Curriculum Map Instructional Strategies Assessment Projects/Other 1st Quarter w/standard & Timeline 1. What is Science? Types of Science Difference Between Fact, Theory, Law 2. Scientific Method Definition Steps Methods of gathering information Hypothesis Variable Control 3. Metric System Chart Conversion Larger Value History Area Perimeter Volume of boxed shapes Volume of irregular shapes Finding Weight Reading Inventory for Life Science Types of Science Quiz Super Scientists Thinking Like a Life Scientist/ Scientific Method Scientific Method Quiz What is Science?/ Scientific Method Test Tools of Life Scientists Quiz Metric Conversion Perimeter, Area, Volume Mass and Weight Metric System Test Amazing Discovery Activity Building Blocks Activity A Little Bit of Science Lab Super Scientists Research Fact Sheet Paper Airplane Lab Metric Measurement Lab Consumer Reports - Scientific Method in Action Living Things- Is it Living? Activity Eukaryotic City
4. Living Things Characteristics of Living Things Needs of Living Things Relationship between Carbon Dioxide, Oxygen, and Humans Chapter 2 Quiz Hierarchy Card Game Diffusion Questions Mitosis Review Cell Jeopardy Living Things and Cells Test 5. Safety Science Symbols and their meanings Parts of the microscope Types of instruments used by life scientists 6. Cells Organization of Life Scientists Types of Cells Parts of Cells and their functions Cell Theory Common Characteristics of all cells Diffusion Osmosis Photosynthesis and its equation Cellular Respiration and its equation Active and Passive
Transport Exocytosis and Endocytosis Steps of Mitosis 2nd Quarter w/standard & Timeline 1. Heredity Gregor Mendel & his pea plants Dominant and Recessive traits Punnett Square Meiosis Male or Female Incomplete Dominance Structure of DNA Pedigree 2. Classification Kingdom (Monera, Protista, Plantae, Fungi, Animalia) Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Latin Names Vertebrates & Dimples and DNA Practicing Punnet Squares Meiosis Review How DNA Works Chapter 6 Review Heredity Study Guide Heredity Test Classification: Sorting it all Out The Six Kingdoms Review Keys to the Kingdom Classification and Kingdom s Test First Semester Final Heredity Chart Monster Genetics Fingerprints Lab Creepy Critters Activity
Invertebrates 3. Moneran (Bacteria), Protists, Fungi Eubacteria Archaebacteria Binary Fission Bacteria s role in the world Viruses Protists- Algae, Protozoa, Slime molds Fungi 3rd Quarter w/standard & Timeline 1. Plants Ø Characteristics of plants. Ø Division of plants. Ø Importance to humans. Ø Importance of seeds. Ø Functions of Roots, Stems, Leaves, and Flowers. Ø Review questions from plant test. 2. Animals and Behavior Ø Characteristics of animals. Ø Vertebrates/ Invertebrates. Ø Learned and Innate Behavior. Ø Hibernation and Estivation. Ø Biological clock/ Circadian Carnivorous Plants What Makes a Plant and Plant Plant Quiz Classifying Plants and Drawing Dicots Plant Structures Plant Processes Fertilizing Flowers packet A Leaf s Work is Never Done, How Plants Respond to Change, Scrambled Plants Plants Test What is an Animal? Animal Cams Living Together Puzzling Animal Behavior Everything is Connected Animal Quiz Cycles in Nature I See d the World Activity Seeds Jigsaw Activity Leaf Me Alone Activity Net Logo: Predator/ Prey Activity Net Logo: Bug Hunt Camo Activity
rhythms. Ø Navigation Ø Animal communication. Ø Advantages and Disadvantages of living in groups. Ø Review questions from Animal Behavior test. 3. Invertebrates Ø Symmetry Ø Characteristics of invertebrates. Ø Review questions from Invertebrates test. 4. Fishes, Amphibians, and Reptiles Ø See questions and topics from test Biome Letter Biome Quiz Ecology Test Intro to Invertebrates Simple Invertebrates Arthropods Echinoderms Vertebrates Fishes Amphibians Reptiles Mammals Animals Test Adaptation: It s a Way of Life Lab Biome Internet Activity Model Species Log 5. Birds and Mammals Ø See questions and topics from test 6. Ecology Ø Biotic vs. Abiotic Ø Predator / Prey Ø Food Chains/ Food Webs Ø Ecosystems 4th Quarter w/standard & Timeline Human Body Intro Body Organization Quiz Body Packet Scattegories
7. Body Organization Ø Homeostasis Ø Cells-Tissue-Organ-Organ Systems-Organism Ø Names and functions of body systems 8. Skeletal System Ø Names of bones Ø Make-up of bones Ø Joints Ø Cartilage Ø Ligaments 9. Muscular System Ø Types of Muscle Ø Building Muscle Ø BFS program Ø Types of exercise Ø Steroids Ø Tendons Ø See test 10. Integumentary System Ø Hair, Skin, Nails Ø Melanin Ø Layers of skin Bone Packet Bone Packet Quiz Eyewitness Skeleton Injuries and Diseases of the Skeletal System Skeletal System Study Guide Skeletal System Test Intro to Muscular System Muscle Identification Quiz How to build muscle properly Steroids, Muscle Diseases and Injuries Steroid Quiz Muscular System Test Integumentary System, Skin, Hair, and Nails Cardiovascular System Matchmaker, Matchmaker / Color of the Heart Integumentary/ Cardiovascular Quiz Muscles at Work Lab BFS Program Blood Typing Lab Virtual Reality Heart 11. Cardiovascular System Ø Blood and its parts Ø Heart Ø Blood vessels Ø Blood pressure Lymphatic System Brainpop A Hunt With the Heart Appendix 5 Senses Lab Synesthesia
Ø Blood typing 12. Lymphatic System Ø Fights pathogens Ø Lymphnodes Ø Thymus Ø Spleen Ø Tonsils Digestive Note card Digestive Quiz Urinary System Nervous System Endocrine System Body Systems Test 13. Respiratory System Ø Cellular Respiration Ø Passageway of air Ø Diaphram Ø Hazards of smoking 14. Digestive System Ø Journey of food Ø 20 different parts and their functions 15. Urinary System Ø Filtering of blood Ø Removal of waste 16. Nervous System Ø CNS Ø PNS Ø Five senses and descriptions Ø Parts of the brain Ø Brain functions 17. Frog Dissection Frog Dissection Packet Frog Dissection Quiz Staying Healthy: To Eat or Not to Eat/ Hidden Health Message Second Semester Final Frog Dissection Eating Healthy Lab
Ø Possible questions from quiz 18. Staying Healthy Ø Nutrients (Carbs, Protein, Fat) Ø Minerals, Vitamins Ø Food Pyramid Ø Nutrition Disorders (Malnutrition, Anorexia, Bulimia, Obesity) Ø Risks of Drugs and Alcohol and other Drugs Ø Addiction, Tobacco, Narcotics Ø Healthy habits (Hygiene, Exercise, Sleep, Stress)