Key

Reporting

Category

D

Design and construct a hierarchy among cells, tissues, organs, and systems.

A

CS

Determine the relationships among cells, tissues, organs, and systems given a diagram and identify the function of organ systems.

Your Body’s Systems

Flashcards

Organ Systems Bingo

A

CS

Recognize basic structures that most cells share (i.e., nucleus, cytoplasm, and cell membrane).

Cell Structure

Cells Alive!

A

CS

Distinguish between plant and animal cells.

Plant and Animal Cell

Experiment-Comparing Plant and Animal Cells

A

CS

Identify major cell organelles and their functions.

Make a Model of a Cell

Virtual Cell Tour

Cells are the Starting Point

D

Sequence a series of diagrams depicting the stages of cell division in plant and animal cells.

A

CS

Sequence a series of diagrams depicting the movement of chromosomes during mitosis.

Mitosis

Matching Plant Cells

Matching Animal Cells

Phases of Mitosis Skit

I

Design models to illustrate how materials move between cells and their environment.

A

CS

Predict the movement of substances through osmosis or diffusion across the cell membrane, given solutions of different concentrations.

Diffusion and Osmosis

Diffusion lab

D

Compare and contrast photosynthesis and respiration.

A

FP

Determine what plants need to make food.

Making Food

Plant Needs

A Beginning Look at Photosynthesis: Plants Need Light

A

FP

Identify photosynthesis as the food making process in plants.

Song- Jingle Bells Tune

Getting Their Food

A

FP

Identify the reactants and products of photosynthesis and respiration.

Respiration

Photosynthesis

D

Relate the processes of photosynthesis and respiration to appropriate cellular organelles.

A

FP

Associate the processes of photosynthesis and respiration with appropriate cellular organelles.

Cell Organelles

Plant and Cell Organelles

Photosynthesis Light Reactions- Animation

D

Diagram and explain how oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged between living things and their environment.

A

FP

Select the structures that animals use to obtain oxygen.

Respiration

Why Animals Breathe

A

FP

Classify animals according to their means of obtaining oxygen.

All Living Things Need Oxygen

A

FP

Select the illustration that depicts the movement of oxygen and carbon dioxide between living things and their environment.

Cellular Respiration

Carbon Cycle

Photosynthesis

Cycles worksheet

A

FP

Interpret a diagram depicting the oxygen-carbon dioxide cycle.

Carbon-Dioxide Cycle

A

HR

Match a flower part with its reproductive function.

Flowering Plant Reproduction

Lesson Plan Reproduction

Biology of plants

Parts of a Flower- info and game

Flower Dissection

A

HR

Distinguish between sexual and asexual methods of reproduction.

Lesson Asexual and Sexual Reproduction

Asexual vs. Sexual Reproduction

D

Recognize that genetic information is passed from parent to offspring during reproduction.

A

HR

Recognize advantages and disadvantages of sexual and asexual reproduction.

Compare Asexual and Sexual reproduction

A

HR

Recognize a variety of pollination methods and associated floral adaptations.

Pollination

What is Pollination?

Lesson Partners in Pollination

Biology of plants

Plants and Animals Partners in Pollination- Activity

D

Explain how conditions, such as the amount of precipitation, temperature, and wind speed affect the water cycle.

A

AC

Determine how temperature affects evaporation and condensation in the atmosphere.

Condensation

Evaporation

A

AC

Identify the detailed features of the water cycle given a diagram (i.e., evaporation, condensation, precipitation, run-off, and transpiration).

The Water Cycle (labeled)

Diagram of Water Cycle (unlabeled)

Drinking and ground water , Cycles worksheet , Hydrological cycle

Hydrolytic Poster

D

Record and analyze meteorological data to predict weather patterns.

D

Use diagrams to demonstrate how atmospheric winds and ocean currents affect weather and climate.

A

AC

Analyze data and make predictions about weather given a scenario.

Predicting the Weather

Forecasting the Weather

Weather Prediction- Activity

A

AC

Interpret weather data using a weather map.

Reading Weather Maps

Lesson Reading Weather Maps

Under the Weather

Weather Map Symbols and Terminology

I

Explain the impact of catastrophic events on climate (e.g., volcanic eruption).

I

Research careers related to meteorology.

D

Differentiate among elements, compounds, and mixtures.

A

SP

Distinguish between elements, compounds, and mixtures (i.e., _{Na, Cl, NaCl, C, O2, CO2, H2, and H20}).

Periodic Table Quizzes

Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures

Classification of Matter Lesson, Worksheets, Puzzles

Classification of Matter Worksheet

D

Describe the particle arrangement associated with different states of matter.

A

SP

Compare the motion and arrangement of molecules in solids, liquids, and gases.

Building Bigs

Material

States of Matter

D

Identify the mass, volume, density, boiling point, melting point, and solubility of a given substance.

D

Measure and/or calculate the mass, volume, density, and temperature of a given substance.

A

SP

Determine the measurable properties of matter and appropriate metric units (i.e., weight, mass, volume, density, size (length, width, height, and temperature).

Mass and Measurement

 Volume, Mass, and Density

I

Obtain information about an element with the aid of a periodic table.

A

SP

Classify substances as elements or compounds from their symbols or formulas.

Elements, Mixture, and Compounds Quiz

Atomic musical chairs , Internet periodic table lab , Periodic table puzzle answer