Biology

"The learner will . . ." || **Standard(s)** || **No. of Days** || **Vocabulary Terms** || **Resources** || **Student Learning Activities** || **Assessment** || **Language Arts Standard(s)** || Information || Know the steps of inquiry and the scientific method. || SC 1: I NQUIRY, THE NATURE OF SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY Students will combine scientific processes and knowledge with scientific reasoning and critical thinking to ask questions about phenomena and propose explanations based on gathered evidence. 1.1. Abilities to do Scientific Inquiry 12.1.1 Students will design and conduct investigations that lead to the use of logic and evidence in the formulation of scientific explanations and models. Scientific Controls and Variables 12.1.1.c Identify and manage variables and constraints || Aug. to May || Scientific method, Observation, Hypothesis, Prediction, Experiment, Control group, Experimental group, Independent variable, Dependent variable, Theory, || Text Handouts Charts, Notes || Questions, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Labs with write ups, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Worksheets || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Write Up, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Quizzes, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Tests ||  || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.1.1.c Identify and manage variables and constraints || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">See Vocab terms above. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Text <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Handouts <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Charts, Notes || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Questions, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Labs with write ups, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Worksheets || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Write Up, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Quizzes, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Tests, ||  || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Vocab terms from above || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Text, Handouts, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Worksheets, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Charts, Notes || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Questions, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Labs with write ups, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Worksheets || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Write Up, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Quizzes, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Tests ||  || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Also, be able to validate, or refute, a hypothesis using data gathered. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.1.1b Design and conduct logical and sequential scientific investigations with repeated trials and apply findings to new investigations <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Scientific Controls and Variables <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.1.1.c Identify and manage variables and constraints <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Scientific Tools <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.1.1.d Select and use lab equipment and technology appropriately and accurately <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Scientific Observations <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.1.1.e Use tools and technology to make detailed qualitative and quantitative observations <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Scientific Data Collection <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.1.1.f Represent and review collected data in a systematic, accurate, and objective manner <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Scientific Interpretations, Reflections, and Applications <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.1.1.g Analyze and interpret data, synthesize ideas, formulate and evaluate models, and clarify concepts and explanations <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.1.1.h Use results to verify or refute a hypothesis <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.1.1.i Propose and/or evaluate possible revisions and alternate explanations || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Aug. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">to <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">May || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Models, Bias || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Text, Handouts,
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 * || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">State some examples of good lab practices. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.1.1.b Design and conduct logical and sequential scientific investigations with repeated trials and apply findings to new investigations Scientific Controls and Variables
 * || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Explain the importance of the SI system of measurement || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mathematics 12.1.1.l Use appropriate mathematics in all aspects of scientific inquiry || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">1 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Metric System, Base Unit
 * || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Be able to collect scientific data, analyze and represent this data correctly.

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Charts, Notes || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Questions, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Labs with write ups, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Worksheets ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.1.1.j Share information, procedures, results, conclusions, and defend findings to a scientific community (peers, science fair audience, policy makers) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.1.3.e Communicate the problem, process, and solution <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.1.3.g Explain how science advances with the introduction of new technology || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Aug. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">to <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Nov || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Peer review || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Text, Handouts, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Worksheets,
 * || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Share scientific data using a variety of techniques. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Scientific Communication

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 * || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Know the requirements of life and how life is maintained due to homeostatic mechanisms. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.1.1 - By the end of twelfth grade, students will develop an understanding of systems, order, and organization.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Behavior || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">3 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Biology, Organization, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Cell, Unicellular, Multicellular, Organ, Tissue, Organelle, Biological molecule, Homeostatisis, Metabolism, Gene || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Text <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Handouts <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Charts, Notes || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Questions, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Labs with write ups, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Worksheets || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Write Up, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Quizzes, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Tests, ||  || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">of Organisms With Their Environment || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Classification- <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Dichotomous Keys || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Scientific Knowledege
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Ecology - The Interdependence

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.1.2.a Recognize that scientific explanations must be open to questions, possible modifications, and must be based upon historical and current scientific knowledge || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">3 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Biodiversity, Taxonomy, Taxon, Binomial nomenclature, Subspecies, Dichotomous <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">keys || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Text, Handouts, Notes, Charts || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Project with creating a dichotomous key || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Quizzes, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Tests ||  ||
 * || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Show the effects of interdependence upon organisms in their environment. Be able to identify the 5 levels of organization for studying ecology. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Flow of Energy 12.3.3.a Explain how the stability of an ecosystem is increased by biological diversity

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.1.1.g Analyze and interpret data, synthesize ideas, formulate and evaluate models, and clarify concepts and explanations || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Ecology, Interdependence, Ecological model, Biosphere, Ecosystem, Community, Population || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Text, Handouts, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Worksheets,

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 * || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Compare biotic and abiotic factors and how they affect organisms. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.3.3.c Explain how distribution and abundance of different organisms in ecosystems are limited by the availability of matter and energy and the ability of the ecosystem to recycle materials. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">5 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Habitat, Biotic factor, Abiotic factor, Tolerance curve, Acclimation, Conformer, Regulator,Dormancy, Migration, Niche, Generalist, Specialist, || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Text, Handouts, Notes, Charts || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Questions,
 * || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Summarize the role of producers in an ecosystem.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Identify several types of consumers in an ecosystem

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Explain the importance of decomposers in an ecosystem || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.3.3.a Explain how the stability of an ecosystem is increased by biological diversity

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.3.3.c Explain how distribution and abundance of different organisms in ecosystems are limited by the <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">availability of matter and energy and the ability of the ecosystem to recycle materials || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">5 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Producer, Chemosynthesis, Gross primary productivity, Biomass, Net primary productivity, Consumer Detritivore, Trophic level, Food web, Food chain, Producer, || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Text, Handouts, Notes, Charts || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Questions,Labs with write ups, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Worksheets || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Quizzes,Tests ||  || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">cycles.
 * || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">List 4 major biogeochemical

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Summarize 3 important processes in the water cycle.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Outline the major steps of the carbon cycle.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Describe the role of decomposers in the nitrogen cycle.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Summarize the major steps of the phosphorous cycle. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.3.3.b Recognize that atoms and molecules cycle among living and nonliving components of the biosphere

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.3.3.c Explain how distribution and abundance of different organisms in ecosystems are limited by the availability of matter and energy and the ability of the ecosystem to recycle materials

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.3.3.d Analyze factors which may influence environmental quality || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">8 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Biogeochemical cycle, Groundwater, Water cycle, Transpiration, Carbon cycle, Nitrogen cycle, Nitrogen fixation, Nitrogen-fixing bacteria, Ammonification, Nitrification, Denitrification, Phosphorous cycle || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Text, Handouts, Notes, Charts || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Questions,Labs with write ups, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Worksheets || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Quizzes,Tests ||  ||
 * || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Describe the main properties scientists measure when studying populations.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Compare 3 general patterns of population dispersion.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Compare the 3 general types of survivorship curves. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.3.3.a Explain how the stability of an ecosystem is increased by biological diversity

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.3.3.c Explain how distribution and abundance of different organisms in ecosystems are limited by the <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">availability of matter and energy and the ability of the ecosystem to recycle materials

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.3.4.a Identify different types of adaptations necessary for survival (morphological, physiological, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">behavioral)

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.3.4.b Recognize that the concept of biological evolution is a theory which explains the consequence of <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">the interactions of: (1) the potential for a species to increase its numbers, (2) the genetic variability of offspring due to mutation and recombination of genes, (3) a finite supply of the <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">resources required for life, and (4) the ensuing selection by the environment of those offspring <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">better able to survive and leave offspring

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.1.1.l Use appropriate mathematics in all aspects of scientific inquiry

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.1.3.a Propose designs and choose between alternative solutions of a problem

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.1.3.b Assess the limits of a technical design

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.1.3.c Implement the selected solution

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.1.3.d Evaluate the solution and its consequences

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.1.3.e Communicate the problem, process, and solution || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">10 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Population, Population density, Dispersion, Birth rate, Death rate, Life expectancy, Age structure, Survivorship curves, Growth Rate, Immigration, Emigration, Exponential model, Limiting factors, Logistic Model, Carrying capacity, Density-independent factor, Density-dependent factor, Inbreeding, Demographic transition || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Text, Handouts, Notes, Charts || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Questions, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Labs with write ups, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Worksheets || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Quizzes, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Tests ||  || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Chemistry of Life || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Explain the relationship between elements and atoms.
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Explain how compounds affect an elements stability.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Contrast covalent and ionic bonds.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Describe the role of reactants and products in chemical reactions.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Explain the relationship between enzymes and activation energy. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.2.1.a Recognize bonding occurs when outer electrons are transferred (ionic) or shared (covalent)

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.2.1.d Recognize a large number of chemical reactions involve the transfer of either electrons <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(oxidation/reduction) or hydrogen ions (acid/base) between reacting ions, molecules, or atoms

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.2.1.e Identify factors affecting rates of chemical reactions (temperature, particle size, surface area)

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.2.1.f Recognize the charges and relative locations of subatomic particles (neutrons, protons, electrons)

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.2.1.g Describe properties of atoms, ions, and isotopes || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">3 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Matter, Mass, Element, Atom, Nucleus, Proton, Neutron, Atomic number, Mass number, Electron, Orbital, Isotope, Compound, Chemical bond, Covalent bond, Molecule, Ion, Ionic bond, Energy, Chemical reaction, Reactant, Product, Metabolism, Activation energy, Catalyst, Enzyme, || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Text, Handouts, Notes, Charts || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Questions, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Labs with write ups, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Worksheets || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Quizzes, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Tests ||  ||
 * || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Distinguish between organic and inorganic compounds.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Explain the importance of carbon bonding in biological molecules.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Summarize how large carbon molecules are made and broken down.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Distinguish between different types of sugar.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Explain the relationship between amino acids and proteins.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Compare the different types of lipids.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Compare the nucleic acids DNA and RNA || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.3.1.a Identify the complex molecules (carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids) that make up living organisms

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.3.1 Students will investigate and describe the chemical basis of the growth, development, and maintenance of <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">cells. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">4 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Organic compound, Functional group, Monomer, Polymer, Macromolecule, Condensation reaction, Adenosine triphosphate (ATP), <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Carbohydrate, monosaccharide, Disaccharide, Polysaccharide, Protein, Amino acid, Peptide bond, Polypeptide, Enzyme, Lipid, Fatty acid, Phospholipid, Nucleic acid, Deoxyribonucleic acid, Ribonucleic acid, Nucleotide || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Text, Handouts, Notes, Charts || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Questions, Labs with write up, Worksheets || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Quizzes, Tests ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">4. Cellular Structure and Function || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Summarize the research leading to the development of the cell theory.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">State the 3 principles of the cell theory.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Explain why the cell is considered the basic unit of life

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Explain the relationship between cell shape and cell function.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Compare prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic cells.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Analyze the relationship between cells, tissues, organs, systems, and organisms

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">List and be able to explain the functions of the organelles located in the cytoplasm.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Describe the structure and function of the cell's plasma membrane.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">List 3 structures that present in plant cells but not in animal cells. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.1.2.d Research and describe the difficulties experienced by scientific innovators who had to overcome commonly held beliefs of their times to reach conclusions that we now take for granted

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.1.2.c Recognize that the work of science results in incremental advances, almost always building on prior knowledge, in our understanding of the world

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.1.2.a Recognize that scientific explanations must be open to questions, possible modifications, and <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">must be based upon historical and current scientific knowledge

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.3.1.b Identify the form and function of sub-cellular structures that regulate cellular activities

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.3.1 Students will investigate and describe the chemical basis of the growth, development, and maintenance of cells.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.3.1.a Identify the complex molecules (carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids) that make up living organisms || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">7 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Cell, Cell theory, Plasma membrane, Cytoplasm, Cytosol, Nucleus, Prokaryote, Eukaryote, Organelle, Tissue, Organ, Organ system, Phospholipid bilayer, Chromosome, Nuclear envelope, Nucleolus, Ribosome, Mitochondrion, Endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, Lysosome, Cytoskeleton, Microtubule, Microfilament, Centriole, Cilium, Flagellum, Cell wall, Central vacuole, Plastid, Chloroplast, Chlorophyll || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Text, Handouts, Notes, Charts || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Questions, Labs with write up, Worksheets || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Quizzes, Tests ||  ||
 * || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Describe the structure of a chromosome.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Identify the differences between prokaryotic chromosomes and eukaryotic chromosomes.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Explain the differences between sex-chromosomes and autosomes.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Distinguish between diploid and haploid cells.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Summarize the events of interphase.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Describe the stages of mitosis.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Explain how cell division is controlled.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Compare the end product of mitosis with that of meiosis.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Explain crossing-over and how it contributes to the production of unique individuals. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.3.2.b Describe the basic structure of DNA and its function in genetic inheritance

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.3.1.c Describe the cellular functions of photosynthesis, respiration, cell division, protein synthesis, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">transport of materials, and energy capture/release

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.3.2.c Recognize how mutations could help, harm, or have no effect on individual organisms || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">5 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Chromosome, Histone, Chromatid, Centromere, Chromatin, Sex-chromosome, Autosome, Homologous chromosome, Karyotype, Diploid, Haploid, Binary fission, Mitosis, Asexual reproduction, Meiosis, Gamete, Interphase, Cytokinesis, Prophase, Spindle fiber, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase, Cell plate, Synapsis, Tetrad, Crossing-over, Genetic recombination, Independent assortment, Oogenesis, Spermatogenesis, Polar body || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Text, Handouts, Notes, Charts || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Questions, Labs with write up, Worksheets || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Quizzes, Tests ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">6. Genetics and Inheritance Patterns || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Describe how Mendel was able to control how his pea plants were pollinated.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Describe the difference between dominant and recessive traits.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">State two laws of heredity that were developed from Mendel's work.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Describe how Mendel's results can be explained by scientific knowledge of genes and chromosomes.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Differentiate between genotype and phenotype.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Explain how to use probability to predict outcomes of certain genetic crosses.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Use a Punnett square to predict the outcomes of monohybrid and dihybrid crosses. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.3.2.a Identify that information passed from parents to offspring is coded in DNA molecules

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.3.2.b Describe the basic structure of DNA and its function in genetic inheritance

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.3.2.c Recognize how mutations could help, harm, or have no effect on individual organisms

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.3.2.d Describe that sexual reproduction results in a largely predictable, variety of possible gene combinations in the offspring of any two parents || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">15 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Genetics, Heredity, Trait, Pollination, Self-pollinating, Cross-pollinating, True-breeding, Dominant, Recessive, Law of segregation, Law of independent assortment, Molecular genetics, Allele, Filial generation, Parent generation, Genotype, Phenotype, Homozygous, Heterozygous, Probability, Monohybrid cross, Punnett square, Genotypic ratio, Phenotypic ratio, Testcross, Complete dominance, Incomplete dominance, Dihybrid cross || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Text, Handouts, Notes, Charts || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Questions, Labs with write up, Worksheets || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Quizzes, Tests ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">7. DNA, RNA and Protein Synthesis || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Evaluate the contributions of Watson and Crick and how Wilkins and Franklin helped.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Describe the three parts of a nucleotide.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Relate the role of the base-pairing rules to the structure of DNA.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Summarize the process of DNA replication

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Identify the role of enzymes in the replication of DNA

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Describe how complementary base pairing guides DNA replication.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Describe how errors are corrected during DNA replication.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Outline the flow of genetic information in cells from DNA to proteins.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Compare the structure of DNA with that of <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">RNA.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Summarize the process of transcription.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Identify the importance of learning about the human genome. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.3.1.b Identify the form and function of sub-cellular structures that regulate cellular activities <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.3.1.c Describe the cellular functions of photosynthesis, respiration, cell division, protein synthesis, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">transport of materials, and energy capture/release

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.3.2.b Describe the basic structure of DNA and its function in genetic inheritance

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.3.2.c Recognize how mutations could help, harm, or have no effect on individual organisms

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.3.4.c Explain how natural selection provides a scientific explanation of the fossil record and the <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">molecular similarities among the diverse species of living organisms || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">20 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Nucleotide, Deoxyribose, Nitrogen base, Purine, Pyrimidine, Base pairing rules, Complementary base pair, Base sequence, DNA replication, Helicase, Replication fork, DNA polymerase, Semi-conservative replication, Mutation, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Ribonucleic acid, Transcription, Translation, Protein synthesis, Messenger RNA, Transfer RNA, Ribosomal RNA, Genetic code, Codon, Anticodon, Genome, || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Text, Handouts, Notes, Charts || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Questions, Labs with write up, Worksheets || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Quizzes, Tests ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">8. Bacteria and Viruses || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Describe the common methods used to identify bacteria.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Explain the importance of nitrogen-fixing bacteria for many of Earth's ecosystems.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Compare the ways in which prokaryotes get energy and carbon.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">List three types of genetic recombination that prokaryotes use.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Describe ways in which bacteria cause disease.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Explain how bacteria can develop antibiotic resistance.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Identify reasons for recent increases in the numbers of certain bacterial infectious diseases.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Explain industrial uses for bacteria.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Describe why viruses are not considered living organisms.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Describe the basic structure of viruses.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Identify viral diseases that result in serious human illness.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Discuss the relationship between viruses and cancer.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Contrast viroids, prions, and viruses. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.1.1.k Evaluate scientific investigations and offer revisions and new ideas as appropriate

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.1.2.c Recognize that the work of science results in incremental advances, almost always building on prior knowledge, in our understanding of the world

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.1.2.d Research and describe the difficulties experienced by scientific innovators who had to overcome commonly held beliefs of their times to reach conclusions that we now take for granted

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.1.3.g Explain how science advances with the introduction of new technology

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.3.3 Students will describe, on a molecular level, the cycling of matter and the flow of energy between <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">organisms and their environment.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.3.4.a Identify different types of adaptations necessary for survival (morphological, physiological, behavioral)

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.3.4.d Apply the theory of biological evolution to explain diversity of life over time || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">15 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Prokaryote, Peptidoglycan, Methanogen, Halophile, Thermoacidophile, Bacillus, Coccus, Spirillum, Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, Gram-negative, Gram-positive, Antibiotic, Plasmid, Capsule, Pilus, Endospore, Heterotroph, Autotroph, Phototroph, Chemotroph, Transformation, Conjugation, Transduction, Pathology, Exotoxin, Endotoxin, Antibiotic resistance, Bioremediation, Virus, Capsid, Envelope, Bacteriophage, Vector, Oncogene, Emerging disease, Viroid, Prion, || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Text, Handouts, Notes, Charts, Speakers || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Questions, Labs with write up, Worksheets || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Quizzes, Tests ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">8. Fungi and Plants || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Describe how fungi obtain nutrients.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Explain how fungi and mycorrhizae coexist

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Explain how fungi is both helpful and harmful to humans.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Describe food production increases as well as non-food uses of plants.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Be able to describe how plants use inorganic materials to produce food. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.3.1.c Describe the cellular functions of photosynthesis, respiration, cell division, protein synthesis,transport of materials, and energy capture/release

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.3.3 Students will describe, on a molecular level, the cycling of matter and the flow of energy between <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">organisms and their environment

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.3.4.a Identify different types of adaptations necessary for survival (morphological, physiological, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">behavioral) || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">5 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Photosynthesis, Reactants, Products, Glucose, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Cultivar, Fertilizer, Pesticide, Quinine, Mold, Yeast, Budding, Rhizoid, Stolon, Mycorrhiza, Lichen, Aflatoxin, Plant ecology, || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Text, Handouts, Notes, Charts, || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Questions, Labs with write up, Worksheets || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Quizzes, Tests ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">9. Invertebrate and Vertebrate Animals || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Identify important characteristics of animals.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">List two kinds of tissues found only in animals.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Explain how the first animals may have evolved from unicellular organisms.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Compare symmetry, segmentation, and body support in invertebrates and vertebrates

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Describe the differences in the respiratory and circulatory systems of invertebrates and vertebrates.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Compare the digestive, excretory, and nervous systems on invertebrates and vertebrates.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Contrast reproduction and development in invertebrates and vertebrates

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">List two body parts formed from each germ layer.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Identify the three different body cavity structures in animals.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Identify the distinguishing characteristics of vertebrates.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Compare oviparity, ovovivipartity, and viviparity as forms of reproduction. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.3.4.a Identify different types of adaptations necessary for survival (morphological, physiological, behavioral)

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.3.4.b Recognize that the concept of biological evolution is a theory which explains the consequence of the interactions of: (1) the potential for a species to increase its numbers, (2) the genetic variability of offspring due to mutation and recombination of genes, (3) a finite supply of the resources required for life, and (4) the ensuing selection by the environment of those offspring better able to survive and leave offspring

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.3.4.d Apply the theory of biological evolution to explain diversity of life over time

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12.3.4.c Explain how natural selection provides a scientific explanation of the fossil record and the <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">molecular similarities among the diverse species of living organisms || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">30 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Animal, Vertebrate, Invertebrate, Specialization, Ingestion, Zygote, Differentiation, Chordate, Notochord, Dorsal nerve cord, Pharyngeal pouch, Symmetry, Radial symmetry, Dorsal, Ventral, Anterior, Posterior, Bilateral symmetry, Cephalization, Germ layer, Segmentation, Exoskeleton, Open circulatory system, Closed circulatory system, Hermaphrodite, Integument, Ectoderm, Endoderm, Mesoderm, Acoelomate, Pseudocoelomate, Coelomate, Metamorphosis, Chemoreception, External fertilization, Internal fertilization, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Pulmonary circulation, Cutaneous respiration, Duodenum, Ileum, Mesentery, Nictitating membrane, Tympanic membrane, Amniotic egg, Amnion, Yolk sac, Allantois, Chorion, Albumen, Keratin, Oviparity, Ovoviviparity, Viviparity, Placenta, || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Text, Handouts, Notes, Charts, || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Questions, Labs with write up, Worksheets || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Quizzes, Tests ||  ||
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