Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS)
2.1.B: investigate and identify cellular processes including homeostasis, permeability, energy production, transportation of molecules, disposal of wastes, function of cellular parts, and synthesis of new molecules;
Cell Energy Cycle
Cell Structure
Osmosis
Paramecium Homeostasis
Photosynthesis Lab
2.2.A: describe components of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), and illustrate how information for specifying the traits of an organism is carried in the DNA;
Microevolution
Natural Selection
2.2.B: explain replication, transcription, and translation using models of DNA and ribonucleic acid (RNA); and
Building DNA
RNA and Protein Synthesis
2.2.C: identify and illustrate how changes in DNA cause mutations and evaluate the significance of these changes;
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
2.4.A: interpret the functions of systems in organisms including circulatory, digestive, nervous, endocrine, reproductive, integumentary, skeletal, respiratory, muscular, excretory, and immune; and
2.4.B: compare the interrelationships of organ systems to each other and to the body as a whole.
3.1.C: compare the structures and functions of viruses to cells and describe the role of viruses in causing diseases and conditions such as acquired immune deficiency syndrome, common colds, smallpox, influenza, and warts; and
3.2.A: identify evidence of change in species using fossils, DNA sequences, anatomical similarities, physiological similarities, and embryology; and
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
3.2.B: illustrate the results of natural selection in speciation, diversity, phylogeny, adaptation, behavior, and extinction.
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Microevolution
Natural Selection
3.3.D: analyze the flow of matter and energy through different trophic levels and between organisms and the physical environment.
Cell Energy Cycle
Interdependence of Plants and Animals
Photosynthesis Lab
3.4.B: interpret interactions among organisms exhibiting predation, parasitism, commensalism, and mutualism; and
Food Chain
Forest Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem
3.4.E: investigate and explain the interactions in an ecosystem including food chains, food webs, and food pyramids.
Food Chain
Forest Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem
3.5.A: evaluate the significance of structural and physiological adaptations of plants to their environments;
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Natural Selection
4.1.A: investigate and identify properties of fluids including density, viscosity, and buoyancy; and
Density Laboratory
Density via Comparison
4.1.D: relate the chemical behavior of an element including bonding, to its placement on the periodic table;
4.2.A: distinguish between physical and chemical changes in matter such as oxidation, digestion, changes in states, and stages in the rock cycle; and
Density Experiment: Slice and Dice
Freezing Point of Salt Water
Rock Cycle
4.2.C: investigate and identify the law of conservation of mass;
Balancing Chemical Equations
Chemical Equation Balancing
Limiting Reactants
4.3.B: relate the concentration of ions in a solution to physical and chemical properties such as pH, electrolytic behavior, and reactivity; and
4.3.D: demonstrate how various factors influence solubility including temperature, pressure, and nature of the solute and solvent;
5.1.A: calculate speed, momentum, acceleration, work, and power in systems such as in the human body, moving toys, and machines;
2D Collisions
Fan Cart Physics
Freefall Laboratory
Inclined Plane - Simple Machine
Pulley Lab
Roller Coaster Physics
5.1.B: investigate and describe applications of Newton's laws such as in vehicle restraints, sports activities, geological processes, and satellite orbits; and
2D Collisions
Air Track
Atwood Machine
Fan Cart Physics
Force and Fan Carts
Uniform Circular Motion
5.1.D: investigate and demonstrate [mechanical advantage and] efficiency of various machines such as levers, motors, wheels and axles, pulleys, and ramps.
Ants on a Slant (Inclined Plane)
Inclined Plane - Simple Machine
Levers
Pulley Lab
Torque and Moment of Inertia
Wheel and Axle
5.2.B: demonstrate wave interactions including interference, polarization, reflection, refraction, and resonance within various materials;
Basic Prism
Longitudinal Waves
Ray Tracing (Lenses)
Refraction
5.3.A: describe the law of conservation of energy;
Energy Conversion in a System
Energy of a Pendulum
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Roller Coaster Physics
5.3.B: investigate and demonstrate the movement of heat through solids, liquids, and gases by convection, conduction, and radiation; and
Conduction and Convection
Freezing Point of Salt Water
Heat Transfer by Conduction
Phase Changes
Radiation
5.3.D: investigate and compare economic and environmental impacts of using various energy sources such as rechargeable or disposable batteries and solar cells.
Correlation last revised: 1/20/2017