Life Science April 29th - May 23rd
Research Paper
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Life Science May 6th - 10th
Research Paper
Life Science May 13th - 17th
Book Study
Life Science May 20th - 23th
Physical Science Preview
(CRCT) Criterion-Referenced Competency Test April 22 –May 1
(Reading,Eng/LA,Mathematics,Science,Social Studies)
ECOLOGY REVIEW PDF---------> Ecology Choice.pdf
CRCT REVIEW 1
Day 1: April 15, 2013
____ S7L1. Classification Students will investigate the diversity of living organisms and how they can be compared scientifically.
____a. Demonstrate the process for the development of a dichotomous key.
____b. Classify organisms based on physical characteristics using a dichotomous key of the six kingdom system (archaebacteria, eubacteria, protists, fungi, plants, and animals).
Days 2/3: April 16th and April 17th, 2013
____S7L2. Cellular Organization Students will describe the structure and function of cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems.
____a. Explain that cells take in nutrients in order to grow and divide and to make needed materials.
____b. Relate cell structures (cell membrane, nucleus, cytoplasm, chloroplasts, mitochondria) to basic cell functions.
____c. Explain that cells are organized into tissues, tissues into organs, organs into systems, and systems into organisms.
____d. Explain that tissues, organs, and organ systems serve the needs cells have for oxygen, food, and waste removal.
____e. Explain the purpose of the major organ systems in the human body (i.e., digestion, respiration, reproduction, circulation, excretion, movement, control, and coordination, and for protection from disease).
Day 4: April 18, 2013
____S7L3. Genetics Students will recognize how biological traits are passed on to successive generations.
____a. Explain the role of genes and chromosomes in the process of inheriting a specific trait.
____b. Compare and contrast that organisms reproduce asexually and sexually (bacteria, protists, fungi, plants & animals).
____c. Recognize that selective breeding can produce plants or animals with desired traits.
____S7L5. Evolution Students will examine the evolution of living organisms through inherited characteristics that promote survival of organisms and the survival of successive generations of their offspring.
____a. Explain that physical characteristics of organisms have changed over successive generations (e.g. Darwin’s finches and peppered moths of Manchester).
____b. Describe ways in which species on earth have evolved due to natural selection.
____c. Trace evidence that the fossil record found in sedimentary rock provides evidence for the long history of changing life forms.
Day 5: April 19, 2013
____S7L4. Ecology Students will examine the dependence of organisms on one another and their environments.
____a. Demonstrate in a food web that matter is transferred from one organism to another and can recycle between organisms and their environments.
____b. Explain in a food web that sunlight is the source of energy and that this energy moves from organism to organism.
____c. Recognize that changes in environmental conditions can affect the survival of both individuals and entire species.
____d. Categorize relationships between organisms that are competitive or mutually beneficial.
____e. Describe the characteristics of Earth’s major terrestrial biomes (i.e. tropical rain forest, savannah, temperate, desert, taiga, tundra, and mountain) and aquatic communities (i.e. freshwater, estuaries, and marine).
Learning Targets
Evolution Unit
S7L5. Students will examine the evolution of living organisms through inherited characteristics that
promote survival of organisms and the survival of successive generations of their offspring.
a. Explain that physical characteristics of organisms have changed over successive generations (e.g. Darwin’s finches and peppered moths of Manchester).
b. Describe ways in which species on earth have evolved due to natural selection.
c. Trace evidence that the fossil record found in sedimentary rock provides evidence for the long history of changing life forms.
LIFE SCIENCE STANDARDS BOOKLETS ARE DUE ON MONDAY, APRIL 15th
Life Science April 1st - April 5th
Monday - Benchmark Testing Review
Tuesday - Benchmark Testing Day 1
Wednesday - Benchmark Testing Day 2
Thursday - Classification Intro Classification_and_Taxonomy.pptx and Classification Activity Set.doc
Friday - Project Checkpoint and Grade Recovery
Life Science March 25th - March 29th
Monday - Chapter 8 Vocabulary Review Activity (Corresponds with IAN Pages 78-83)/Relative Dating Activity
Tuesday - Chapter 7 Chapter Review Questions Pages 76-77 in your IAN
Wednesday - Chapter 8 Notes IAN Page 85/AC Classes Darwin's Beak Lab and Relative Dating Activity
EXAM STUDY GUIDE LINKS BELOW
Evidence of Evolution Study Guide(2).docx
Evidence of Evolution Study Guide.pdf
Thursday - Exam Review All Classes
Friday - Evidence of Evolution Unit Exam NEW DATE
Evolution Unit Exam: Wednesday, March 29th
Life Science Benchmark Testing: April 2nd and 3rd
Review Interactives
Peppered Moth Simulation - Natural Selection in Action
Life Science March 18th - March 22nd
Monday - Beak Lab Completion On-line Graph Creator - http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/index.asp GRAPHING HELP
Tuesday - Text Sections 7.1- 7.3 Discussion/Peppered Moth Activity - Chapter 7 Quiz
Wednesday - Post Lab Discussion/Chapter 8- Start-up
Thursday - Fossil Record Activity
Friday - Fossil Record Activity Wrap-up
Evolution Unit Exam: Wednesday, March 27th
Benchmark Testing: April 2nd and 3rd
Life Science March 11th - March 15th
Monday - Life Science Standards Booklet Work-Time
Tuesday - Final Amnesty Day
Wednesday - Change over Time - "Revolve to Evolve" Activity
Thursday - Change Over Time
Friday - How Evolution Happens -Darwin's Finch Lab- Vocabulary Quiz - Marking Period Ends 3/15
Evolution Unit Exam: Wednesday, March 27th
Benchmark Testing: April 1st and 2nd
Learning Targets:
Heredity and Genetics Unit
S7L3. Students will