Curriculum Mapping 2005                              Content: Living Environment

District:     Harrisville Central School                     Grade: 9,10

C. Ritchie

 

Months

Learning Outcome

Content

Standards

Skills

Assessment

Sept

 

Abiotic

Autotroph

Biodiversity

Biosphere

Biotic

Carnivores

Ecology

Ecosystem

Environment

Herbivores

Heterotroph

Omnivores

Predators

Prey

Saprophytes

Scavengers

 

 

 

Students will:

Explain differences between biotic & abiotic factors.

 

Explain why biodiversity is important.

 

Explain that the earth is made up of many different ecosystems.

 

Explain autotrophic and heterotrophic nutrition.

 

Explain how producers, consumers, and decomposers interact.

 

Explain how all of the above factors interact to maintain the stability of the ecosystem.

 

 

Ecology

 

Interaction & interdependence

Scientific inquiry, CEI

 

Living things are both different from each other and from nonliving things.

 

Plants and animals depend on each other and their physical environment

 

Designs and carries out a controlled,

scientific experiment. States an appropriate hypothesis. Differentiates

between independent and dependent

variables. Identifies the control group and

controlled variables. Collects, organizes

and analyzes data. Organizes data through use of data tables and graphs.

Formulates appropriate. conclusion and

generalizations from the results of an

experiment. Recognizes assumptions and limitations of the experiment.

 

Homework

Quizzes

Unit test based on Regents exam format.

 

Labs: Lab Safety

 

 


 

Months

Learning Outcome

Content

Standards

Skills

Assessment

Sept. – Oct.

 

Amino acids

Anus

Bile

Bolus

Carbohydrates

Dehydtration synthesis

Enzymes

Esphagus

Fatty  acids

Feces

Gall bladder

Gastric glands

Hydrolysis

Ingestion

Lacteals

Large intestines

Lipids

Minerals

Nutrition

Pancreas

Polysaccharides

Protein synthesis

Proteins

Roughage

Saliva

Salivary glands

Saturated fats

Small intestine

Starches

Stomach

Unsaturated fats

Villi

Vitamins

Water

Students will be able to describe and explain the structures and functions of the human body system at different organizational levels ( e.g. systems, organs, tissues, cells, organelles).

 

Explain the basic biochemical processes in

living organisms and their importance in

maintaining dynamic equilibrium

 

Human Physiology

 

Systems

 

digestive

Living things are both similar to and

different from each other and from

nonliving things.

 

Organisms maintain a dynamic

equilibrium that sustains life.

 

Safety rules

Makes observations of

biological processes, Follows directions to

correctly use chemical indicators,

States appropriate hypothesis. Identifies

control group and/or controlled variables.

Collects, organizes and analyzes data.

 

-Compare & contrast internal & external digestion

-Compare & contrast mechanical &

chemical digestion

-Identify major

organs & functions in human digestive

system

-Correlate biochem reactions with physiological

functions

 

Homework

Quizzes

Unit test based on Regents exam format.

 

Labs:Testing for Nutrients, Salivary Amylase Lab, Making Connections (State lab), Kidney Lab, Reflex Lab, Brain Lab

 

 

 


 

Months

Learning Outcome

Content

Standards

Skills

Assessment

Cont.

 

Adrenal cortex

Adrenal glands

Adrenal medulla

Adrenalin

Diabetes

Endocrine glands

Estrogen

FSH

Glucagon

Goiter

Gonads

GSH

Hypothalamus

Insulin

Islets of Langerhans

Negative feedback

Ovaries

Parathormone

Parathyroid glands

Pituitary gland

Testes

Thyroid gland

TSH

 

Bones

Cartilage

Tendons

Muscles

Visceral

Cardiac

Skeletal

Skeletal muscles

Extensors

Flexors

Lactic acid

Ligaments

Arthritis

Tendonitis

 

 

 

Endocrine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Human

Locomotion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-Describe function of

plant auxins

-Compare & contrast

all endocrine glands & their effect on homeostasis within the body

-Explain how imbalances effect homeostasis

 

 

 

-Identify types of skeletal tissue.

-Identify diff. types of muscles

-Explain the difference between ligaments & tendons. Flexors and extensors

-Name common diseases of skeletal system

 

 

 

 


 

Months

Learning Outcome

Content

Standards

Skills

Assessment

Nov.

 

Cell wall

Centrioles

Cell theory

Chloroplasts

Coarse adjustment

Compound light microscope

Cytoplasm

Diaphragm

Dynamic equilibrium

Dissecting microscope

Electron microscope

Endoplasmic reticulum

Excretion

Fine adjustment

Golgi complex Growth

Homeostasis

 Life functions

Light source

Lysosomes

Microdissection Mitochondria

instruments

Micrometer

Nucleolus

Nucleus

Nutrition

Objective lenses

Ocular lens

Organelles

Describe and explain the structure and

functions of the human body at different

organizational levels( e.g. cells &

organelles)

Explain how a one-celled organism is able

to function despite lacking the levels of

organization present in more complex

organisms.

Cells

 

Living things are both similar to and

different from each other and from

nonliving things.

 

Safety rules

Use of microscope, Identifies and

compares parts of a variety of cells.

Compares relatives size of cells and

organelles. Prepares wet-mount slides

and uses appropriate staining techniques.

Follows directions to correctly use

chemical indicators

 

Homework

Quizzes

Unit test based on Regents exam format.

 

Labs: Microscopes

Measuring with Microscope

Cork and Onion Cells

Animal Cells

 


 

Months

Learning Outcome

Content

Standards

Skills

Assessment

Cont.

Plasma membrane Regulation Reproduction

Respiration

Ribosomes

Selectively permeable

Stage

Stage clips

Staining

Synthesis

Transport

Ultracentrifuge

Vacuole

Viruses

Nov.- Dec.

 

Alleles

Anticodon

Co-dominance

Codon

Deoxyribonucleic acid

Deoxyribose

Dominance

Dominant

Dominant allele

Double helix

Gene-chromosome theory

Genes

Genetic code

Genotype

Heterozygous

Homologous

Homozygous

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Explain how the structure and replication of genetic material result in offspring that resemble their parents.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inheritance

Genetics

 

Historical

genetics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Organisms inherit genetic information in a variety of ways that result in continuity of structure and function between

parents and offspring.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Understand models

 

-Evaluate their own inherited traits as set forth in a lab

-Perform, analyze & evaluate genetic problems involving traits in pea plants, animals and human genetics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Homework

Quizzes

Unit test based on Regents exam format.

 

Labs: Probability and Inheritance

DNA, RNA

Protein Synthesis

Karyotypes

 


 

Months

Learning Outcome

Content

Standards

Skills

Assessment

Hybrid

Incomplete dominance

Independent assortment

mRNA

Multiple alleles

Nitrogen base

Phenotype

Phosphate group

Protein synthesis

Recessive

Recessive allele

Replication

Ribonucleic acid

Ribose

rRNA

Segregation

Template

Triplet code

tRNA

Uracil

 

Addition

Amniocentesis

Artificial selection

Chromosome mutations

Cloning

Deletion

Gene mutations

Genetic counseling

Genetic engineering

Hybridization

Inbreeding

Karyotyping

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Explain how the technology of genetic engineering allows humans to alter genetic makeup of organisms.

 

 

Material of Genetics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Genetic Applications

 

 

-Explain DNA replication

-Explain Protein synthesis

-Evaluate various

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-Interpret pedigree

charts

-Evaluate karyotype

-Describe types of

mutations

methods & results of

Genetic engineering

 

 

 


 

Months

Learning Outcome

Content

Standards

Skills

Assessment

Recombinant DNA

Substitution Screening

Vegetative propagation

 

Animalia

Binomial nomenclature

Class

Dichotomous key

Family

Fungi

Genus

Kingdom

Moneran

Order

Phyla

Phylum

Plantae

Protest

Species

Taxonomy

 

Dec. – Jan.

 

Adaptations

Addition

Aggregates

Albinism

Anatomical features

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Explain the mechanism and patterns of

evolution.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Classification

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change over time

Evolution

Evolution mechanisms and patterns

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Individual organisms and species change

over time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

States an appropriate hypothesis. Collects, organizes and analyzes data.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dichotomous key

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Homework

Quizzes

Unit test based on Regents exam format.

 

Labs:

Relationships & Biodiversity

Evidence of Evolution

Beaks of Finches

 

 


 

Months

Learning Outcome

Content

Standards

Skills

Assessment

Chemicals

Common ancestry

Comparative Competition

Deletion Disjunction

Down’s Syndrome Embryology Embryonic development

Fossils

Gradualism

Heterotroph hypothesis

Meiosis

Mutations

Natural selection

Nondisjunction

Organic evolution

Overproduction

Polyploidy

Prokaryotic life

Punctuated equilibrium

Radiation

Reproduction

Speciation

Speciation

Translocation

Variation

Zygote

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Organizes data

through the use of data tables and graphs.

Formulates an appropriate conclusion and

generalizations from the results of an experiment.

 

-Identify types of fossils and how they form

-Compare & Contrast

comparative studies in evolution (ex. embryology,

biochemistry etc..)

-Use Darwin’s Theory of Evolution to describe evolution of a giraffe

-Describe the Heterotroph

hypothesis

 

 

 

 


 

Months

Learning Outcome

Content

Standards

Skills

Assessment

Jan.-Feb.

Allantois

Amnion

Anaphase

Anther

Apical meristem

Asexual reproduction

Autosomes

Binary fission

Birth

Blastula

Budding

Cancer

Carrier

Cell plate

Centrioles

Centromere

Cervix

Cervix

Chorion

Chromatids

Cleavage

Corpus luteum

Cotyledons

Cross pollination

Cytoplasmic division

Differentiation

Disinigration

Ectoderm

Endoderm

Epicotyl

Estrogen

Fallopian tube

Fertilization

 

 

Explain how organisms, including humans, reproduce their own kind.

 

Continuity

 

Reproduction and Development

 

The continuity of life is sustained

through reproduction and development

 

Organize data through the use of data tables and graphs

 

-Identify cells undergoing stages of plant and animal mitosis

-Describe & identify

various examples of asexual reproduction

-Compare and contrast asexual reproduction with sexual reproduction.

-Identify parts of human reproductive system

-Describe and name embryological processes

-Describe environmental factors that can hurt a developing embryo

Describe different patterns of fertilization and development

Describe reproduction in plants

 

 

Homework

Quizzes

Unit test based on Regents exam format.

 

Labs: Mitosis in Plant Cells

Meiosis

Chromatography Lab

Flower & Seed Structure

Menstrual Cycle

Pig Dissection

 


 

Months

Learning Outcome

Content

Standards

Skills

Assessment

Filament

Flower

Follicle stage Fraternal twins

FSH

Gametes

Gametogenesis Regeneration

Replication

Scrotum

Seed

Self pollination

Semen

Sex linkage

Sexual reproduction

Single stranded chromosome

Sperm

Spermatogenesis

Spermatozoa

Spindle apparatus

Stamen

Stigma

Style

Synapsis

Telophase

Testes

Testosterone

Tetrad

Umbilical cord

Urethra

Uterus

Vagina

Variation

Vegetative propagation

X Chromosome

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Months

Learning Outcome

Content

Standards

Skills

Assessment

Y Chromosome

Yolk

Yolk sac

Zygotes

Gastrula

Germinate

Hypocotyls

Identical twins

Imperfect flower

Interphase

Lateral meristem

LH

Linked

Marsupials

Meiosis

Menopause

Mensis

Menstrual cycle

Mesoderm

Metaphase

Mitosis

Monoploid

Morula

Oogenesis

Ovary

Ovary

Oviduct

Ovulation

Ovulation

Penis

Perfect flower

Pistil

Placenta

Placental mammals

Polar bodies

Pollen tube

Pollination

Postnatal development

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Months

Learning Outcome

Content

Standards

Skills

Assessment

Primary sex cells

Progesterone

Prophase

Puberty

Reduction division

March – April

 

Air space

ATP

Autotrophic nutrition

Autotrophs

Chemosynthesis

Chlorophylls

Chloroplasts

Cuticle

Grana

Guard cells

Palisade layer

PGAL

Phloem

Photolysis

Photosynthesis

Spongy layer

Stomata

Stroma

Veins

Xylem

 

Acids

Amino acids

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Explain the basic biochemical processes in living organisms and their importance in maintaining dynamic equilibrium.

 

Explain disease as a failure of homeostasis.

 

Relate processes at the system level to the cellular level in order to explain dynamic equilibrium in multicellular organisms.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interdependence/ homeostasis/ scientific inquiry

 

Photosynthesis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Explaining Dynamic Equilibrium

 

 

 

 

 

 

Organic Compounds

 

 

 

 

 

Organisms maintain a dynamic

equilibrium that sustains life.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use a compound microscope to identify

parts of cells, dissects plants to expose and

identify structures, Makes observations of biological processes

 

-Compare & Contrast

autotrophic &heterotrophic

nutrition.

-Describe general structure of plant leaves

-Describe structure of

chloroplasts

-Prepare wet mound slides of leaves

-Understand and describe process of photosynthesis

-Describe & observe

structure of plant stems

-Describe & observe

plant roots

 

 

 

 

 

 

Homework

Quizzes

Unit test based on Regents exam format.

 

Labs: Respiration Lab

Identifying blood

Diffusion through a membrane

 


 

Months

Learning Outcome

Content

Standards

Skills

Assessment

Cont.

Bases

Carbohydrates Compound

Covalent Dehydration synthesis

Hydrolysis

Inorganic

Ionic

Lipids

Organic

Polypeptides

Proteins

 

Active site

Aerobic respiration

Anaerobic respiration

Cellular respiration

Denaturation

Enzymes

Enzyme-substrate complex

Fermentation

Mitochondria

PH

Products

Reactants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cellular Respiration

 

 

 

 

 

 

-Recognize & identify major organic and inorganic compounds

-Compare and contrast dehydration synthesis and

hydrolysis in each organic compound.

-Describe ENZYME substrate mode of enzyme action

-Interpret graphs to

study environmental

effect on rate of

enzyme actions

 

 

Compare & contrast

anaerobic & aerobic

processes of respiration

-Understand &

discuss role of ATP

in respiration process

 

 


 

Months

Learning Outcome

Content

Standards

Skills

Assessment

Active immunity

AIDS

Allergies

Blood clotting

Blood typing

Cancer

Disease

Gene mutations

Histamine

HIV

Homeostasis

Immunity

Intercellular fluid

Leukemia

Lymphocytes

Mutagenic agents

Organ transplants

Passive immunity

Phagocytic

Phenylketonuria

Sickle cell anemia

Tay-Sachs

Vaccinations

White blood cells

 

 

Active transport

Amoeba

Auxins

Diffusion

Dynamic equilibrium

Earthworm

Fluid-mosaic model

Geotropism

Grasshopper

Hydra

Hydrotropism

intercellular

 

 

 

 

Failure of Homeostasis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Explaining Dynamic Equilibrium

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-Describe structure of

cell membrane

-Compare & contrast

diffusion & osmosis

-Explain importance

of cell membrane’s role in transport

 

 

Months

Learning Outcome

Content

Standards

Skills

Assessment

Cont.

Intracellular Paramecium

Passive transport

Phagocytosis

Phagocytosis

Phototropism

Pinocytosis

Plasma membrane

Protozoans

Pseudopods

 

May-June

Abiotic

Biomass

Biotic

Carbon cycle

Carnivores

Commensalisms

Condensation

Consumers

Decomposers

Denitrifying bacteria

Energy flow

Energy pyramid

Evaporation

Food chain

Food web

Herbivores

Limiting factor

Mutualism

Nitrifying bacteria

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Explain factors that limit growth of individuals and populations.

 

Explain the importance of preserving diversity of species and habitat.

 

Explain how the living and nonliving environments change over time and

respond to disturbances .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plants and animals depend on each other and their physical environment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Designs and carries out a controlled, scientific experiment. States an appropriate hypothesis. Differentiates between independent and dependent variables.

Identifies the control group and controlled variables.

Collects, organizes

and analyzes data.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Homework

Quizzes

Unit test based on Regents exam format.

 

Labs:

Population Density

 

 

 


 

Months

Learning Outcome

Content

Standards

Skills

Assessment

Nitrogen fixing bacteria

Nutritional relationships

Omnivores

parasitism

Predators

Producers

Saprophytes

Scavengers

Transpiration

Water cycle

 

Aquatic

Aquatic biome

Biodiversity

Biomes

Climax community

Desert

Ecological succession

Ecosystems

Fauna

Flora

Freshwater biome

Grasslands

Habitat

Lichens

Marine biome

Niche

Pioneer organisms

Soil

Taiga

Temperate-deciduous forest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Biodiversity

Change & Response

 

Organizes data through

the use of data tables and graphs.

Formulates an appropriate conclusion and generalizations from the results of an experiment. Recognizes assumptions and limitations of the experiment.

 

 


 

Months

Learning Outcome

Content

Standards

Skills

Assessment

Cont.

Terrestrial

Terrestrial biome

Tropical forest

Tundra

 

 

Environmental equilibrium

Overhunting

Exotic organisms

Exploitation

Pollutants

Pollution

Water pollution

Heat

Sewage

Chemicals

PCBs

Toxins

Purge

Acid rain

Biocide

Ozone

Greenhouse gases

Population control

Conservation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Describe the range of

interrelationships

 of humans with the

living and

nonliving environment.

 

Explain the impact

of

 technological

development and

growth

 in the human

 population on the

 living and nonliving

environment.

 

Explain how

individual

choices

and societal

actions

can contribute to

improving the

environment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interdepend-

ence &

Interaction

Human Impact

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Human decisions and

activities have had

a profound

impact on the

physical and living

environment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Organizes data

through the use of

data tables and graphs

 

-Interpretation of graphs, charts and pictoral representations of

ecological relationships and

cycles

-Analyze the ecological succession

of a vacant lot in their own neighborhood

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Homework

Quizzes

Unit test based on

Regents exam format.

 

Labs: Population Growth