Unit Content Topics Connected NGSS Performance Rough Schedule Expectations From Molecules to Structure and Function HS-LS1-1 4 weeks HS-LS1-2 Organisms HS-LS1-3 Growth and Development of Organisms HS-LS1-4 3 Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms HS-LS1-5 4 weeks HS-LS1-6 HS-LS1-7 Ecosystems Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems HS-LS2-1 4 weeks HS-LS2-2 Cycles of Matter and Energy in Ecosystems HS-LS2-3 3 weeks HS-LS2-4 HS-LS2-5 End of Semester 1 Ecosystem dynamics, functioning, and resilience HS-LS2-6 3 weeks HS-LS2-7 HS-ETS1-3 Heredity: Inheritance Inheritance of Traits HS-LS3-1 3 and Variation of Traits Variation of Traits HS-LS3-2 4 HS-LS3-3 Biological Evolution Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity HS-LS4-1 2 weeks
Unit Content Topics Connected NGSS Performance Expectations Rough Schedule From Molecules to Organisms Structure and Function HS-LS1-1 HS-LS1-2 HS-LS1-3 4 weeks Growth and Development of Organisms HS-LS1-4 3 Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms HS-LS1-5 HS-LS1-6 HS-LS1-7 4 weeks Ecosystems Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems HS-LS2-1 HS-LS2-2 4 weeks Cycles of Matter and Energy in Ecosystems HS-LS2-3 HS-LS2-4 HS-LS2-5 3 weeks End of Semester 1 Ecosystem dynamics, functioning, and resilience HS-LS2-6 HS-LS2-7 HS-ETS1-3 3 weeks Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits Inheritance of Traits HS-LS3-1 3 Variation of Traits HS-LS3-2 HS-LS3-3 4 Biological Evolution Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity HS-LS4-1 2 weeks