Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS)
2.1.B: investigate and identify cellular processes including homeostasis, permeability, energy production, transportation of molecules, disposal of wastes, function of cellular parts, and synthesis of new molecules;
Cell Energy Cycle
Cell Structure
Osmosis
Paramecium Homeostasis
Photosynthesis Lab
2.2.A: describe components of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), and illustrate how information for specifying the traits of an organism is carried in the DNA;
Microevolution
Natural Selection
2.2.C: identify and illustrate how changes in DNA cause mutations and evaluate the significance of these changes;
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
2.2.D: compare genetic variations observed in plants and animals;
2.4.A: interpret the functions of systems in organisms including circulatory, digestive, nervous, endocrine, reproductive, integumentary, skeletal, respiratory, muscular, excretory, and immune.
3.1.C: compare the structures and functions of viruses to cells and describe the role of viruses in causing diseases and conditions such as acquired immune deficiency syndrome, common colds, smallpox, influenza, and warts; and
3.2.B: illustrate the results of natural selection in speciation, diversity, phylogeny, adaptation, behavior, and extinction.
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Microevolution
Natural Selection
3.3.B: interpret interactions among organisms exhibiting predation, parasitism, commensalism, and mutualism; and
Food Chain
Forest Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem
3.3.E: investigate and explain the interactions in an ecosystem including food chains, food webs, and food pyramids.
Food Chain
Forest Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem
3.4.A: evaluate the significance of structural and physiological adaptations of plants to their environments;
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Natural Selection
4.1.A: investigate and identify properties of fluids including density, viscosity, and buoyancy; and
Density Laboratory
Density via Comparison
4.2.A: distinguish between physical and chemical changes in matter such as oxidation, digestion, changes in states, and stages in the rock cycle; and
Density Experiment: Slice and Dice
Freezing Point of Salt Water
Rock Cycle
4.2.C: investigate and identify the law of conservation of mass;
Balancing Chemical Equations
Chemical Equation Balancing
Limiting Reactants
4.3.D: demonstrate how various factors influence solubility including temperature, pressure, and nature of the solute and solvent;
5.1.A: calculate speed, momentum, acceleration, work, and power in systems such as in the human body, moving toys, and machines; and
2D Collisions
Fan Cart Physics
Freefall Laboratory
Inclined Plane - Simple Machine
Pulley Lab
Roller Coaster Physics
5.1.B: investigate and describe [applications of] Newton's laws such as in vehicle restraints, sports activities, geological processes, and satellite orbits.
2D Collisions
Air Track
Atwood Machine
Fan Cart Physics
Force and Fan Carts
Uniform Circular Motion
5.2.A: demonstrate wave types and their characteristics through a variety of activities such as modeling with ropes and coils, activating tuning forks, and interpreting data on seismic waves;
Earthquake - Determination of Epicenter
5.3.A: describe the law of conservation of energy;
Energy Conversion in a System
Energy of a Pendulum
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Roller Coaster Physics
5.3.B: investigate and demonstrate the movement of heat through solids, liquids, and gases by convection, conduction, and radiation; and
Conduction and Convection
Freezing Point of Salt Water
Heat Transfer by Conduction
Phase Changes
Radiation
5.3.F: investigate and compare series and parallel circuits;
Correlation last revised: 7/17/2010