Food Web Dance Assessments: Bell Ringers Weekly Quizzes/Assignments over readings, lectures, and in-class activities Unit Test Resources McDougal Littell Textbook Wikispace The Science Teacher, NSTA monthly science journal Youtube.com Unit 11: Biodiversity Essential Questions 1. How do we attempt to categorize living things? 2. What characteristics help to distinguish different taxa? Essential Learning Goal ACT Quality NGSS Question Core Addressed Standards 1. How do we I can explain how organisms are classified into a E.3.a, E.3.b HS-LS1-2 attempt to hierarchy of groups and subgroups based on HS-LS1-3 categorize living similarities that reflect their evolutionary things? relationships. I can explain the binomial nomenclature system E.3.c, E.3.d and construct and use a dichotomous key. 2. What I can explain classification criteria and distinguish E.3.e, E.3.f characteristics between viruses, bacteria, protists, plants, help to and animals. distinguish I can describe the basic mechanisms of plant E.2.a, E.2.b different taxa? processes and explain the functions of unique plant structures. I can compare divisions of animals. E.3.g I can identify major types of animal cells and E.1.a, E.1.b tissues and describe the major components and functions of physiological systems. Critical Vocabulary Angiosperm Bilateral Symmetry Class Animal Binomial Nomenclature Classification Bacteria Circulatory System Dichotomous Key
Food Web Dance Assessments: Bell Ringers Weekly Quizzes/Assignments over readings, lectures, and in-class activities Unit Test Resources McDougal Littell Textbook Wikispace The Science Teacher, NSTA monthly science journal Youtube.com Unit 11: Biodiversity Essential Questions 1. How do we attempt to categorize living things? 2. What characteristics help to distinguish different taxa? Essential Question Addressed Learning Goal ACT Quality Core Standards NGSS 1. How do we attempt to categorize living things? I can explain how organisms are classified into a hierarchy of groups and subgroups based on similarities that reflect their evolutionary relationships. E.3.a, E.3.b HS-LS1-2 HS-LS1-3 I can explain the binomial nomenclature system and construct and use a dichotomous key. E.3.c, E.3.d 2. What characteristics help to distinguish different taxa? I can explain classification criteria and distinguish between viruses, bacteria, protists, plants, and animals. E.3.e, E.3.f I can describe the basic mechanisms of plant processes and explain the functions of unique plant structures. E.2.a, E.2.b I can compare divisions of animals. E.3.g I can identify major types of animal cells and tissues and describe the major components and functions of physiological systems. E.1.a, E.1.b Critical Vocabulary Angiosperm Animal Bacteria Bilateral Symmetry Binomial Nomenclature Circulatory System Class Classification Dichotomous Key
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