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Elkhorn Public Schools |
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Science |
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Science - AP Biology |
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Water
The learner will be able to
identify the chemical and physical properties of water that make life on earth possible.
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Scope |
Source |
| Chemistry of Life |
Master |
Elkhorn Public Schools(a) Campbell 7th Edition Chapter 3.1-3.3 |
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Organic molecules in organisms
The learner will be able to
identify the role of carbon in the molecular diversity of life, understand how cells synthesize and break down macromolecules, and understand how structures of biologically important molecules (carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids) account for their functions.
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Scope |
Source |
| Chemistry of Life |
Master |
Elkhorn Public Schools(a) Campbell 7th Edition Chapter 5.1-5.5 |
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Free energy changes
The learner will be able to
apply how the laws of thermodynamics relate to biochemical processes that provide energy to living systems.
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Scope |
Source |
| Chemistry of Life |
Master |
Elkhorn Public Schools(a) Campbell 7th Edition Chapter 8.1-8.3 |
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Enzymes
The learner will be able to
understand how enzymes regulate the rate of chemical reactions, how the specificity of an enzyme depends upon its structure, and how the activity of an enzyme is regulated.
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Scope |
Source |
| Chemistry of Life |
Master |
Elkhorn Public Schools(a) Campbell 7th Edition Chapter 8.4-8.5 |
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Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
The learner will be able to
understand the evolutionary relationships of, and similarities and differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
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Scope |
Source |
| Cells |
Master |
Elkhorn Public Schools(a) Campbell 7th Edition Chapter 6.1-6.3 |
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Membranes
The learner will be able to
understand the current model of the molecular architecture of membranes, that variations in this structure account for functional differences among membranes, the structural organization of membranes provide for transport and recognition, and the various mechanisms by which substances cross membranes.
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Scope |
Source |
| Cells |
Master |
Elkhorn Public Schools(a) Campbell 7th Edition Chapter 6.4, 7.1-7.5,11.1-11.4 |
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Subcellular organization
The learner will be able to
understand how compartmentalization organizes a cell's functions, the structures of various subcellular organelles relate to their functions, organelles function together in cellular processes, and how factors limit cell size.
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Scope |
Source |
| Cells |
Master |
Elkhorn Public Schools(a) Campbell 7th Edition Chapter 6.3-6.7 |
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Cell cycle and its regulation
The learner will be able to
understand how the cell cycle assures genetic continuity, how mitosis allows for the even distribution of genetic information to new cells, the mechanisms for cytokinesis, how the cell cycle is regulated, and how aberrations in the cell cycle lead to tumor formation.
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Scope |
Source |
| Cells |
Master |
Elkhorn Public Schools(a) Campbell 7th Edition Chapter 12.1-12.3 |
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Coupled reactions
The learner will be able to
identify the role of ATP in coupling the cell's anabolic and catabolic processes and understand how chemiosmosis functions in bioenergetics.
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Scope |
Source |
| Cellular Energetics |
Master |
Elkhorn Public Schools(a) Campbell 7th Edition Chapter 8.9, 9.1-9.4 |
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Fermentation and cellular respiration
The learner will be able to
identify how organic molecules are broken down by catabolic pathways, the role of oxygen in energy-yielding pathways, and how cells generate ATP in the absence of oxygen.
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Scope |
Source |
| Cellular Energetics |
Master |
Elkhorn Public Schools(a) Campbell 7th Edition Chapter 9.5-9.6 |
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Photosynthesis
The learner will be able to
understand how light energy is converted into chemical energy in the process of photosynthesis, how chemical products of the light-trapping reactions are coupled to the synthesis of carbohydrates, the kinds of photosynthetic adaptations that have evolved in response to different environmental conditions, and the interactions that exist between photosynthesis aand respiration.
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Scope |
Source |
| Cellular Energetics |
Master |
Elkhorn Public Schools(a) Campbell 7th Edition Chapter 10.1-10.4 |
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Meiosis and gametogenesis
The learner will be able to
what features of meiosis are important in sexual reproduction, why meiosis is important in heredity, how meiosis is related to gametogensis, and the similarities and differences between gametogenesis in animals and gametogenesis in plants.
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Scope |
Source |
| Heredity |
Master |
Elkhorn Public Schools(a) Campbell 7th Edition Chapter 13.1-13.4 |
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Eukaryotic chromosomes
The learner will be able to
understand how genetic information is organized in the eukaryotic chromosome and how this organization contributes to both continuity of and variability in the genetic information.
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Scope |
Source |
| Heredity |
Master |
Elkhorn Public Schools(a) Campbell 7th Edition Chapter 15.1-15.3 |
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Inheritance patterns
The learner will be able to
identify how Mendel's work laid the foundation of modern genetics and understand the principal patterns of inheritance.
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Scope |
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| Heredity |
Master |
Elkhorn Public Schools(a) Campbell 7th Edition Chapter 14.1-14.4, 15.3-15.5 |
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RNA and DNA structure and function
The learner will be able to
understand how the structures of nucleic acids relate to their functions of information storage and protein synthesis, and identify the similarities and differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic genomes.
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Scope |
Source |
| Molecular genetics |
Master |
Elkhorn Public Schools(a) Campbell 7th Edition Chapter 16.1-16.2, 17.1-17.6, 18.3 |
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Gene regulation
The learner will be able to
identify some mechanisms by which gene expression is regulated in prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
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Scope |
Source |
| Molecular genetics |
Master |
Elkhorn Public Schools(a) Campbell 7th Edition Chapter 18.4, 19.1-19.3 |
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Mutation
The learner will be able to
identify the ways in which genetic information can be altered and some of the effects that result from these alterations.
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Scope |
Source |
| Molecular genetics |
Master |
Elkhorn Public Schools(a) Campbell 7th Edition Chapter 15.4, 17.7, 19.3, 19.5 |
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Viral structure and replication
The learner will be able to
understand the structure of viruses, the major steps in viral reproduction, and how viruses transfer genetic material between cells.
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Scope |
Source |
| Molecular genetics |
Master |
Elkhorn Public Schools(a) Campbell 7th Edition Chapter 18.1-18.2 |
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Nucleic acid technology and applications
The learner will be able to
understand some current recombinant technologies, some practical applications of nucleic acid technologies, and the legal and ethical problems that may arise from these applications.
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Scope |
Source |
| Molecular genetics |
Master |
Elkhorn Public Schools(a) Campbell 7th Edition Chapter 20.1-20.5 |
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Early evolution and life
The learner will be able to
identify the current biological models for the origins of biological macromolecules and the current models for the origins of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
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Scope |
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| Evolutionary Biology |
Master |
Elkhorn Public Schools(a) Campbell 7th Edition Chapter 26.1-26.5 |
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Evidence for evolution
The learner will be able to
identify types of evidence that support an evolutionary view of life.
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Scope |
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| Evolutionary Biology |
Master |
Elkhorn Public Schools(a) Campbell 7th Edition Chapter 22.2, 22.3, 25.1-25.5 |
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Mechanisms of evolution
The learner will be able to
understand the role of natural selection in the process of evolution, how heredity and natural selection are involved in the process of evolution, the mechanisms that account for speciation and macroevolution, the different patterns of evolution that have been identified as well as the mechanisms that are responsible for each of these patterns.
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Scope |
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| Evolutionary Biology |
Master |
Elkhorn Public Schools(a) Campbell 7th Edition Chapter 22.1-22.3, 23.1-23.4, 24.1-24.3 |
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Organisms and Populations
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Evolutionary patterns
The learner will be able to
identify the major body plans of plants and animals.
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Scope |
Source |
| Diversity of Organisms |
Master |
Elkhorn Public Schools(a) Campbell 7th Edition Chapter 29.1-29.2, 32.1, 32.3 |
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Survey of the diversity of life
The learner will be able to
identify the representative organisms from the Monera, Fungi, and Protista kingdoms, and identify the representative members of the major animal phyla and plant divisions.
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Scope |
Source |
| Diversity of Organisms |
Master |
Elkhorn Public Schools(a) Campbell 7th Edition Chapter 26.3-26.6, 27.1, 27.3, 28.1-28.8, 29.1-29.4, 30.2-30.4, 31.4, 31.5, 32.1, 32.2, 33.3-33.8, 34.1-34.8 |
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Phylogenetic classification
The learner will be able to
identify the distinguishing characteristics of each group (kingdoms and the major phyla and divisions of animals and plants).
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Scope |
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| Diversity of Organisms |
Master |
Elkhorn Public Schools(a) Campbell 7th Edition Chapter 25.2, 26.3-26.6, 27.1, 27.3, 28.1-28.8, 29.1-29.4, 30.2-30.4, 31.4, 31.5, 32.1, 32.2, 33.1-33.8, 34.1-34.8 |
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Evolutionary relationships
The learner will be able to
identify some evidence that organisms are related to each other, understand how scientists study evolutionary relationships amoung organisms, and understand how this information is used to classify organisms.
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| Diversity of Organisms |
Master |
Elkhorn Public Schools(a) Campbell 7th Edition Chapter 25.1-25.5 |
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Reproduction, growth, and development
The learner will be able to
identify which patterns of reproduction and development are found in plants and animals and how they are regulated, and understand the adaptive significance of alternation of generations in the major groups of plants.
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| Structure & Function of Plants & |
Master |
Elkhorn Public Schools(a)Campbell 7th Edition Chapter 29.2-29.4, 30.1-30.2, 35.1-35.5, 38.1, 21.1-21.4, 46.1-46.5, 47.1-47.3 |
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Physiological and behavioral adaptations
The learner will be able to
understand how the organization of cells, tissues, and organs determines the structure and function in plant and animal systems, identify the relationship between structure and function in various organ systems, understand how the organ systems of animals interact, and identify the adaptive features that have contributed to the success of various plants and animals on land.
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| Structure & Function of Plants & |
Master |
Elkhorn Public Schools(a) Campbell 7th Edition Chapter 35.1, 35.2, 36.1-36.5, 38.1-38.3, 39.1-39.5, 40.1-40.5, 41.1-41.5, 42.1, 42.2, 42.5, 44.2-44.6, 48.1-48.5, 51.3, 51.5 |
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Response to the environment
The learner will be able to
identify the responses of plants and animals to environmental cues and how hormones mediate them.
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Scope |
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| Structure & Function of Plants & |
Master |
Elkhorn Public Schools(a) Campbell 7th Edition Chapter 37.1, 37.4, 39.1-39.5, 40.4, 40.5, 41.5, 43.1-43.5, 44.1, 44.2, 44.5, 44.6, 45.1-45.5, 49.1-49.7, 51.3 |
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Population dynamics
The learner will be able to
identify models that are useful in describing the growth of a population and understand how population size is regulated by abiotic and biotic factors.
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Scope |
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| Ecology |
Master |
Elkhorn Public Schools(a) Campbell 7th Edition Chapter 50.2, 50.3, 52.1-52.6 |
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Communities and ecosystems
The learner will be able to
identify how energy flow through an ecosystem is related to trophic levels, how elements cycle through ecosystems, how organisms affect the cycling of elements and water through the biosphere, and how biotic and abiotic factors affect community structure and ecosystem function.
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| Ecology |
Master |
Elkhorn Public Schools(a) Campbell 7th Edition Chapter 53.1-53.5, 54.1-54.5 |
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Global issues
The learner will be able to
identify ways in which humans are affecting biogeochemical cycles.
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| Ecology |
Master |
Elkhorn Public Schools(a) Campbell 7th Edition Chapter 50.1, 50.2, 54.5, 55.1-55.4 |
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