Pacing Guide Overview1st QUARTER Content Area: Biology I Grade 9-10

Week / Essential Outcome / Concept / General Overview / Bundle(s) / INDIANA
STANDARDS / Resources/Activities used (textbook pages, charts, assessments, etc.)
1 / Introduction to Biology
2 / Ecology – Essential Outcome 1 (Intro. To Ecology) / 3.5
3 / Ecology – Essential Outcome 1 / 3.5, 3.4 / Formative – Food Webs
4 / Ecology – Assess on Essential Outcome 1 – Essential Outcome 2 / 4.1 / Summative – Introduction to Ecology
5 / Ecology – Essential Outcome 2 / 4.2, 4.3 / Formative – Carrying Capacity
Ecology Final Project – See Ecology Assessment Folder
6 / Ecology – Essential Outcome 2 / Assess / 4.3 / Great Lakes Invaders WebQuest – See Ecology Assessment Folder
Summative – Population and Conservation Ecology
7 / Macromolecules – Essential Outcome 3 / 1.1, 2.5 / The Journey of a Biomolecule WebQuest - Formative - Macromolecules
8 / Macromolecules – Essential Outcome 3 and Assess / 1.2, 1.3 / Summative - Macromolecules
9 / Introduction to Cells (Cell Theory and prokaryotes/eukaryotes) / Formative – Prokaryotes/Eukaryotes and Cell Theory

2nd Quarter

Week / Essential Outcome / Concept / General Overview / Bundle(s) / INDIANA
STANDARDS / Resources used (textbook pages, charts, assessments, etc.)
10 / Cell Membrane – Essential Outcome 4 / 2.2, 1.3 / Formative - Cell Membrane
11 / Cell Transport – Essential Outcome 4 / 2.2, 1.3 / Cell Transport Lab
Formative - Cell Transport
12 / Assess and Cell Part Identification – Essential Outcome 4 / 2.1, 2.6 / Summative – Cell Membrane and Transport
13 / Cell Part Identification and Function – Essential Outcome 4 / 2.6, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 / Cell City Analogy Project – See Cell and Cell Parts Assessment Folder
Formative – Cell Parts and Functions
14 / Review and Assess – Essential Outcome 4 / Summative – Cell Parts and Functions
15 / Introduction to Cellular Energy and Photosynthesis – Essential Outcome 5 / 3.1,2.3 / Formative: ATP
16 / Cellular Respiration/Metabolism and Assess – Essential Outcome 5 / 3.2, 3.3 / Photosynthesis vs Cellular Respiration Activity – See Cell Energy and Photo, Cell. Resp. Assessment Folder
Summative – Cellular Energy
17 / Review
18 / Semester 1 Exam

3rd Quarter

Week / Essential Outcome / Concept / General Overview / Bundle(s) / INDIANA
STANDARDS / Resources used (textbook pages, charts, assessments, etc.)
19 / Mitosis – Essential Outcome 6 / 6.1, 6.2 6.3 / Mitosis Plate Activity
Mitosis Book Project
Formative – Mitosis – See Cell Cycle/Mitosis Review in the Genetics Assessment Folder
20 / Meiosis – Essential Outcome 6 / 6.4, 6.5
21 / Review/Assess / Summative – Cellular Reproduction
22 / DNA – Essential Outcome 7 / 5.1, 7.4 / Lego DNA Activity
Formative - DNA
23 / Transcription – Essential Outcome 8 / 5.3
24 / Translation – Essential Outcome 8 / 5.3, 5.4, 5.5 / Protein Synthesis Project
Formative – Transcription/Translation
DNA WebQuest – See DNA Assessment Folder
25 / Mutations and Assess– Essential Outcome 7 and 8 / 7.4, 7.5 / Summative – DNA as a Blueprint for Protein
26 / Introduction to Genetics and Mendel – Essential Outcome 9 / 2.5, 5.6, 6.5, 7.1 / Formative – Punnett Squares
27 / Modes of Inheritance and Probability – Essential Outcome 9 / 7.2, 7.3 / Probability Activity
Dragon Genetics Activity – See Genetics Assessment Folder
Karyotype Paper Activity – See Genetics Assessment Folder

4th Quarter

Week / Essential Outcome / Concept / General Overview / Bundle(s) / INDIANA
STANDARDS / Resources used (textbook pages, charts, assessments, etc.)
28 / Assess and Origins of Life/Endosymbiont Theory – Essential Outcome 11 / 8.1, 8.7 / Summative - Genetics
29 / Darwin and Natural Selection – Essential Outcome 11 / 8.5, 8.6 / Formative – Darwin
Build a Beast Activity – See Evolution Assessment Folder
30 / Evolutionary Relationships and Taxonomy – Essential Outcome 10 / 8.2, 8.3, 8.4 / Summative – Evolution
31 / ECA Review
32 / ECA
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Revised 1/23/13