High School Transformation Project

IIT High School Transformation Project

Alignment to Standards/Biology Model Lessons

Cohort 4

STATE GOAL 11: Understand the processes of scientific inquiry and technological design to investigate questions, conduct experiments and solve problems.
A. Know and apply the concepts, principles and processes of scientific inquiry.
STATE GOAL 12: Understand the fundamental concepts, principles and interconnections of the life, physical and earth/space sciences.
A. Know and apply concepts that explain how living things function, adapt and change.
B. Know and apply concepts that describe how living things interact with each other and with their environment.
STATE GOAL 13: Understand the relationships among science, technology and society in historical and contemporary contexts.
A. Know and apply the accepted practices of science.
B. Know and apply concepts that describe the interaction between science, technology and society.
Unit / Chapter/Model Lesson Title / State Goal 11 / State Goal 12 / State Goal 13
Unit 1 What is Biology / Ch. 1 Biology: The Study of Life
Characteristics of Living Things
Field Museum Extensions – Characteristic of Living Things / 11.A.4a
11.A.4b
11.A.4c
11.A.4e / 12.A.1a
12.A.1b
Unit 2 The Life of a Cell / Ch. 6.1 The Chemistry of Life
Atomic Structure
Field Museum Extensions – Atomic Structure / 12.C.4b / 13.A.3b
13.A.4c
Ch. 6.4 Life Substances
You Are What You Eat
Biotechnology: Little Ms. Muffet
Biotechnology: Beano / 11.A.4a
11.A.4b
11.A.4c
11.A.4e / 12.A.4b
12.C.3b
Ch. 7 A View of Cell
Looking at Cells / 11.A.4b
11.A.4c
11.A.4e
11.A.4f / 12.A.4b / 13.A.3c
13.A.4c
Ch. 7.4Cellular Transport
Diffusion Through a Selectively-Permeable Membrane
Field Museum Extensions – Diffusion Through a Selectively-Permeable Membrane / 11.A.4a
11.A.4c / 12.A.4b / 13.A.3c
13.A.4c
Ch.7.4Cellular Transport(Osmosis)
Osmosis: A Special Form of Diffusion
Field Museum Extensions – Osmosis: A Special Form of Diffusion / 11.A.4a
11.A.4b
11.A.4c
11.A.4e / 12.A.4b
Ch. 8.2 Photosynthesis: Trapping the Sun’s
Energy
Using Chromatography to Separate Pigments
Photosynthesis / 11.A.4b
11.A.4c / 12.A.4b / 13.A.4a
Ch. 8.3 Getting Energy to Make ATP
Cellular Respiration in Eukaryotic Cells / 11.A.4a
11.A.4b
11.A.4c
11.A.4e / 12.A.4b
Ch. 9.1 Cell Growth and Reproduction
Phases of Mitosis Investigation
Field Museum Extensions – Phases of Mitosis Investigation / 11.A.4c / 12.A.4b
Unit 3 Genetics / Ch. 10.2 Mendel’s Laws of Heredity
Genetics in Action / 11.A.4c
11.A.4e / 12.A.4a / 13.A.4c
13.B.4d
Ch. 12.1 DNA and Genes
Biotechnology: DNA Extraction / 11.A.4c
11.A.4e / 12.A.4a / 13.B.4d
Ch. 11.1 Mendelian Inheritance of Human Traits Human Pedigrees
Not So Simple? Inheritance of Human Traits
Genetic Disorders / 11.A.1e
11.A.1e
11.A.2c / 12.A.4a
12.A.4a
12.A.5b / 13.A.3b 13.A.4c
End of Semester 1
Biotechnology: Immunoassays / 11.A.1e / 12.A.4a / 13.A.4c
Unit 4 Evolution / Ch.15.2 Evidence of Evolution
Taxonomy; Review of Life (Field Museum- Focus Field Trip) / 11.A.4a / 12A.4c
12.B.5b
Ch.17 Organizing Life’s Diversity
Organizing Life’s Diversity: Phylogeny & Classification
Biotechnology: Seafood Forensics / 11.A.4b
11.A.4c / 12.A.4c / 13.B.3d
13.B.4d
Unit 1 Ecology / Ch. 2 Organisms and Their Environment
Biotechnology: Environment and Toxicity / 11.A.4a
11.A.5b
11.A.4c / 12.B.4a
Ch. 2 Organisms and Their Environment
Investigating Interactions / 11.A.4a
11.A.5b
11.A.4c / 12.B.4a
Unit 5 Viruses, Bacteria, Protists and Fungi / Ch. 18 Viruses
Are Viruses Alive?
Field Museum Extensions - Are Viruses Alive? / 12.A.3a
12.A.4b / 13.A.4c
Ch. 20 What is a fungus?
What Conditions Does Bread Mold Need for Growth?
Field Museum Extensions - What Conditions Does Bread Mold Need for Growth? / 11.A.4a
11.A.5b
11.A.4c / 12.B.4a / 13.A.5c
Unit 7 Invertebrates / Ch. 24 Sponges, Cnidarians, Flatworms & Roundworms
Coral Reefs
Field Museum Extensions – Coral Reefs / 11.A.2d
11.A.3d
11.A.3f / 12.B.4a
12.B.4b / 13.A.4b
Ch. 25 Mollusks & Segmented Worms
Zebra Mussels Invade Chicago!!
Field Museum Extensions - Zebra Mussels Invade Chicago!! / 11.A.4a
11.A.5b
11.A.4c / 12.B.4a / 13.A.5c
Unit 8 Vertebrates / Ch. 28 Fishes & Amphibians
Freaky Frogs: A Web Quest for Answers
Field Museum Extensions - Freaky Frogs: A Web Quest for Answers / 11.A.4e / 12.B.4b / 13.A.4c
Ch. 29 Reptiles and Birds
Bird Behavior: Analyzing Scientific Inquiry
Field Museum Extensions - Bird Behavior: Analyzing Scientific Inquiry / 11.A.4a
11.A.4b
11.A.4c
11.A.4d
11.A.4f / 12.B.4a / 13.A.4b
End of Year Project / Scientific Inquiry Through Plants: Guided Sprout Investigation
Field Museum Extensions - Scientific Inquiry Through Plants: Guided Sprout Investigation / 11.A.4a
11.A.5b
11.A.4c
11.A.4f / 12.B.4a / 13.A.4b