UNIT PACKETS BELOW!

Scientific Processes

How do scientists learn?  How does acting like a scientist help me interact in and learn about the world?  Why is science important to me?  How do scientists study life?
Link to "Being a Super taster is not a piece of cake" article
Link to "Love Salt? You might be a supertaster" article 

Chemistry of Life

What molecules make up living things? How do they form? How do they breakdown? What role do the play?  

Cell Membranes

How do cells maintain a stable internal environment despite changes outside their environment?  How does the cell membrane restrict the exchange of substances?  What are some functions of membrane proteins?  What determines the direction in which  transport occurs? Why is osmosis important?

Cells: Homeostasis Superstars

How can one explain the ways cells contribute to the function of living organisms?   How do organisms live and grow? ​

Energy Unit:
(Photosynthesis and Cell Respiration are in a relationship)

How does photosynthesis turn light energy into chemical energy for the cell?  How does cell respiration turn food into energy for the cell?  Explain how matter cycles between aerobic and anaerobic conditions.  How does C cycle around the environment and what is the role of photosynthesis and cell respiration in it?
Central Dogma Packet:
The Flow of information 

How are proteins created?  What is the relationship between DNA, RNA and proteins. 

CELL REPRODUCTION:
​ When too much is a bad thing

​What is the role of cell reproduction in the overall maintenance of an organism?
How can cell differentiation help a complex organism develop from a single cell?
Inheritance

​(and how to modify what we pass on)
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How do you make a genetically modified organism?  How can DNA from an organism can be inserted into bacteria to make proteins?  Make a claim based on evidence that inheritable genetic variations may result from mutations caused by environmental factors.

Beyond Genetics: Epigenetics

How to make genetically modified organisms.  How DNA from one organism can be inserted into bacteria to make proteins. Defend a claim based on evidence that inheritable genetic variations may result from mutations caused by environmental factors.
Homeostasis
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Develop and use a model to illustrate the hierarchical organization of interacting systems that provide specific functions within multicellular organisms.  Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that feedback mechanisms maintain homeostasis.

How to Maintain Homeostasis in a changing Environment


Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that feedback mechanisms maintain homeostasis in response to a changing environment

Evolution

How can there be so many similarities among organisms yet so many different plants, animals, and microorganisms?Can you  demonstrate understanding of how multiple lines of evidence contribute to the strength of scientific theories of natural selection and evolution. 

Ecosystems

How do organisms obtain and use energy they need to live and grow?  How does matter and energy move through an ecosystem? How do organisms interact with the living and non living environment to obtain matter and energy?

Human Impact

Interdependence in Nature: How have human activities shaped local and global ecology?  How does human activities affect the environment? How can we use or natural resources wisely? Why is it important to protect and maintain biodiversity? How can we change or behaviors to help protect our planet?

SEX ED

Alliance Medical Center will be coming into our classroom to do presentations covering birth control, sex ed, gender, violence, STI's and more.