Performance Standards
B.SB1.a: Explain the role of cell organelles for both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, including the cell membrane, in maintaining homeostasis and cell reproduction.
B.SB1.c: Identify the function of the four major macromolecules (i.e., carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, nucleic acids).
B.SB1.d: Explain the impact of water on life processes (i.e., osmosis, diffusion).
Osmosis
Paramecium Homeostasis
B.SB2.a: Distinguish between DNA and RNA.
B.SB2.b: Explain the role of DNA in storing and transmitting cellular information.
DNA Analysis
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
RNA and Protein Synthesis
B.SB2.f: Examine the use of DNA technology in forensics, medicine, and agriculture.
DNA Analysis
Human Karyotyping
B.SB3.a: Explain the cycling of energy through the processes of photosynthesis and respiration.
Carbon Cycle
Cell Energy Cycle
Photosynthesis Lab
Pond Ecosystem
B.SB3.c: Examine the evolutionary basis of modern classification systems.
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
B.SB3.d: Compare and contrast viruses with living organisms.
B.SB4.a: Investigate the relationships among organisms, populations, communities, ecosystems, and biomes.
Food Chain
Rabbit Population by Season
B.SB4.b: Explain the flow of matter and energy through ecosystems by
B.SB4.b.1: Arranging components of a food chain according to energy flow.
B.SB4.b.3: Explaining the need for cycling of major nutrients (C, O, H, N, P).
Carbon Cycle
Cell Energy Cycle
Pond Ecosystem
B.SB4.d: Assess and explain human activities that influence and modify the environment such as global warming, population growth, pesticide use, and water and power consumption.
Coral Reefs 1 - Abiotic Factors
Coral Reefs 2 - Biotic Factors
Greenhouse Effect
B.SB4.f: Relate animal adaptations, including behaviors, to the ability to survive stressful environmental conditions.
Evolution: Natural and Artificial Selection
Rainfall and Bird Beaks
B.SB5.c: Explain how fossil and biochemical evidence support the theory.
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
B.SB5.d: Relate natural selection to changes in organisms.
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Evolution: Natural and Artificial Selection
Natural Selection
Rainfall and Bird Beaks
Correlation last revised: 5/10/2018