Alberta Program of Studies
30-A.1.4s.1: use appropriate International System of Units (SI) notation, fundamental and derived units and significant digits
Unit Conversions 2 - Scientific Notation and Significant Digits
30?A.2.1k: identify the principal endocrine glands of humans; i.e., the hypothalamus/pituitary complex, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal glands and islet cells of the pancreas
30?A.2.1sts: explain that science and technology are developed to meet societal needs and expand human capability
30?A.2.2s: conduct investigations into relationships between and among observable variables and use a broad range of tools and techniques to gather and record data and information
Pendulum Clock
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Triple Beam Balance
30?A.2.4s: work collaboratively in addressing problems and apply the skills and conventions of science in communicating information and ideas and in assessing results
30?B.1.1s: formulate questions about observed relationships and plan investigations of questions, ideas, problems and issues
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30?B.1.4s: work collaboratively in addressing problems and apply the skills and conventions of science in communicating information and ideas and in assessing results
30?B.2.1sts: explain how science and technology have influenced, and been influenced by, historical development and societal needs
30?B.2.1s: formulate questions about observed relationships and plan investigations of questions, ideas, problems and issues
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30?B.3.1sts: explain that science and technology are developed to meet societal needs and expand human capability
30?B.3.1s: formulate questions about observed relationships and plan investigations of questions, ideas, problems and issues
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30?B.3.4s: work collaboratively in addressing problems and apply the skills and conventions of science in communicating information and ideas and in assessing results
30?C.1.1sts: explain that science and technology are developed to meet societal needs and expand human capability
30?C.1.1s: formulate questions about observed relationships and plan investigations of questions, ideas, problems and issues
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30-C.1.3s.1: prepare and interpret models of human karyotypes by using hard-copy or online resources
30?C.1.4s: work collaboratively in addressing problems and apply the skills and conventions of science in communicating information and ideas and in assessing results
30?C.2.2k: compare ratios and probabilities of genotypes and phenotypes for dominant and recessive, multiple, incompletely dominant, and codominant alleles
30-C.2.3s.1: interpret patterns and trends of inheritance of traits and predict, quantitatively, the probability of inheritance of traits illustrated in monohybrid, dihybrid and sex-linked inheritance, using pedigrees and Punnett squares
30-C.2.3s.2: perform experiments to record and explain predicted phenotypic ratios versus actual counts in genetic crosses to show a relationship between chance and genetic results
Chicken Genetics
Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
30?C.2.4s: work collaboratively in addressing problems and apply the skills and conventions of science in communicating information and ideas and in assessing results
30?C.3.2k: describe, in general, how genetic information is contained in the sequence of bases in DNA molecules in chromosomes and how the DNA molecules replicate themselves
30?C.3.3k: describe, in general, how genetic information is transcribed into sequences of bases in RNA molecules and is finally translated into sequences of amino acids in proteins
30?C.3.4k: explain, in general, how restriction enzymes cut DNA molecules into smaller fragments and how ligases reassemble them
30?C.3.6k: explain how a random change (mutation) in the sequence of bases results in abnormalities or provides a source of genetic variability
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Evolution: Natural and Artificial Selection
30?C.3.7k: explain how base sequences in nucleic acids contained in the nucleus, mitochondrion and chloroplast give evidence for the relationships among organisms of different species.
30?C.3.1s: formulate questions about observed relationships and plan investigations of questions, ideas, problems and issues
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30-C.3.2s.2: perform simulations to demonstrate the replication of DNA and the transcription and translation of its information
Building DNA
RNA and Protein Synthesis
30-C.3.2s.3: perform simulations to demonstrate the use of restriction enzymes and ligases
30?C.3.4s: work collaboratively in addressing problems and apply the skills and conventions of science in communicating information and ideas and in assessing results
30?D.1.1k: describe the Hardy-Weinberg principle and explain its significance in population gene-pool stability and nonequilibrium values
30?D.1.2k: describe the factors that cause the diversity in the gene pool to change; i.e., natural selection, genetic drift, gene flow, nonrandom mating, bottleneck effect, founder effect, migration, mutation
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Evolution: Natural and Artificial Selection
Natural Selection
Rainfall and Bird Beaks - Metric
30?D.1.3k: apply, quantitatively, the Hardy-Weinberg principle to observed and published data to determine allele and genotype frequencies, using the equations p + q = 1 and p^2 + 2pq + q^2 = 1
30?D.1.1s: formulate questions about observed relationships and plan investigations of questions, ideas, problems and issues
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30-D.1.3s.1: calculate and interpret results based on the Hardy-Weinberg principle in problem-solving exercises
30-D.2.1k.1: predator-prey and producer-consumer relationships
30?D.2.2k: explain the role of defence mechanisms in predation and competition; e.g., mimicry, protective coloration, toxins, behaviour
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Evolution: Natural and Artificial Selection
Natural Selection
30?D.2.1s: formulate questions about observed relationships and plan investigations of questions, ideas, problems and issues
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30-D.2.2s.1: design and perform an experiment or a simulation to demonstrate interspecific and intraspecific competition
Coral Reefs 2 - Biotic Factors
30-D.2.2s.3: perform simulations to investigate relationships between predators and their prey; e.g., computer simulation, role-playing
30?D.2.4s: work collaboratively in addressing problems and apply the skills and conventions of science in communicating information and ideas and in assessing results
30-D.3.2k.2: per capita growth rate, cgr = (delta)N / N, where (delta)N is the change in number of individuals in a population relative to N, the original number of individuals
30?D.3.1s: formulate questions about observed relationships and plan investigations of questions, ideas, problems and issues
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30-D.3.3s.2: calculate and interpret change in population size, growth rate, per capita growth rate and population density
30?D.3.4s: work collaboratively in addressing problems and apply the skills and conventions of science in communicating information and ideas and in assessing results
Correlation last revised: 9/16/2020