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Science
Science - General Biology

Biology: Comprehend/Utilize/Significant
The learner will be able to comprehend and utilize the scientific facts, ideas, principles, theories and models that are significant in life science.
Strand Scope Source
Biology Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.4
  
Diseases: Explore/Describe/How
The learner will be able to explore and describe how diseases are prevented, controlled and cured.
Strand Scope Source
Human: Diseases Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.7.1
  
Organisms: Behavior/External Stimuli
The learner will be able to explore how organisms react to external stimuli.
Strand Scope Source
Organisms: Behavior Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.4.6
  
Cells: Understanding
The learner will be able to develop an understanding of cells.
Strand Scope Source
Cells Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.4.1
  
Cells: Explain/Chemical Reactions
The learner will be able to explain how chemical reactions are involved in cell functions.
Strand Scope Source
Cells Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.4.1
  
Cells: Explore/Chemical Reactions
The learner will be able to explore how chemical reactions are involved in cell functions.
Strand Scope Source
Cells Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.4.1
  
Living Things: Systems
The learner will be able to understand the matter, energy, and organization in the systems of living things.
Strand Scope Source
Living Things Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.4.5
  
Organisms: Interdependence
The learner will be able to understand the interdependence of organisms.
Strand Scope Source
Organisms Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.4.4
  
Heredity: Molecule
The learner will be able to understand the molecular basis of heredity.
Strand Scope Source
Heredity Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.4.2
  
Human Hazards: Natural/Human
The learner will be able to understand both human-induced and natural hazards.
Strand Scope Source
Hazards Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.7.5
  
Human Hazards: Explain/Possibility
The learner will be able to explain how the activities of people increase or decrease the possibility of hazards.
Strand Scope Source
Hazards Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.7.5
  
Human Hazards: Differentiate/Speed
The learner will be able to differentiate between hazards that happen slowly and those that happen quickly.
Strand Scope Source
Hazards Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.7.5
  
Human Hazards: Explore/Speed
The learner will be able to explore hazards that happen slowly and those that happen quickly.
Strand Scope Source
Hazards Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.7.5
  
Human Hazards: Assess/Risks
The learner will be able to assess the possible risks of a hazard.
Strand Scope Source
Hazards Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.7.5
  
Human Hazards: Explore/Risks
The learner will be able to explore the possible risks of a hazard.
Strand Scope Source
Hazards Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.7.5
  
Human Hazards: Explore/Possibility
The learner will be able to explore how the activities of people increase or decrease the possibility of hazards.
Strand Scope Source
Hazards Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.7.5
  
Living Systems: Comprehend/Energy/Input
The learner will be able to comprehend that living systems must have continual energy input.
Strand Scope Source
Living Systems Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.4.5
  
Living Systems: Explore/Energy/Input
The learner will be able to explore that living systems must have continual energy input.
Strand Scope Source
Living Systems Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.4.5
  
Heredity: DNA/Explain/Cell
The learner will be able to explain how DNA directs cellular functions.
Strand Scope Source
Heredity: DNA Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.4.1
  
Heredity: DNA/Explore/Cell
The learner will be able to explore how DNA directs cellular functions.
Strand Scope Source
Heredity: DNA Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.4.1
  
Human Nutrition: Explain/Balance/Impact
The learner will be able to explain how growth, development and well-being are impacted by nutritional balance.
Strand Scope Source
Human Health: Food/Nutrition Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.7.1
  
Human Nutrition: Explore/Balance/Impact
The learner will be able to explore how growth, development and well-being are impacted by nutritional balance.
Strand Scope Source
Human Health: Food/Nutrition Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.7.1
  
Human Health: Personal/Community
The learner will be able to develop an understanding of personal and community health.
Strand Scope Source
Human Health: Personal & Community Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.7.1
  
Human Health: Interpret/Risk/Benefit
The learner will be able to interpret risk and benefit analyses to aid personal and community health.
Strand Scope Source
Human Health: Personal & Community Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.7.1
  
Human Health: Explore/Risk/Benefit
The learner will be able to explore risk and benefit analyses to aid personal and community health.
Strand Scope Source
Human Health: Personal & Community Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.7.1
  
Human Health: Describe/Genetics/Impact
The learner will be able to describe how an individual's health is impacted by genetics.
Strand Scope Source
Human Health Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.7.1
  
Human Health: Explore/Genetics/Impact
The learner will be able to explore how an individual's health is impacted by genetics.
Strand Scope Source
Human Health Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.7.1
  
Environment: Human/Explain/Resources
The learner will be able to explain how humans use natural resources to maintain and improve the quality of life.
Strand Scope Source
Environment: Human Activities Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.7.3
  
Environment: Human/Explore/Resources
The learner will be able to explore how humans use natural resources to maintain and improve the quality of life.
Strand Scope Source
Environment: Human Activities Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.7.3
  
Organisms: Behavior
The learner will be able to understand the behavior of organisms.
Strand Scope Source
Organisms: Behavior Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.4.6
  
Organisms: Behavior/Explain/Stimuli
The learner will be able to explain how living things react to external stimuli.
Strand Scope Source
Organisms: Behavior Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.4.6
  
Organisms: Behavior/Describe/Evolved
The learner will be able to describe how the patterns of behavior of living things evolved through natural selection.
Strand Scope Source
Organisms: Behavior Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.4.6
  
Organisms: Behavior/Comprehend/Biology
The learner will be able to comprehend that behavioral biology is connected to people since it supplies links to psychology, sociology, and anthropology.
Strand Scope Source
Organisms: Behavior Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.4.6
  
Organisms: Behavior/Explore/Evolved
The learner will be able to explore how the patterns of behavior of living things evolved through natural selection.
Strand Scope Source
Organisms: Behavior Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.4.6
  
Organisms: Behavior/Explore/Biology
The learner will be able to explore that behavioral biology is connected to people since it supplies links to psychology, sociology, and anthropology.
Strand Scope Source
Organisms: Behavior Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.4.6
  
Living Things: Behavior/Explain/Internal
The learner will be able to explain how living things react to internal alterations.
Strand Scope Source
Living Things: Behavior Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.4.6
  
Living Things: Behavior/Explore/Internal
The learner will be able to explore how living things react to internal alterations.
Strand Scope Source
Living Things: Behavior Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.4.6
  
Ecosystems: Human/Explain/Alter
The learner will be able to explain how people alter the ecosystem through population growth, technology and consumption.
Strand Scope Source
Ecosystems: Human Activities Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.4.4
  
Ecosystems: Human/Explore/Alter
The learner will be able to explore how people alter the ecosystem through population growth, technology and consumption.
Strand Scope Source
Ecosystems: Human Activities Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.4.4
  
Cells: Structure/Explain/Subcellular
The learner will be able to explain subcellular structures that are the basis of the cell functions.
Strand Scope Source
Cells: Function and Structure Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.4.1
  
Cells: Structure/Explore/Subcellular
The learner will be able to explore subcellular structures that are the basis of the cell functions.
Strand Scope Source
Cells: Function and Structure Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.4.1
  
Cells: Differentiate/Multicellular
The learner will be able to understand that a highly organized arrangement of differentiated cells forms multicellular organisms.
Strand Scope Source
Cells: Single and Multiple Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.4.1
  
Cells: Multicellular/Explore/Forms
The learner will be able to explore that a highly organized arrangement of differentiated cells forms multicellular organisms.
Strand Scope Source
Cells: Single and Multiple Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.4.1
  
Ecosystems: Energy/Explain/Movement
The learner will be able to explain how energy moves through an ecosystem in one direction from producers to herbivores to carnivores and decomposers.
Strand Scope Source
Ecosystems: Energy/Matter Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.4.4
  
Ecosystems: Energy/Describe/Cycle
The learner will be able to describe how the capability of an ecosystem to recycle materials limits the distribution and abundance of living things.
Strand Scope Source
Ecosystems: Cycles Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.4.5
  
Ecosystems: Energy/Explore/Movement
The learner will be able to explore how energy moves through an ecosystem in one direction from producers to herbivores to carnivores and decomposers.
Strand Scope Source
Ecosystems: Energy/Matter Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.4.4
  
Environment: Population/Explain/Alter
The learner will be able to explain how resource use and environments are affected by alterations in populations.
Strand Scope Source
Environment: Population Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.7.2
  
Environment: Population/Resources
The learner will be able to comprehend that the conflict between a living thing's ability to create infinite populations and the limited quantity of resources impact the interactions between living things.
Strand Scope Source
Environment: Population Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.4.4
  
Environment: Population/Explore/Resource
The learner will be able to explore that the conflict between a living thing's ability to create infinite populations and the limited quantity of resources impact the interactions between living things.
Strand Scope Source
Environment: Population Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.4.4
  
Environment: Population/Explore/Alter
The learner will be able to explore how resource use and environments are affected by alterations in populations.
Strand Scope Source
Environment: Population Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.7.2
  
Plants: Photosynthesis/Comprehend
The learner will be able to comprehend that plant cells and microorganisms utilize energy from the sun to join molecules of water and carbon dioxide to create organic compounds.
Strand Scope Source
Plants: Photosynthesis Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.4.1
  
Plants: Photosynthesis/Explore
The learner will be able to explore that plant cells and microorganisms utilize energy from the sun to join molecules of water and carbon dioxide to create organic compounds.
Strand Scope Source
Plants: Photosynthesis Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.4.1
  
Ecosystems: Population/Explain/Causes
The learner will be able to explain what causes a population to increase or decrease in size.
Strand Scope Source
Ecosystems: Population Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.7.2
  
Ecosystems: Population/Explore/Causes
The learner will be able to explore what causes a population to increase or decrease in size.
Strand Scope Source
Ecosystems: Population Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.7.2
  
Heredity: Genetics/Comprehend/Variation
The learner will be able to comprehend that genetic variation happens when genetic information is transmitted to the offspring through the joining of an egg and a sperm cell that contain only one representative from each chromosome pair.
Strand Scope Source
Heredity: Genetics Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.4.2
  
Heredity: Genetics/Explore/Variation
The learner will be able to explore that genetic variation happens when genetic information is transmitted to the offspring through the joining of an egg and a sperm cell that contain only one representative from each chromosome pair.
Strand Scope Source
Heredity: Genetics Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.4.2
  
Population: Change/Comprehend/Impact
The learner will be able to comprehend the impact of population change.
Strand Scope Source
Environment: Population Change Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.7.2
  
Heredity: Mutation/Describe/Germ
The learner will be able to describe how only mutations in germ cells produce the differences that alter the offspring of a living thing.
Strand Scope Source
Heredity: Mutation Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.4.2
  
Heredity: Mutation/Describe/Some
The learner will be able to describe how some mutations can change cells while others may make no difference to living things.
Strand Scope Source
Heredity: Mutation Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.4.2
  
Heredity: Mutation/Explore/Some
The learner will be able to explore how some mutations can change cells while others may make no difference to living things.
Strand Scope Source
Heredity: Mutation Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.4.2
  
Heredity: Mutation/Explore/Germ
The learner will be able to explore how only mutations in germ cells produce the differences that alter the offspring of a living thing.
Strand Scope Source
Heredity: Mutation Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.4.2
  
Biosphere: Explore/Atoms/Molecules
The learner will be able to explore that atoms and molecules move among the living and non-living components of the biosphere.
Strand Scope Source
Biosphere Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.4.4
  
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Research and Inquiry
Evidence: Show Regard/Rules
The learner will be able to show regard for the rules of evidence.
Strand Scope Source
Evidence Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.8.2
  
Explanations: Develop/Revise
The learner will be able to use logic and evidence to develop and revise scientific explanations.
Strand Scope Source
Explanations Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.2.1
  
Arguments: Communicate/Support
The learner will be able to communicate and support a scientific argument.
Strand Scope Source
Arguments Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.2.1
  
Science: Build/Understanding/Integrating
The learner will be able to build his/her understanding of science by integrating processes and scientific knowledge with scientific reasoning and critical thinking.
Strand Scope Source
Science Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.2
  
Critical Thinking: Try Hard/Logical
The learner will be able to try hard to be logical.
Strand Scope Source
Critical Thinking Skills Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.8.2
  
Critical Thinking: Produce/Nature
The learner will be able to produce an understanding of nature by utilizing unifying ideas and processes to aid in considering and combining fundamental concepts.
Strand Scope Source
Critical Thinking Skills Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.1
  
Society: Understand/Demonstrate
The learner will be able to understand that the history and nature of science demonstrate various parts of scientific inquiry, the human facets of science and the role of science in the growth of different cultures.
Strand Scope Source
Science & Society Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.8
  
Inquiry: Skills
The learner will be able to begin to develop the skills necessary to perform scientific inquiries.
Strand Scope Source
Scientific Inquiry Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.2.1
  
Science: Perspectives/Prepare/Personal
The learner will be able to prepare for future decision making utilizing a personal and social perspective of science.
Strand Scope Source
Science: Perspectives Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.7
  
Science: Perspectives/Utilize
The learner will be able to comprehend and act on personal and social issues utilizing a personal and social perspective of science.
Strand Scope Source
Science: Perspectives Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.7
  
Attitudes/Values: Accept/Criticism
The learner will be able to accept criticism.
Strand Scope Source
Attitudes/Values Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.8.2
  
Communication: Public
The learner will be able to communicate knowledge to the public.
Strand Scope Source
Communication Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.8.2
  
Communicate: Procedures
The learner will be able to communicate scientific procedures.
Strand Scope Source
Procedures Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.8.2
  
Communication: Methods
The learner will be able to communicate methods.
Strand Scope Source
Communication: Methods Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.8.2
  
Data: Comprehend/Shown/Interpretation
The learner will be able to comprehend that the way data is shown impacts interpretations.
Strand Scope Source
Data: Representation Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.1.2
  
Data: Liken/Averages/Ranges
The learner will be able to liken data for two groups by representing averages and ranges of values.
Strand Scope Source
Data: Statistics Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.1.3
  
Evidence and Explanations: Use/Form
The learner will be able to use evidence from experiments and observations to form scientific explanations.
Strand Scope Source
Evidence and Explanations Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.8.2
  
Science: History/Explain/Cultures
The learner will be able to explain the contributions of various cultures to scientific thought and technological inventions.
Strand Scope Source
Science: History Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.8.3
  
Science: History/Explore/Cultures
The learner will be able to explore the contributions of various cultures to scientific thought and technological inventions.
Strand Scope Source
Science: History Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.8.3
  
Math: Problem Solving/Functions
The learner will be able to comprehend connections within a problem situation, its model as a function in symbolic form and the graphed function.
Strand Scope Source
Math & Science: Problem Solving Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, Coord. with Math
  
Math: Problem Solving/Utilize/Functions
The learner will be able to utilize functions that model real-world problems.
Strand Scope Source
Math & Science: Problem Solving Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, Coord. with Math
  
Scientists: Engineers/Comprehend/Work
The learner will be able to comprehend that creativity and a solid base of knowledge are necessary to the progress of work in science and engineering.
Strand Scope Source
Scientists: Engineers Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.6.2
  
Science: Knowledge/Study/Alterations
The learner will be able to study that alterations in the knowledge of science occur over time and are almost always based on previous knowledge.
Strand Scope Source
Science: Knowledge Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.8.3
  
Science: Perspectives/Human Endeavor
The learner will be able to comprehend science as a human endeavor.
Strand Scope Source
Science: Perspectives Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.8.1
  
Predictions: Accurately
The learner will be able to predict accurately.
Strand Scope Source
Predictions Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.8.2
  
Predictions: Alternative/Analyze
The learner will be able to analyze alternative predictions.
Strand Scope Source
Predictions Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.2.1
  
Changes: Recognize/Series
The learner will be able to recognize the series of alterations that happen in objects, living things and natural and man-made systems.
Strand Scope Source
Changes Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.1.5
  
Changes: Comprehend/Constancy
The learner will be able to comprehend constancy .
Strand Scope Source
Changes Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.1.3
  
Changes: Comprehend/Time
The learner will be able to comprehend alteration over a period of time.
Strand Scope Source
Changes Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.1.5
  
Math Skills: Learn/Utilize/Trigonometry
The learner will be able to learn to utilize realistic applications and modeling in trigonometry.
Strand Scope Source
Math Skills Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, Coord. with Math
  
Investigations: Validity/Utilize/Random
The learner will be able to utilize a random process to prevent sample bias.
Strand Scope Source
Investigations: Reliability/Validity Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.1.2
  
Function & Structure: Comprehend
The learner will be able to comprehend structure and function .
Strand Scope Source
Function & Structure Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.1.4
  
Function & Structure: Show/Reciproca
The learner will be able to show how structure and function are reciprocal by describing function in terms of structure and vice-versa.
Strand Scope Source
Function & Structure Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.1.4
  
Communication: Public
The learner will be able to communicate knowledge to the public.
Strand Scope Source
Communication Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.8.2
  
Communicate: Procedures
The learner will be able to communicate scientific procedures.
Strand Scope Source
Procedures Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.8.2
  
Communication: Methods
The learner will be able to communicate methods.
Strand Scope Source
Communication: Methods Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.8.2
  
Data: Comprehend/Shown/Interpretation
The learner will be able to comprehend that the way data is shown impacts interpretations.
Strand Scope Source
Data: Representation Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.1.2
  
Data: Liken/Averages/Ranges
The learner will be able to liken data for two groups by representing averages and ranges of values.
Strand Scope Source
Data: Statistics Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.1.3
  
Evidence and Explanations: Use/Form
The learner will be able to use evidence from experiments and observations to form scientific explanations.
Strand Scope Source
Evidence and Explanations Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.8.2
  
Evidence: Comprehend
The learner will be able to comprehend evidence.
Strand Scope Source
Evidence Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.1.2
  
Explanations: Alternatives/Identify
The learner will be able to identify alternative explanations.
Strand Scope Source
Explanations Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.2.1
  
Explanations: Comprehend
The learner will be able to comprehend explanation.
Strand Scope Source
Explanations Master NE: Standards, May 8, 1998, Grade 12, 12.1.2