College- and Career-Readiness Standards
BLS.S.B.1: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the structure of DNA determines the structure of proteins which carry out the essential functions of life through systems of specialized cells.
Building DNA
Genetic Engineering
RNA and Protein Synthesis
Enzymes
Protein Synthesis
BLS.S.B.2: Develop and use a model to illustrate the hierarchical organization of interacting systems that provide specific functions within multicellular organisms.
Cell Types
Circulatory System
Digestive System
Frog Dissection
Muscles and Bones
Senses
Homeostasis
BLS.S.B.3: Identify and describe the characteristics of living organisms based on taxonomic classification systems.
BLS.S.B.4: Develop and use a model to provide evidence that feedback mechanisms maintain homeostasis.
Homeostasis
Human Homeostasis
Paramecium Homeostasis
Enzymes
Homeostasis
BLS.S.B.5: Use a model to illustrate how photosynthesis transforms light energy into stored chemical energy.
Cell Energy Cycle
Photosynthesis Lab
Photosynthesis
BLS.S.B.6: Use a model to illustrate that cellular respiration is a chemical process whereby the bonds of food molecules and oxygen molecules are broken and the bonds in new compounds are formed resulting in a net transfer of energy.
Cell Energy Cycle
Cell Respiration
BLS.S.B.8: Use mathematical representations to support claims for the cycling of matter and flow of energy between trophic levels in an ecosystem.
BLS.S.B.8.1: transfer of calories
BLS.S.B.8.2: energy loss (entropy)
BLS.S.B.8.3: 10% Rule
BLS.S.B.9: Develop a model to illustrate the role of photosynthesis and cellular respiration in the cycling of carbon among the biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere.
Carbon Cycle
Cell Energy Cycle
Plants and Snails
Pond Ecosystem
Photosynthesis
BLS.S.B.10: Use mathematical and/or computational representations to support explanations of factors that affect carrying capacity of ecosystems at different scales.
Food Chain
Forest Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem
Rabbit Population by Season
Rainfall and Bird Beaks
Rainfall and Bird Beaks - Metric
Ecosystems
BLS.S.B.11: Use mathematical representations to support and revise explanations based on evidence about factors affecting biodiversity and populations in ecosystems of different scales.
Coral Reefs 1 - Abiotic Factors
Coral Reefs 2 - Biotic Factors
Food Chain
Forest Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem
Rabbit Population by Season
Rainfall and Bird Beaks
Rainfall and Bird Beaks - Metric
Ecosystems
BLS.S.B.12: Evaluate the claims, evidence, and reasoning that the complex interactions in ecosystems maintain relatively consistent numbers and types of organisms in stable conditions, but changing conditions may result in a new ecosystem possibly leading to speciation.
Rainfall and Bird Beaks
Rainfall and Bird Beaks - Metric
BLS.S.B.13: Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity.
GMOs and the Environment
Nitrogen Cycle
BLS.S.B.14: Create or revise a simulation to test a solution to mitigate adverse impacts of human activity on biodiversity.
GMOs and the Environment
Photosynthesis
BLS.S.B.15: Use a model to illustrate the role of cellular division (mitosis) and differentiation in producing and maintaining complex organisms.
Cell Division
Embryo Development
Meiosis
Meowsis
BLS.S.B.16: Develop and use a model to demonstrate the role of DNA and chromosomes in coding the instructions for characteristic traits passed from parents to offspring.
Building DNA
DNA Analysis
DNA Profiling
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Genetic Engineering
Meiosis
Meowsis
BLS.S.B.17: Make and defend a claim based on evidence that inheritable genetic variations may result from:
BLS.S.B.17.1: new genetic combinations through meiosis
BLS.S.B.17.2: viable errors occurring during replication
Building DNA
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Meowsis
BLS.S.B.18: Apply concepts of statistics and probability to explain the variation and distribution of expressed traits in a population.
Chicken Genetics
Fast Plants® 1 - Growth and Genetics
Fast Plants® 2 - Mystery Parent
Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
Microevolution
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
BLS.S.B.19: Engage in argumentation utilizing evidence to support common ancestry and biological evolution.
BLS.S.B.19.2: cladograms.
BLS.S.B.20: Construct an explanation based on evidence that the process of evolution primarily results from four factors:
BLS.S.B.20.1: potential for a species to increase in number
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Natural Selection
Rainfall and Bird Beaks
Rainfall and Bird Beaks - Metric
Evolution
BLS.S.B.20.2: heritable genetic variation of individuals in a species due to mutation and sexual reproduction
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Evolution
BLS.S.B.20.3: competition for limited resources
Rainfall and Bird Beaks
Rainfall and Bird Beaks - Metric
BLS.S.B.20.4: the proliferation of those organisms that are better able to survive and reproduce in the environment.
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Natural Selection
Rainfall and Bird Beaks
Rainfall and Bird Beaks - Metric
Evolution
BLS.S.B.21: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how natural selection leads to adaptation of populations.
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Microevolution
Natural Selection
Evolution
BLS.S.B.22: Evaluate the evidence supporting claims that changes in environmental conditions drive natural selection.
Natural Selection
Rainfall and Bird Beaks
Rainfall and Bird Beaks - Metric
Evolution
ETAS.S.B.23: Analyze a major global challenge to specify qualitative and quantitative criteria and constraints for solutions that account for societal needs and wants.
ETAS.S.B.24: Design a solution to a complex real-world problem by breaking it down into smaller, more manageable problems that can be solved through engineering.
DNA Profiling
GMOs and the Environment
Genetic Engineering
ETAS.S.B.25: Evaluate a solution to a complex real-world problem based on prioritized criteria and trade-offs that account for a range of constraints, including cost, safety, reliability, and aesthetics, as well as possible social, cultural, and environmental impacts.
GMOs and the Environment
Genetic Engineering
ETAS.S.B.26: Use a computer simulation to model the impact of proposed solutions to a complex real-world problem with numerous criteria and constraints on interactions within and between systems relevant to the problem.
Correlation last revised: 8/29/2022