BIOLOGY – Grade 9TH
th
4 Grading Period EOC
Readiness Plan
TEACHER
NOTES
As you prepare for this last grading period, follow the instructional guideline below and note that the resources provided by the Science Department: • April 1st – April 23rd (Completion of Curriculum) Plant Systems Ecology Food Chains/Webs/Pyramids Carbon & Nitrogen Cycle April 27th – May 4th (Biology EOC Readiness Plan) o DynaNotes – EOC Review Guide (Class Set per Biology Teacher) o Dana Center – Black line Masters & Materials (1 Kit per Biology Teacher) o Dana Center – Student Pages (1 per Biology Student) o Texas STAAR Review & Practice Student Workbook (1 per Biology Student) o Motivation Science – Biology Assessment Workbook o Dana Center – Vocabulary (1 per Biology Student) o Biology Study Cards (1per Biology Student) th
May 6 – June 4th (Extend EOC Review for May Biology EOC Administration) May 6th – June 4th (Chemistry Readiness Plan) for students who pass the course and are projected to pass Biology EOC o End of Year Culminating Lessons to prepare students for Chemistry § Dimensional Analysis § Scientific Notation § Significant Figures o
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Amendments of 1972; and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.
Es norma del distrito de San Antonio no discriminar por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, sexo o impedimento, en sus programas, servicios o actividades vocacionales, tal como lo requieren el Título VI de la Ley de Deprechos Civiles de 1964, según
enmienda; el Título IX de las Emmiendas en la Educación, de 1972, y la Sección 504 de la Ley de Rehabilitación de 1973, según enmienda.
April 2015
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Plant Systems
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Plant Systems
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Ecological Succession
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Environmental Changes
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Food Chains & Pyramids
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Carbon & Nitrogen Cycles
© San Antonio ISD – Biology At-­‐A-­‐Glance 2014-­‐15 Holiday
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Science STAAR Review 4
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Biology EOC
Science STAAR Review 11
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Extended EOC Review or Chemistry Readiness 13
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Extended EOC Review or Chemistry Readiness 18
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Extended EOC Review or Chemistry Readiness 25
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Extended EOC Review or Chemistry Readiness Holiday
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Extended EOC Review or Chemistry Readiness © San Antonio ISD -­‐ Biology At-­‐A-­‐Glance 2014-­‐15 Page 3 Biology
3rd Nine Weeks At a Glance (3/30 – 5/29)
Dates
I Can Statements
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Vocabulary
Compare and contrast primary and secondary
succession.
Describe and explain the impact of environmental
changes to an ecosystem.
Investigate and analyze how organisms, populations, and
communities respond to external factors
Compare variations and adaptations of organisms in
different ecosystems
• Primary
succession
• Secondary
succession
• Pioneer Species
• Climax
Community
• Ecosystem
Stability
• Environmental
Changes:
• Natural Climate
• Habitat
Fragmentation
• Invasive Species
Interpret the relationships: predation, parasitism,
commensalism, and competition.
Describe the role of producers, consumers, and
decomposers in an ecosystem.
Describe the flow of matter and energy through food
chains and webs.
Identify and describe how energy moves from one trophic
level to the next.
Describe the path of carbon through its biogeochemical
cycle.
Describe the path of nitrogen through its biogeochemical
cycle.
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Principal Look Fors:
Bell-to-bell instruction
using the new curriculum
guides (Minutes)
Lesson flow and timing
(Pacing & scaffolding)
Symbiotic
Relationship
Parasitism
Commensalism
Mutualism
Predator
Prey
Competition
Carbon cycle
Fossil Fuels
Greenhouse
Gases
Greenhouse
Effect
Ocean
Acidification
Nitrogen cycle
Nitrogen Fixation
Investigation Readiness
(science materials ready and
in use)
© San Antonio ISD -­‐ Biology At-­‐A-­‐Glance 2014-­‐15 Investigations
Products
Pollution
Ecosystem
Organism
Biotic
Abiotic
Species
Habitat
Community
Population
Homeostasis
Carrying
Capacity
• Heritable
• Polygenic Traits
• Adaptations
• Producers
• Consumers
• Decomposers
• Food web
• Food chain
• Ecological
pyramid
• Ecological Interactivity:
Primary & Secondary
Succession
• Ecology Interactivity:
Biological Magnification
• TEKS Lesson 12F:
Environmental Change
and Ecosystem Stability
• Ecology Interactivity:
Threats to Biodiversity
• TEKS Lesson 11B:
Responses to External
Stimuli
• Ecology Interactivity:
Ecological Mystery
• Journaling (Stop &
Jot; Interactive
Reading)
• Say Something
Reading Strategy
• Cloze Notes
• Predation or Starvation
• Food Web, Food Chain,
and Energy Pyramid
• Journaling
(Symbiotic Notes)
• Chart of Ecological
Relationships
• Homework
Assignments
• Cloze Notes
Denitrification
Limiting Nutrient
Algal Bloom
Microorganisms
Probiotic
Nodules
Mycorrhizae
Pathogenic
Toxins
• Lab Summary: Nitrogen
Cycle
• Writing on Nitrogen
Cycle
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Levels of Questions
(Who is doing the asking
and what is the quality?)
Journaling (using
foldables and
supplemental aids)
Notes/Evidence
• Journaling
(Interactive
Reading)
• Homework
Assignments
Embedded
assessments
Technology
Page 4 Biology -­‐ Materials List for 4th Grading Period Unit of Study
Lesson
Grouping
Food Chains/Web &
Ecological Pyramids
Engage – Day 1 & 2
Class
Elaboration - Day 5
2-3 Students
Elaboration – Day 6
2-3 Students
Explore – Day 2
2-3 Students
Carbon & Nitrogen
Cycles
© San Antonio ISD -­‐ Biology At-­‐A-­‐Glance 2014-­‐15 Materials
Local
Vendor
i.e. HEB
Computer, Multi-Media Projector, Internet, and
Speakers
Organism Cards, pyramids, arrows, and carbon
cycle
Predator-Prey Simulation Sheet, Yarn: Green,
Yellow, Red, and Brown
Computer, Multi-Media Projector, Internet
Speakers, Dice Codes, Passport Worksheet and
Key to Stamps
Other
Region 20
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Page 5 End-of_Year Culminating Lessons
May 19 – June 5, 2014 TEKS
Supporting Standards
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Express and manipulate chemical quantities
using scientific conventions and mathematical
procedures, including dimensional analysis,
scientific notation, and significant figures (C.2G)
Unit Topic
Chemistry
Readiness
5/6-5/15
Instructional Implication
• Students need a basic understanding of the
international system of units.
• Construct conversion factors from equivalent
measurements.
• Apply the techniques of dimensional analysis
to a variety of conversion problems.
Resource (Text)
Reading/Calculations
Vocabulary
• International System of
Unit (SI)
• Meter (m)
• Volume
• Liter (L)
• Weight
• Kilogram (kg)
• Gram (g)
• Conversion Factor
• Dimensional Analysis
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Chemistry Textbook (Prentice Hall):
International System of Units (pp. 63-67);
Dimensional Analysis (pp. 89-93)
Metric Conversions Practice Sheet (link)
• Metric Conversions Practice Sheet Key (link)
• Dimensional Analysis Introduction (link)
• Dimensional Analysis- Time Problems and
Dimensional Analysis Worksheet (link)
• Dimensional Analysis Worksheet 1 (link) –
Only Section 1
• Dimensional Analysis Worksheet 2 (link)
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Express and manipulate chemical quantities
using scientific conventions and mathematical
procedures, including dimensional analysis,
scientific notation, and significant figures (C.2G)
Express and manipulate chemical quantities
using scientific conventions and mathematical
procedures, including dimensional analysis,
scientific notation, and significant figures (C.2G)
Chemistry
Readiness
Chemistry
Readiness
5/26-6/4
© San Antonio ISD -­‐ Biology At-­‐A-­‐Glance 2014-­‐15 • Write and express larger numbers and/or
measurement in scientific notation.
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• Scientific Notation
Chemistry Textbook (Prentice Hall):
Scientific Notations (pp. 52-53)
• Scientific Notation Worksheet 1 (link)
• Scientific Notation Worksheet 2 (link)
• Use significant figures to correctly measure items
and to complete calculations.
• Significant Figures
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Chemistry Textbook (Prentice Hall):
Significant Figures (pp. 56-61)
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Chemistry: Significant Digits (link)
Significant Digit Worksheet (link)
Significant Digit Worksheet Key (link)
Significant Figure Calculations (link)
Significant Figures Practice Worksheet (link)
Chemistry Skills Worksheet #4: Significant
Figures Calculations (link)
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