State Goal 12:

Understand the fundamental concepts, principles and interconnections of the life, physical and earth/space sciences.
 

A.  Know and apply concepts that explain how living things function, adapt and change.

Assessment Framework - Change over Time

12.11.25.

Understand that natural selection acts on the phenotype, not the genotype, of an organism.

BHS Course Unit Activities
Biology, Fundamentals Changes Through Time

Stoopers & Squatters Lab

Eutopian Lab

Natural Variation Lab

Peppered Moth Lab

Primate Lab
Physical Science, Fundamentals
(2 years - Chemistry & Physics)
   
IPS  

 

Biology Changes Through Time

Stoopers & Squatters Lab

Natural Variation Lab

Primate Lab
Chemistry    
Physics    
Biology II (Anatomy)    
Environmental Science Ecosystems: Populations & Succession Ecological Succession
Biology, Honors

Evolution

Human Evolution

Stoopers & Squatters Lab

Primate Lab
Chemistry, Honors    
Physics, Honors    

AP Biology

Evolution

Evolutionary Theory
Hardy-Weinberg Theorem
Microevolution
Population Genetics

AP Chemistry

 

 

AP Physics

 

 

AP Environmental Science

Biological Communities and Species Interactions

Succession , Introduced Species, and Community Change

 

 12.11.26.

Understand that alleles that are lethal in a homozygous individual may be carried in a heterozygote and thus maintained in a gene pool.

BHS Course

Unit

Activities

Biology, Fundamentals

Genetics

Genetics activities

Physical Science, Fundamentals
(2 years - Chemistry & Physics)

 

 

IPS

 

 

Biology

 

 

Chemistry

 

 

Physics

 

 

Biology II (Anatomy)

 

 

Environmental Science

 

 

Biology, Honors

Genetic Technology

Genetic Role Playing Activity

Chemistry, Honors

 

 

Physics, Honors

 

 

AP Biology

Evolution

Evolutionary Theory
Hardy-Weinberg Theorem
Microevolution
Population Genetics

AP Chemistry

 

 

AP Physics

 

 

AP Environmental Science

 

 

 

 12.11.27.

Understand that variation within a species increases the likelihood that at least some members of a species will reproduce under changed environmental conditions.

BHS Course

Unit

Activities

Biology, Fundamentals

Change Through Time

Evolution activities

Evolution video

Physical Science, Fundamentals
(2 years - Chemistry & Physics)

 

 

IPS

 

 

Biology

Change Through Time

Competition Scenario

Eutopian Island

Chemistry

 

 

Physics

 

 

Biology II (Anatomy)

 

 

Environmental Science

Ecosystems and Change

Genetic Variation and Gene Pools

Biology, Honors

 

 

Chemistry, Honors

 

 

Physics, Honors

 

 

AP Biology

Evolution

Evolutionary Theory
Hardy-Weinberg Theorem
Microevolution
Population Genetics
Speciation

AP Chemistry

 

 

AP Physics

 

 

AP Environmental Science

Population Dynamics

Strategies of Population Growth

 

 12.11.28.

Understand that reproductive or geographic isolation can lead to speciation.

BHS Course

Unit

Activities

Biology, Fundamentals

Change Through Time

Speciation Diagrams

Migration and isolation

Physical Science, Fundamentals
(2 years - Chemistry & Physics)

 

 

IPS

 

 

Biology

Change Through Time

Eutopian Island

Chemistry

 

 

Physics

 

 

Biology II (Anatomy)

 

 

Environmental Science

 

 

Biology, Honors

 

 

Chemistry, Honors

 

 

Physics, Honors

 

 

AP Biology

Evolution Microevolution
Population Genetics
Speciation

AP Chemistry

 

 

AP Physics

 

 

AP Environmental Science

 

 

 

 12.11.29.

Understand that the millions of different species of plants, animals, and microorganisms that live on Earth today are related to each other by descent from common ancestors, and that biological classifications are based on how organisms are related.

BHS Course

Unit

Activities

Biology, Fundamentals

Classification

Change Through Time

Biodiversity video
classification keys

Geological time scale

Physical Science, Fundamentals
(2 years - Chemistry & Physics)

 

 

IPS

 

 

Biology

Change Through Time

Geologic time scale

Fossil Lab

Chemistry

 

 

Physics

 

 

Biology II (Anatomy)

 

 

Environmental Science

Populations

Biotic Potential versus Environmental Resistance

Biology, Honors

 

 

Chemistry, Honors

 

 

Physics, Honors

 

 

AP Biology

Evolution Evolutionary Theory
Hardy-Weinberg Theorem
Microevolution
Population Genetics
Speciation
Macroevolution

AP Chemistry

 

 

AP Physics

 

 

AP Environmental Science

Population Dynamics

Strategies of Population Growth

 

 12.11.30.

Understand how to analyze fossil evidence with regard to mass extinction, episodic speciation, and biological diversity.

BHS Course

Unit

Activities

Biology, Fundamentals

Change Through Time

Fossil activity

Fossil video

Physical Science, Fundamentals
(2 years - Chemistry & Physics)

 

 

IPS

 

 

Biology

Change Through Time

Fossil Record Activity

Fossil Reconstruction Activity

Chemistry

 

 

Physics

 

 

Biology II (Anatomy)

 

 

Environmental Science

Evolutionary Change

Plate Tectonics

Biology, Honors

Evolution

Fossil Find Activity

Chemistry, Honors

 

 

Physics, Honors

 

 

AP Biology

Evolution

Evolutionary Theory
Hardy-Weinberg Theorem
Microevolution
Population Genetics
Speciation
Macroevolution

AP Chemistry

 

 

AP Physics

 

 

AP Environmental Science

Environmental Geology

Tectonic Processes and Shifting Continents