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Science Inquiry I cans constants, variable, experimental group, control group, independent variable, dependent variable || Cell Transport Objectives
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 * I can write a hypothesis that answers a scientific question. ||
 * I can design and carry out an experiment using the steps of the scientific method. ||
 * I can organize data gathered during an experiment into data tables and graphs. ||
 * I can identify sources of error during experiments. ||
 * I can analyze experimental data and draw conclusions from that data. ||
 * I can identify the parts of an experiment accurately in my own lab write-up:

1. Cell Size: Why are cells so small? __A. I can explain why cells are microscopic.__ __1a.The smaller the cell is the more effiecient it is with taking nutrients in and taking waste out.__ Vocabulary__: surface area, volume, surface area-to-volume ratio__

2. Membrane Structure: How are macromolecules arranged to form a membrane? __A. I can identify the parts of the plasma membrane from diagrams.__ __B. I can list the function of each part of the plasma membrane.__ __C. I can show how all of the parts of the plasma membrane work together to make it__ __selectively permeable.__ __2a. 2c.__ __[]__ __2b.__ __[]__

Vocabulary__: phospholipid, cholesterol, carbohydrates, transport proteins, phospholipid bilayer, cell-surface marker, receptor protein, hydrophilic, hydrophobic, polar, nonpolar, enzyme, selectively permeable__



<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">3. Passive Transport: How do cells transport substances across a membrane without using energy? __A. I can explain what passive transport is and why cells do it.__ __B. I can list and describe examples of passive transport.__ __C. I can predict what will happen to plant and animal cells when placed in the following__ __solutions: hypotonic, hypertonic, and isotonic.__ __D. I can write differences between the three examples of passive transport.__ __3a.__ __3b.__ __3c.__ __3d.__

Vocabulary__: passive transport, concentration gradient, dynamic equilibrium, diffusion, osmosis, facilitated diffusion, hypertonic solution, hypotonic solution, isotonic solution, ion channels, carrier proteins__

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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">4. Active Transport: How do cells transport substances across a membrane using energy? __A. I can explain what active transport is and why cells do it.__ __B. I can list examples of active transport.__ __C. I can write differences between the three examples of active transport.__ 4a. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; vertical-align: auto;">__[]__ 4b. 4c. Vocabulary__: active transport; sodium-potassium pump, coupled transport, endocytosis, exocytosis__

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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #2410bc; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 20pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Photosynthesis & Cell Respiration Unit Objectives __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">1. __Cell Metabolism <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">A. I can connect anabolism, catabolism, and enzymes to the concept of cell <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">metabolism. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">B. I can list the parts of an ATP molecule and draw them properly connected. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">C. I can demonstrate how an ATP molecule is made and broken down for energy. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">D. I can create an organizer that shows how anabolism, catabolism, cell metabolism, <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">ATP, photosynthesis, and cell respiration are all connected.

Vocabulary __ : anabolism, catabolism, metabolism, ADP, ATP, Pi, photosynthesis, cell respiration __

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Illinois Assessment Framework: 12.11.09, 12.11.10 __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">2. __Anabolism—Photosynthesis <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">A. I can state the overall goal of photosynthesis, the organelle in which it occurs, and <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">its two main stages. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">B. I can list the beginning and ending molecules for each of the two stages of <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">photosynthesis. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">C. I can create an analogy for what occurs in each stage of photosynthesis.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Illinois Assessment Framework: 12.11.07 __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">3. __Catabolism—Cell Respiration <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">A. I can state the overall goal of cell respiration, the organelle in which it occurs, and <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">its three main stages. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">B. I can list the beginning and ending molecules for each of the three stages of cell <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">respiration. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">C. I can create an analogy for what occurs in each stage of cell respiration.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Illinois Assessment Framework: 12.11.08 __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">4. __Summary <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">A. I can list similarities and differences between cell respiration and photosynthesis. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">B. I can design an experiment that answers a scientific question about cell respiration <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">and photosynthesis. <span style="color: #d72828; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 20pt; text-align: center;">Cell Reproduction Unit Objectives

<span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; display: block; padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 4pt; padding-right: 4pt; padding-top: 1pt;">

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">1. Why Do Cells Divide? __A. I can explain why surface area-to-volume ratios are important to a dividing cell.__

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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">2. The Cell Cycle __A. I can identify the phases of the cell cycle from diagrams.__ __B. I can tell what happens in each phase of the cell cycle.__ __C. I can show why one phase of the cell cycle follows another.__

Vocabulary__: chromatin, cell cycle, G1, S, G2, cytokinesis, mitosis, meiosis__

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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 12pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">3. Chromosomes __A. I can identify the parts of a chromosome.__ __B. I can explain the function of chromosomes.__ __C. I can tell the difference between autosomes and sex chromosomes.__

Vocabulary__: chromosome, sister chromatid, centromere, autosome, sex chromosome__ <span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">Illinois Assessment Frameworks: 12.11.13,, 12.11.17, 12.11.18

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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">4. Mitosis __A. I can identify the stages of mitosis from diagrams.__ __B. I can put the stages of mitosis in the proper order.__ __C. I can show why one phase of mitosis follows another.__ __D. I can state what types of cells undergo mitosis, and why those cells undergo mitosis.__ __E. I can list differences between how animal and plant cells divide.__

Vocabulary__: centrioles, spindle, cell plate, diploid, asexual reproduction, somatic cell, cell equator__ <span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">Illinois Assessment Framework: 12.11.13

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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">5. Meiosis __A. I can identify the stages of meiosis from diagrams.__ __B. I can put the stages of meiosis in order.__ __C. I can show why one phase of meiosis follows another.__ __D. I can explain how meiosis I and meiosis II are the same, yet different.__ __E. I can explain when and how the number of chromosomes is reduced in meiosis.__ __F. I can state what types of cells undergo meiosis, and why those cells undergo meiosis.__ __G. I can explain how meiosis produces genetic variation in offspring and why genetic__ __varation is necessary.__

Vocabulary__: homologous chromosomes, crossing over, haploid, sexual reproduction, gamete, zygote, tetrad, chiasmata, germ cell__ <span style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">Illinois Assessment Framework: 12.11.13, 12.11.15

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<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">6. //Summary__// A. I can list similarities and differences between mitosis and meiosis.

<span style="color: #c418e7; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 20pt; text-align: center;">Evolutionary Synthesis Unit Objectives

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Genetics:

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">1a. I can make basic connections between the concepts surrounding the following words: genotype, phenotype, dominant allele, recessive allele, homozygous, heterozygous, Punnet square, gene, allele, pedigree. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">1b. I can create a pedigree and, using that pedigree and Punnett squares, determine the probability of different genotypes and phenotypes of organisms in the pedigree.

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">DNA & Protein Synthesis:

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">2a. I can make basic connections between the concepts surrounding the following words: genes, alleles, chromosomes, DNA, RNA, proteins, traits, transcription, translation, nucleotides <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">2b. I can connect the pathway of DNAà RNA à protein à trait to the patterns of inheritance seen in a student-generated pedigree by demonstrating how organisms in the pedigree obtained their unique genotypes.

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Evolution:

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">3a. I can make basic connections between the concepts surrounding the following words: evolution, natural selection, variation, population, genotype, phenotype, speciation, isolation. <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Handwriting'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">3b. I can predict how natural selection will act on a theoretical human population to cause it to evolve. //