Science 8 (Planning KDU) CORE COMPETENCIES CORE COMPETENCIES CORE COMPETENCIES COMMUNICATION THINKING (CRITICAL/CREATIVE) (PERSONAL/SOCIAL) CURRICULAR COMPETENCIES BIG IDEA What do we want students to DO? Content (& Elaborations) (Understand…) (Activities, lessons…) (Know) Questioning and predicting Life processes are Questions to support inquiry with Core Focus: BIOLOGY performed at the students: characteristics of life (living things respire, (Matter is anything that has mass and cellular level. How can you tell if something is grow, take in nutrients, produce waste, up space. Energy is the ability to living? respond to stimuli, and reproduce; there is cause change or do work. The universe How do humans and debate as to whether or not to classify is made up of matter and energy. interact? viruses as living things) Key questions about matter and cell theory (living things are made of one energy: What is the relationship or more cells; all cells come from between matter and energy and the cells; the cell is a basic unit of life) cell theory? How do matter and and types of cells (prokaryotic and energy connect to the kinetic eukaryotic cells; plant and animal cells; molecular theory?) cells contain structures that carry out Demonstrate a sustained essential functions) intellectual curiosity about a photosynthesis and cellular respiration scientific topic or problem of the relationship of micro-organisms personal interest (micro-organisms are key to nutrient Make observations aimed at recycling in ecosystems as they act as identifying their own questions decomposers; viruses and bacteria can about the natural world cause disease and can also be used in Identify a question to answer or a industry (e.g., production of cheese and problem to solve through salami) and agriculture (e.g., production of scientific inquiry striped tulips)) and agriculture (eg., Formulate alternative “if…then…” production of striped tulips) with living hypotheses based on their things: questions basic functions of the immune Make predictions about the system (the immune system findings of their inquiry provides a barrier to infections
Science 8 (Planning KDU) CORE COMPETENCIES COMMUNICATION CORE COMPETENCIES THINKING (CRITICAL/CREATIVE) CORE COMPETENCIES (PERSONAL/SOCIAL) CURRICULAR COMPETENCIES BIG IDEA (Understand…) What do we want students to DO? (Activities, lessons…) Content (& Elaborations) (Know) Questioning and predicting (Matter is anything that has mass and up space. Energy is the ability to cause change or do work. The universe is made up of matter and energy. Key questions about matter and energy: What is the relationship between matter and energy and the cell theory? How do matter and energy connect to the kinetic molecular theory?) Demonstrate a sustained intellectual curiosity about a scientific topic or problem of personal interest Make observations aimed at identifying their own questions about the natural world Identify a question to answer or a problem to solve through scientific inquiry Formulate alternative “if…then…” hypotheses based on their questions Make predictions about the findings of their inquiry Life processes are performed at the cellular level. Questions to support inquiry with students: How can you tell if something is living? How do humans and interact? Core Focus: BIOLOGY characteristics of life (living things respire, grow, take in nutrients, produce waste, respond to stimuli, and reproduce; there is debate as to whether or not to classify viruses as living things) cell theory (living things are made of one or more cells; all cells come from cells; the cell is a basic unit of life) and types of cells (prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells; plant and animal cells; cells contain structures that carry out essential functions) photosynthesis and cellular respiration the relationship of micro-organisms (micro-organisms are key to nutrient recycling in ecosystems as they act as decomposers; viruses and bacteria can cause disease and can also be used in industry (e.g., production of cheese and salami) and agriculture (e.g., production of striped tulips)) and agriculture (eg., production of striped tulips) with living things: basic functions of the immune system (the immune system provides a barrier to infections
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