Assessment Frameworks
II.I.I: Know the forms and properties of matter and how matter interacts.
II.I.I.1: Explain how matter is transferred from one organism to another and between organisms and their environment (e.g., consumption, the water cycle, the carbon cycle, the nitrogen cycle).
Cell Energy Cycle
Food Chain
Forest Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem
Water Cycle
II.I.I.2: Know that the total amount of matter (mass) remains constant although its form, location, and properties may change (e.g., matter in the food web).
Chemical Changes
Chemical Equations
II.I.I.3: Identify characteristics of radioactivity, including:
II.I.I.3.b: release of energy
II.I.II: Explain the physical processes involved in the transfer, change, and conservation of energy.
II.I.II.1: Know how various forms of energy are transformed through organisms and ecosystems, including:
II.I.II.1.a: sunlight and photosynthesis
Cell Energy Cycle
Photosynthesis Lab
II.I.III: Describe and explain forces that produce motion in objects.
II.I.III.1: Know that forces cause motion in living systems, including:
II.I.III.1.a: the principle of a lever and how it gives mechanical advantage to a muscular/skeletal system to lift objects
II.II.I: Explain the diverse structures and functions of living things and the complex relationships between living things and their environments.
II.II.I.PE: Populations and Ecosystems
II.II.I.PE.1: Identify the living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem and describe the relationships among these components.
Coral Reefs 1 - Abiotic Factors
Food Chain
Pond Ecosystem
II.II.I.PE.2: Explain biomes (i.e., aquatic, desert, rainforest, grasslands, tundra) and describe the New Mexico biome.
Coral Reefs 1 - Abiotic Factors
Coral Reefs 2 - Biotic Factors
Pond Ecosystem
II.II.I.PE.3: Explain how individuals of species that exist together interact with their environment to create an ecosystem (e.g., populations, communities, niches, habitats, food webs).
II.II.I.PE.4: Explain the conditions and resources needed to sustain life in specific ecosystems.
Coral Reefs 1 - Abiotic Factors
II.II.I.PE.5: Describe how the availability of resources and physical factors limit growth (e.g., quantity of light and water, range of temperature, composition of soil) and how the water, carbon, and nitrogen cycles contribute to the availability of those resources to support living systems.
Food Chain
Rabbit Population by Season
Water Cycle
II.II.I.BD: Biodiversity
II.II.I.BD.6: Understand how diverse species fill all niches in an ecosystem.
Coral Reefs 1 - Abiotic Factors
Coral Reefs 2 - Biotic Factors
II.II.I.BD.7: Know how to classify organisms: domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species.
Dichotomous Keys
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
II.II.II: Understand how traits are passed from one generation to the next and how species evolve.
II.II.II.R: Reproduction
II.II.II.R.3: Know that, in sexual reproduction, an egg and sperm unite to begin the development of a new individual.
II.II.II.H: Heredity
II.II.II.H.5: Understand that some characteristics are passed from parent to offspring as inherited traits and others are acquired from interactions with the environment.
Inheritance
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
II.II.II.H.6: Know that hereditary information is contained in genes that are located in chromosomes, including:
II.II.II.H.6.a: determination of traits by genes
Human Karyotyping
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
II.II.II.H.6.b: traits determined by one or many genes
Human Karyotyping
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
II.II.II.H.6.c: more than one trait sometimes influenced by a single gene.
Human Karyotyping
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
II.II.II.BE: Biological Evolution
II.II.II.BE.7: Describe how typical traits may change from generation to generation due to environmental influences (e.g., color of skin, shape of eyes, camouflage, shape of beak).
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Evolution: Natural and Artificial Selection
II.II.II.BE.8: Explain that diversity within a species is developed by gradual changes over many generations.
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
II.II.II.BE.10: Identify adaptations that favor the survival of organisms in their environments (e.g., camouflage, shape of beak).
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Evolution: Natural and Artificial Selection
Natural Selection
Rainfall and Bird Beaks - Metric
II.II.II.BE.11: Understand the process of natural selection.
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Evolution: Natural and Artificial Selection
Natural Selection
Rainfall and Bird Beaks - Metric
II.II.II.BE.13: Know that the fossil record documents the appearance, diversification, and extinction of many life forms.
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
II.II.III: Understand the structure of organisms and the function of cells in living systems.
II.II.III.SO: Structure of Organisms
II.II.III.SO.1: Understand that organisms are composed of cells and identify unicellular and multicellular organisms.
II.II.III.FC: Function of Cells
II.II.III.FC.3: Understand that many basic functions of organisms are carried out in cells, including:
II.II.III.FC.3.a: growth and division to produce more cells (mitosis)
II.II.III.FC.4: Compare the structure and processes of plant cells and animal cells.
II.II.III.FC.5: Describe how some cells respond to stimuli (e.g., light, heat, pressure, gravity).
II.III.I: Describe how the concepts of energy, matter, and force can be used to explain the observed behavior of the solar system, the universe, and their structures.
II.III.I.1: Explain why Earth is unique in our solar system in its ability to support life.
II.III.II: Describe the structure of Earth and its atmosphere and explain how energy, matter, and forces shape Earth's systems.
II.III.II.3: Know that changes to ecosystems sometimes decrease the capacity of the environment to support some life forms and are difficult and/or costly to remediate.
Food Chain
Rabbit Population by Season
Correlation last revised: 9/22/2020