AB--Alberta Program of Studies
30-A.1: explain how the nervous system controls physiological processes
1.1.1.2: Skills
30-A.1.3: Analyzing and Interpreting
30-A1.3s: analyze data and apply mathematical and conceptual models to develop and assess possible solutions
30-A1.3s.4: pose new questions, such as: “Why are some people more tolerant to pain than others?”
30-A1.3s.5: collect and analyze class data on colour charts
Earthquakes 1 - Recording Station
30-A.1.4: Communication and Teamwork
30-A1.4s: work collaboratively in addressing problems and apply the skills and conventions of science in communicating information and ideas and in assessing results
30-A1.4s.1: use appropriate Système international (SI) units, fundamental and derived units and significant digits
Unit Conversions 2 - Scientific Notation and Significant Digits
30-A.2: explain how the endocrine system contributes to homeostasis.
1.1.2.1: Science, Technology and Society (STS)
30-A2.1sts: explain that science and technology are developed to meet societal needs and expand human capability
30-A2.1sts.2: assess the impact of research into biochemical control systems on human performance
30-A2.2sts: explain that science and technology have both intended and unintended consequences for humans and the environment
30-A2.2sts.1: evaluate the use of biotechnology to solve practical problems (hormone synthesis for diabetes mellitus, dwarfism, milk yield in cows)
30-C.2: explain the basic rules and processes associated with the transmission of genetic characteristics
3.1.2.2: Skills
30-C.2.1: Initiating and Planning
30-C2.1s: formulate questions about observed relationships and plan investigations of questions, ideas, problems and issues
30-C2.1s.1: design a plan for collecting data to demonstrate human inheritance
30-C.2.3: Analyzing and Interpreting
30-C2.3s: analyze data and apply mathematical and conceptual models to develop and assess possible solutions
30-C2.3s.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
Fast Plants® 1 - Growth and Genetics
Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
Microevolution
30-C2.3s.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
Fast Plants® 2 - Mystery Parent
30-C.2.4: Communication and Teamwork
30-C2.4s: work collaboratively in addressing problems and apply the skills and conventions of science in communicating information and ideas and in assessing results
30-C2.4s.1: work cooperatively with team members to investigate a monohybrid cross (tongue rolling, attached earlobes) and solve problems as they arise
Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
Microevolution
30-C.3: explain classical genetics at the molecular level.
3.1.3.2: Skills
30-C.3.2: Performing and Recording
30-C3.2s: 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
30-C3.2s.2: perform simulations to demonstrate the replication of DNA and the transcription and translation of its information
30-C3.2s.3: perform simulations to demonstrate the use of restriction enzymes and ligases
30-C3.2s.5: research gel electrophoresis techniques and their applications in medical diagnostics and forensics
30-C.3.3: Analyzing and Interpreting
30-C3.3s: analyze data and apply mathematical and conceptual models to develop and assess possible solutions
30-C3.3s.1: analyze, from published data, relationships between human activities and changes in genetic information that lead to heritable mutations and cancer
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Evolution: Natural and Artificial Selection
30-D.1: describe a community as a composite of populations in which individuals contribute to a gene pool that can change over time
4.1.1.1: Science, Technology and Society (STS)
30-D1.1sts: explain that science and technology have both intended and unintended consequences for humans and the environment
30-D1.1sts.5: assess habitat loss and the responsibility of society to protect the environment for future generations
Coral Reefs 1 - Abiotic Factors
Coral Reefs 2 - Biotic Factors
30-D1.2sts: explain how concepts, models and theories are often used in interpreting and explaining observations and in predicting future observations
30-D1.2sts.1: assess the role and importance of models in ecology, such as the Hardy-Weinberg principle, in explaining scientific phenomena such as changes in gene frequencies.
4.1.1.2: Skills
30-D.1.3: Analyzing and Interpreting
30-D1.3s: analyze data and apply mathematical and conceptual models to develop and assess possible solutions
30-D1.3s.1: calculate and interpret results based on the Hardy-Weinberg principle in problem-solving exercises
30-D.1.4: Communication and Teamwork
30-D1.4s: work collaboratively in addressing problems and apply the skills and conventions of science in communicating information and ideas and in assessing results
30-D1.4s.1: use appropriate notation and significant digits to show gene frequency and changes in gene frequency over time
30-D.2: explain the interaction of individuals in a population with one another and with members of other populations
4.1.2.1: Science, Technology and Society (STS)
30-D2.1sts: explain why Canadian society supports scientific research and technological development to facilitate a sustainable society, economy and environment
30-D2.1sts.3: assess the long-term implications of fire control and prevention on population and ecosystem stability, diversity and productivity
Coral Reefs 2 - Biotic Factors
4.1.2.2: Skills
30-D.2.2: Performing and Recording
30-D2.2s: 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
30-D2.2s.1: design and perform an experiment or a simulation to demonstrate interspecific and intraspecific competition
Coral Reefs 2 - Biotic Factors
30-D2.2s.3: perform simulations to investigate relationships between predators and their prey; e.g., computer simulation, role-playing
30-D.3: explain, in quantitative terms, the change in populations over time.
4.1.3.2: Skills
30-D.3.3: Analyzing and Interpreting
30-D3.3s: analyze data and apply mathematical and conceptual models to develop and assess possible solutions
30-D3.3s.2: calculate and interpret change in population size, growth rate, per capita growth rate and population density
Correlation last revised: 11/17/2022