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High School Curriculum
Science - VA: Biology

Research and Inquiry
Investigations: Plan/Perform
The learner will be able to review experimental design where variables are assigned and explorations are formulated to test hypotheses. practice making hypotheses based on cause and efect relationships (BIO.1.c).
Bloom's Scope Activities
  Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, activities associated with [Resource Manual]
  Assessment Resources
 
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, activities associated with [Resource Manual]
  
Investigations: Plan/Perform/Hypotheses
The learner will be able to plan and perform investigations where hypotheses are created on the basis of observations (BIO.1.b).
Bloom's Scope Activities
  Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, activities associated with [Resource Manual]
  Assessment Resources
 
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, activities associated with [Resource Manual]
  
Investigations: Plan/Perform/Research
The learner will be able to plan and perform investigations where research is utilized on the basis of popular and scientific literature (BIO.1.j).
Bloom's Scope Activities
  Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, activities associated with [Resource Manual]
  Assessment Resources
 
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, activities associated with [Resource Manual]
  
Investigations: Plan/Perform
The learner will be able to plan and perform investigations where graphing and mathematical calculations are utilized as means for data interpretation (BIO.1.d).
Bloom's Scope Activities
  Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, activities associated with [Resource Manual]
  Assessment Resources
 
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, activities associated with [Resource Manual]
  
Investigations: Plan/Perform/Conclusions
The learner will be able to plan and perform investigations where conclusions are made on the basis of recorded quantitative and qualitative data (BIO.1.e).
Bloom's Scope Activities
  Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, activities associated with [Resource Manual]
  Assessment Resources
 
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, activities associated with [Resource Manual]
  
Investigations: Plan/Perform/Error
The learner will be able to plan and perform investigations where the effect of sources of error that is implicit in experimental design is recognized and minimized (BIO.1.f).
Bloom's Scope Activities
  Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, activities associated with [Resource Manual]
  Assessment Resources
 
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, activities associated with [Resource Manual]
  
Investigations: Plan/Perform/Validity
The learner will be able to plan and perform investigations where the validity of data is found out (BIO.1.g).
Bloom's Scope Activities
  Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, activities associated with [Resource Manual]
  Assessment Resources
 
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, activities associated with [Resource Manual]
  
Investigations: Plan/Perform
The learner will be able to plan and perform investigations where alternative explanations and models are identified and interpreted (BIO.1.h).
Bloom's Scope Activities
  Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, activities associated with [Resource Manual]
  Assessment Resources
 
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, activities associated with [Resource Manual]
  
Investigations: Plan/Perform/Technology
The learner will be able to plan and perform investigations where the correct technology is utilized for collecting and interpreting data and expressing results (BIO.1.i).
Bloom's Scope Activities
  Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, activities associated with [Resource Manual]
  Assessment Resources
 
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, activities associated with [Resource Manual]
  
Investigations: Plan/Perform
The learner will be able to plan and perform investigations where observations of organisms are recorded in the lab and field. recognize experimental constants and independent/dependent variables (BIO.1.a).
Bloom's Scope Activities
  Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, activities associated with [Resource Manual]
  Assessment Resources
 
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, activities associated with [Resource Manual]
  
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Life Science
Biology: History
The learner will be able to explore and comprehend the history of biological ideas (BIO.2).
Bloom's Scope Activities
  Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology, Addison-Wesley, 2nd edition 1996, Frontiers of Medicine xiii-xiv [Textbook]
students will read and answer questions about past and present biological ideas
  
Biology: Scientists
The learner will be able to understand the teamwork of scientists in the past and present: Darwin, Mendel, Hooke, Mayr, Lamarck, Hardy/Weinberg, Watson/Crick (BIO.2.e).
Bloom's Scope Activities
Application Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, important scientists in biology [Resource Manual]
· middleschoolscience.com, chemistry link [web site]
  Assessment Resources
 
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, important scientists in biology [Resource Manual]
  
Biochemistry: Principles
The learner will be able to explore and comprehend the biochemical principles that are required for life (BIO.3).
Bloom's Scope Activities
  Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology, Addison-Wesley, 2nd edition 1996, pages 38-60 [Textbook]
students will have a basic understanding of chemical reactions and organic chemistry
  
Biochemistry: Water
The learner will be able to understand the chemistry of water and how it affects life processes. review atoms, molecules, elements, compounds, and bonding of water molecules. understand pH, diffusion, osmosis (BIO.3.a).
Bloom's Scope Activities
  Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology, Addison-Wesley, 2nd edition 1996, pages 41-44 and pH demonstration [Textbook]
students will observe the 3 main characteristics of water:
· middleschoolscience.com, chemistry link [web site]
  
Biochemistry: Enzymes/Understand
The learner will be able to understand the structure and function of enzymes (BIO.3.c).
Bloom's Scope Activities
Application Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology, Addison-Wesley, 2nd edition 1996, pages 58-59 & liver experiment [Textbook]
· middleschoolscience.com, chemistry link [web site]
  
Biochemistry: Macromolecules
The learner will be able to understand the structure and function of macromolecules (lipds, carbohydrates, proteins, nucleic acids). review the six elements of living organisms (carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorous, sulpher). understand how temperature and pH affect cell function (BIO.3.b).
Bloom's Scope Activities
Application Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology, Addison-Wesley, 2nd edition 1996, chapter 4 - organic chemistry [Textbook]
· middleschoolscience.com, chemistry link [web site]
  
Cells: Theory
The learner will be able to understand evidence that substantiates the cell theory (BIO.2.a).
Bloom's Scope Activities
Application Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology, Addison-Wesley, 2nd edition 1996, page 65 [Textbook]
· middleschoolscience.com, life science link [web site]
  
Cells: Model
The learner will be able to make models of the cell membrane, cell communication, and cell recognition (BIO4.d).
Bloom's Scope Activities
  Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, osmosis lab (potatoes) [Resource Manual]
· Library, Video [Video]
video-cellular function
· models, cell model/chart [Model or Chart]
· middleschoolscience.com, life science link [web site]
  Assessment Resources
 
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, osmosis lab (potatoes) [Resource Manual]
  
Cells: Single/Prokaryotes
The learner will be able to understand characterizing prokaryotes focusing on organelles and origin of life [BIO.4.a).
Bloom's Scope Activities
Application Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, origin of life [Resource Manual]
· middleschoolscience.com, life science link [web site]
  Assessment Resources
 
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, origin of life [Resource Manual]
  
Cells: Single/Whole
The learner will be able to make interpretations about the actions of a single cell verses the whole organism (BIO.4.c).
Bloom's Scope Activities
Application Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology, Addison-Wesley, 2nd edition 1996, chapter 5 [Textbook]
· middleschoolscience.com, life science link [web site]
  
Cells: Multiple/Eukaryotes
The learner will be able to investigate the diversity and differences among eukaryotes focusing on organelles. differentiate between plant and animal cells (BIO.4.b).
Bloom's Scope Activities
  Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, diagrams of plant/animal cells [Resource Manual]
· middleschoolscience.com, life science link [web site]
  Assessment Resources
 
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, diagrams of plant/animal cells [Resource Manual]
  
Cells: Mitosis/Meiosis/Sex Cell
The learner will be able to understand the formation of sex cells through meiosis (BIO.6.b).
Bloom's Scope Activities
Application Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology, Addison-Wesley, 2nd edition 1996, pages 116-123, 132-33 [Textbook]
· Biology transparencies, Addison-Wesley, 2nd 1996, meiosis [Transparencies]
· middleschoolscience.com, life science link [web site]
  
Cells: Division
The learner will be able to understand body cell division through mitosis (BIO.6.a).
Bloom's Scope Activities
Application Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology, Addison-Wesley, 2nd edition 1996, pages 108, 110-16, 171, 670 [Textbook]
· Biology transparencies, Addison-Wesley, 2nd 1996, mitosis [Transparencies]
· middleschoolscience.com, life science link [web site]
  
Cells: Function and Structure: Relate
The learner will be able to explore and comprehend the interactions between cell structure and function (BIO.4.).
Bloom's Scope Activities
  Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, edible cells [Resource Manual]
· middleschoolscience.com, life science link [web site]
  Assessment Resources
 
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, edible cells [Resource Manual]
  
Cells: Specialization/Understand
The learner will be able to understand cell specialization (BIO.6.c).
Bloom's Scope Activities
Application Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology, Addison-Wesley, 2nd edition 1996, chapter 5 [Textbook]
· middleschoolscience.com, life science link [web site]
  
Heredity: Laws
The learner will be able to predict inheritance of characteristics using Mendel's laws of inheritance and utilizing Punnett Squares. differentiate between dominant/recessive and genotype/phenotype (BIO.6.d).
Bloom's Scope Activities
Application Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology, Addison-Wesley, 2nd edition 1996, chapter 8 [Textbook]
· Biology transparencies, Addison-Wesley, 2nd 1996, genetics (punnett square activity) [Transparencies]
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, genetics section [Resource Manual]
· http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/, associated links [web site]
  Assessment Resources
 
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, genetics section [Resource Manual]
  
Protein Synthesis: Understand/Events
The learner will be able to understand the importance of DNA sequence in cells and the events that are necessary to make proteins BIO.6.f).
Bloom's Scope Activities
Comprehension Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology, Addison-Wesley, 2nd edition 1996, pages 172, 178-187 [Textbook]
  
Heredity: Protein Synthesis
The learner will be able to explore and comprehend the common ways that inheritance and protein synthesis take place (BIO.6).
Bloom's Scope Activities
  Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology transparencies, Addison-Wesley, 2nd 1996, protein synthesis [Transparencies]
· http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/, associated links [web site]
  
Heredity: DNA/Evolution
The learner will be able to understand the evolution and structure of DNA: double helix shape, nitrogenous base pairs (A<T<C<G), and 5-Carbon sugar/phosphate backbone (BIO.2.d).
Bloom's Scope Activities
Application Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· models, DNA model [Model or Chart]
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, supplemental worksheets [Resource Manual]
· http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/, associated links [web site]
  Assessment Resources
 
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, supplemental worksheets [Resource Manual]
  
Heredity: Genetics/Mutations
The learner will be able to understand the impact of genetic recombination and mutation (BIO.6.e).
Bloom's Scope Activities
Application Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology, Addison-Wesley, 2nd edition 1996, chapters 9 & 11 [Textbook]
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, critical thinking exercises [Resource Manual]
· http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/, associated links [web site]
  Assessment Resources
 
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, critical thinking exercises [Resource Manual]
  
Heredity: DNA/Technology
The learner will be able to investigate the effect of DNA technologies in gene identification/modification and genetic engineering (BIO.6.g).
Bloom's Scope Activities
  Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, current genetic engineering issues/articles [Resource Manual]
· http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/, associated links [web site]
  Assessment Resources
 
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, current genetic engineering issues/articles [Resource Manual]
  
Fossil: Record/Analysis
The learner will be able to understand fossil record analysis (BIO. 7.b).
Bloom's Scope Activities
Application Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· Westmoreland State Park, guest speaker [Guest Speaker]
· earthscience.com, associated links [web site]
  
Population: Change/Fossil
The learner will be able to investigate evidence for population change in fossil records (BIO.8.a).
Bloom's Scope Activities
  Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· Westmoreland State Park, guest speaker [Guest Speaker]
possible field trip opportunity
  
Population: Change/Species
The learner will be able to investigate how new species come into existance (BIO.8.d).
Bloom's Scope Activities
  Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· Darwin's Finches, supplemental worksheet and beak demonstration, Darwin's finches inc. beak demonstration/activity [Teaching Strategies]
students will understand the adaptations of organisms with their environments
· Biology, Addison-Wesley, 2nd edition 1996, chapter 14 [Textbook]
  
Population: Change/Survival
The learner will be able to explore how changes in traits, reproductive strategies, and environmental pressures affect population dynamics (BIO.8.b).
Bloom's Scope Activities
  Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology, Addison-Wesley, 2nd edition 1996, Population Ecology inc. supplemental worksheets [Textbook]
students will examine the effects of environmental factors on a population's survival
  
Population: Change/Natural Selection
The learner will be able to identify how adaptations cause Darwin's theory of natural selection (BIO.8.c).
Bloom's Scope Activities
Application Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· Library, video [Video]
  
Population: Change/How
The learner will be able to explore and comprehend how populations alter over time (BIO.8).
Bloom's Scope Activities
  Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology, Addison-Wesley, 2nd edition 1996, Population graphs ex. growth, s-shaped , boom/bust [Textbook]
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, population ecology section [Resource Manual]
  Assessment Resources
 
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, population ecology section [Resource Manual]
  
Growth & Development: Liken/Steps
The learner will be able to differentiate between the developmental stages in various organisms (BIO.7.c).
Bloom's Scope Activities
Analysis Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology, Addison-Wesley, 2nd edition 1996, chapter 48 [Textbook]
  
Growth & Development: Descriptions
The learner will be able to understand scientific descriptions of the development of living things over the course of time (BIO.2.b).
Bloom's Scope Activities
Application Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology, Addison-Wesley, 2nd edition 1996, chapter 48 [Textbook]
  
Ecosystems: Succession/Patterns
The learner will be able to understand succession patterns in ecosystems (BIO.9.c).
Bloom's Scope Activities
Application Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· succession, Modern Biology Textbook, succession unit inc. question packet [Textbook]
  
Ecosystems: Populations
The learner will be able to understand the relationships within and between populations including carrying capacity, limiting factors and growth curves. differentiate between abiotic and biotic factors in the environment (BIO.9.a).
Bloom's Scope Activities
  Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, population dynamics worksheets [Resource Manual]
  Assessment Resources
 
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, population dynamics worksheets [Resource Manual]
  
Ecosystems: Local
The learner will be able to interpret local ecosystems (BIO.9.e).
Bloom's Scope Activities
Analysis Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology, Addison-Wesley, 2nd edition 1996, unit 9 [Textbook]
students will identify local ecosystems - marine & freshwater
  
Ecosystems: Energy/Cycle
The learner will be able to understand nutrient cycling concurrently with energy flow through an ecosystem [BIO.9.b).
Bloom's Scope Activities
Application Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology, Addison-Wesley, 2nd edition 1996, chapter 46 [Textbook]
· Biology transparencies, Addison-Wesley, 2nd 1996, water cycle, n-cycle, co2/o2 cycle, etc. [Transparencies]
  
Ecosystems: Equilibria
The learner will be able to explore and comprehend dynamic equilibria in populations, communities and ecosystems BIO.9).
Bloom's Scope Activities
  Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, food chains/webs, cycles (carbon/oxygen/nitrogen) [Resource Manual]
· Biology transparencies, Addison-Wesley, 2nd 1996, cycles [Transparencies]
  Assessment Resources
 
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, food chains/webs, cycles (carbon/oxygen/nitrogen) [Resource Manual]
  
Ecosystems: Impact
The learner will be able to understand the impact of natural and human activities on ecosystems including competition (BIO.9.d).
Bloom's Scope Activities
Application Master Classroom
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Resource Book, Beck/Blankenship, 2003, limiting resources [Resource Manual]
  Assessment Resources