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Biology (SCP) 512
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
07.0 SCIENCE
07.0.1.9.4
-- Students will critique scientific experiments or research by seeking out possible sources of bias in the design and analysis of data
07.0.1.9.5
-- Students will suggest alternative ways of explaining data and criticize arguments in which data, explanations or conclusions are represented as the only ones worthy of consideration
07.0.1.9.6
-- Students will prepare and present oral and written scientific reports that communicate in a logical sequence the process, results and validity of scientific experiments and research.
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. Branches of biology as a science
5. Scientific measurement and equipment
Students will develop the ability to:
1. Discuss the logic of scientific inquiry
2. Design and implement 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. Design and 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
Biology - Miller and Levine - 2002