of empirical evidence. Prior Background Knowledge Students will know evolutionary classification N/A Vocabulary phylogeny cladograms derived characters molecular clocks Students will understand different species are related. degree of relatedness varies between different species. use/construct evolutionary models. Board Adopted March 27, 2017 5