Student Learning Map
Name: Mrs. Brown
Course: Academic Biology
Date: September 1, 2015
Subject: Basic Biological Principles
Key Learning: Organisms share common characteristics of life; Cells have organized structures and systems necessary to support chemical
reactions needed to maintain the living conditions.
Unit Essential Question: How do we know if something is alive?
How does life result from cellular function and structure?
Concept: Common Characteristics
BIO.A.1.1.1, 3.1.B.A1.a
BIO.A.1.1.1: Describe the characteristics of
life shared by all prokaryotic and
eukaryotic organisms.
Lesson Essential Questions:
What are the common characteristics of
living organisms?
Concept: Scientific Method Steps and Usage
BIO.B.3.3.1
Describe the stages common to scientific
investigations.
Distinguish between forming a hypothesis
and making a prediction.
Differentiate a control group from an
experimental group and an independent
variable from a dependent variable.
Define the word theory as used by a
scientist.
Concept: Difference in applications of
Microscopes
Lesson Essential Questions:
How do we use the scientific method to
determine if something is alive?
Lesson Essential Questions:
Describe how scientists measure the length of
objects.
Relate magnification and resolution in the use
of the microscopes.
Analyze how light microscopes function.
Compare light microscopes with electron
microscopes.
Describe the scanning tunneling microscope.
How do scientists use the different types of
microscopes?
Student Learning Map
Vocabulary:
Biology, cell, reproduction, metabolism,
homeostasis, gene, heredity, mutation,
evolution, species, natural selection,
ecology, genome, HIV, cancer, cystic
fibrosis, gene therapy
Vocabulary:
Observation, hypothesis, prediction, pH,
experiment, control group, independent
variable, dependent variable, theory
Concept: Cell Structure and Function
Concept: Levels of Organization
BIO.A.1.2.1 , BIO.A.4.1.3, 3.1.B.A1.c,
3.1.B.A1.b, 3.1.B.A5.a
BIO.A.1.2.1, BIO.A.1.2.2, BIO.A.4.1.1,
3.1.B.A1.c, 3.1.B.A5.c, 3.1.B.A6.
BIO.A.1.2 Describe relationships between
structure and function at biological levels of
organization.
BIO.A.1.2.2 Describe relationships between
structure and function at biological levels of
organization.
Lesson Essential Questions:
Lesson Essential Questions:
How does the structure and function of
prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells differ?
BIO.A.1.2.1
How do prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells differ?
BIO.A.1.2.1
How do membrane-bound organelles
facilitate the transport of materials within a
cell?
BIO.A.4.1.3
How does the structure of the plasma
membrane allow it to function as a regulatory
structure and/or protective barrier for a cell?
BIO.A.4.1.1
How are the structure and function of the levels
of biological organization related?
BIO.A.1.2.2
Vocabulary:
Light microscope, electron microscope,
magnification, resolution, scanning tunneling
microscope,
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Vocabulary:
Cell theory, cell membrane, cytoplasm,
cytoskeleton, ribosome, prokaryote, cell
wall, flagellum, eukaryote, nucleus,
organelle, cilium, phospholipid, lipid
bilayer, endoplasmic reticulum, vesicle,
Golgi apparatus, lysosome, mitochondrion,
chloroplast, central vacuole
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Organelle, tissue, organ, organ system,
organism, system, unicellular, multicellular
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