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What We're Learning
What We're Learning
Variations Within Species
Variations Within Species
Variations Within Species
Variations Within Species
Enduring Understandings
Balance within systems is regulated by the interactions between biotic and abiotic factors.
Energy is transformed by the movement of molecules to maintain equilibrium within an environment.
Essential Questions
What does photosynthesis reveal about energy transformation?
How might tropisms and turgor pressure help us to understand plant growth?
What does the structure and function of a plant reveal about the biodiversity of an ecosystem?
What will my student know and be skilled at?
What will my student know and be skilled at?
Knowledge
Gravity and light affect root and shoot motion.
Turgor pressure affects plant motion.
Radiant energy is transformed into chemical energy.
Glucose is an organic compound that can be broken down into smaller molecules.
Skills
Sequencing the steps in the production of glucose during photosynthesis which is triggered by energy transformations.
Modeling water movement in plants.
Plant's Inc Performance Assessment
Plant's Inc Performance Assessment
Homeostasis Within Living Systems
Homeostasis Within Living Systems
Enduring Understandings
The interrelated structures of living systems allow them to function efficiently.
Human systems function together to maintain homeostasis.
Living systems at all levels of organization demonstrate the complementary nature of structure and function.
Essential Questions
What are the effects of a system not functioning properly?
Why are stimulus and response mechanisms necessary in living things?
What will my student know and be skilled at?
What will my student know and be skilled at?
Knowledge
Structure and function of plant and animal cell organelles: cell membrane, cell wall, nucleus, cytoplasm, mitochondria, chloroplast, and vacuole.
According to cell theory all organisms are composed of cells and cells carry on similar functions.
Structures and functions of circulatory, digestive, respiratory, skeletal, muscular, integumentary, excretory, endocrine, nervous, and reproductive systems.
Recognize responses in organisms result from internal and external stimuli.
Skills
Investigating the interaction of bones and muscles and how they relate to force and motion.
Contrasting roles of specific glands and hormones which are sent to target tissues of organ systems.
Identifying the primary functions of both the male and female reproductive systems.
Testing simulated urine to identify health problems resulting from kidneys failing to maintain homeostasis.
Drawing and labeling the parts of the plant and animal cell in scientific drawings.
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