Life Science Modules/Units

Cycle Cell Anemia and Malaria-HSL3-1. From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

Unit Plan in Google Drive

Osmosis-LS1.A-Structure-and-Function

The Smelly Corpse Plant Unit-MS. LS1-LS4

LS1.A: Structure and Function

  • In multicellular organisms, the body is a system of multiple interacting subsystems. These subsystems are groups of cells that work together to form tissues and organs that are specialized for particular body functions. (MS-LS1-3)

LS1.B: Growth and Development of Organisms

  • Plants reproduce in a variety of ways, sometimes depending on animal behavior and specialized features for reproduction. (MS-LS1-4)

LS4.B: Natural Selection

  • Natural selection leads to the predominance of certain traits in a population, and the suppression of others. (MS-LS4-4)

LS4.C: Adaptation

  • Adaptation by natural selection acting over generations is one important process by which species change over time in response to changes in environmental conditions. Traits that support successful survival and reproduction in the new environment become more common; those that do not become less common. Thus, the distribution of traits in a population changes. (MS-LS4-6)

Explaining Diabetes Symptoms-HS.LS1

LS1.A: Structure and Function

Feedback mechanisms maintain a living system’s internal conditions within certain limits and mediate behaviors, allowing it to remain alive and functional even as external conditions change within some range. Feedback mechanisms can encourage (through positive feedback) or discourage (negative feedback) what is going on inside the living system. (HS-LS1-3)

Yellowstone-LS2.C-Ecosystem-Dynamics-Functioning-and-Resilience

LymeDisease-LS2.A-Interdependent-Relationships-in-Ecosystems

LS1-A Structure and Function

  • Systems of specialized cells within organisms help them perform the essential functions of life (HS-LS1-1)
  • Feedback mechanisms maintain a living system’s internal conditions within certain limits and mediate behaviors, allowing it to remain alive and functional even as external conditions change within some range. (HS-LS1-3)

Here comes the Sun Unit in Google Drive

HS-LS1. A: Structure and Function: Systems of specialized cells within organisms help them perform the essential functions of life. (HS-LS-1)

Mitochondrial Myopathy

HSLS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

How can bacteria produce human insulin?

HS-LS1-1: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the structure of DNA determines the structure of proteins which carry out the essential functions of life through systems of specialized cells.

Cell Division-Embryo Development

LS1.B: Growth and Development of Organisms

LS1.C: Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms

Mt. Saint Helen’s Unit in Google Drive

HS-LS2 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

Crop Loss

HS-LS2-2.         Use mathematical representations to support and revise explanations based on evidence about factors affecting biodiversity and populations in ecosystems of different scales.

HS-LS2-4.         Use mathematical representations to support claims for the cycling of matter and flow of energy among organisms in an ecosystem.

HS-LS2-7.         Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity.

Cell Differentiation and Chickens

LS3.A: Each chromosome consists of a single very long DNA molecule, and each gene on the chromosome is a particular segment of that DNA. The instructions for forming species’ characteristics are carried in DNA. All cells in an organism have the same genetic content, but the genes used (expressed) by the cell may be regulated in different ways. Not all DNA codes for a protein; some segments of DNA are involved in regulatory or structural functions, and some have no as-yet known function.

Type 2 Diabetes-Evolutionary Adaptation

HS – LS4- 5: Evaluate the evidence supporting claims that changes in environmental conditions may result in: (1) increases in the number of individuals of some species, (2) the emergence of new species over time, and (3) the extinction of other species.

Bald Eagle Unit in Google Drive

Egypt Tourism and Coral Reefs

HS-LS2-2.      Use mathematical representations to support and revise explanations based on evidence about factors affecting biodiversity and populations in ecosystems of different scales.

Moth Unit in Google Drive

What caused the MRSA strain of Staphylococcus Aureus

Mega-Plate Unit

LS4.B: Natural Selection