CURRICULUM MAP: 10410.map
Biology (GEN) 513
Unit 1 - Biology as a Science
TIME FRAME: 1 week
GRADE: 10
CONTACT:
MAP LEVEL: 1
07.0 SCIENCE
07.0.1.9.1
-- Students will gather and synthesize information concerning a problem
07.0.1.9.2
-- Students will generate and revise hypotheses based upon empirical data and the requirements of logical reasoning
07.0.1.9.3
-- Students will interpret the results of experimentation using statistical reasoning
What is the goal of scientific inquiry?
How do scientists test hypotheses?
How does a scientific theory develop?
What are the characteristics of living organisms?
How can life be studied at different levels?
How are laboratory instrumentation and measurement used in the scientific process?
1. Scientific method
2. Experimental design
3. Characteristics of living organisms
4. Scientific measurement and equipment
Students in Biology will develop the ability to:
1. Discuss the logic of scientific inquiry,
2. Design an open ended inquiry,
3. List and describe the characteristics of living organisms,
4. Compare and contrast characteristics and/or properties of living vs. non-living forms,
5. Microscopy skills and metric measurement and conversions.
1. Perform a laboratory experiment
2. Use of a microscope
Objective/Subjective testing in a ratio "range" of 50-60:50-40 percent
Laboratory (demonstrate skills in lab safety and equipment use)
Class discussion
Design and implement an open ended inquiry.
Science Explorer Cells and Heredity
Prentice Hall,
Donald Cronkite
copyright 2000
Biology The living Science
Prentice Hall,
Miller and Levine
copyright 1998