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FRAMEWORK |
Lesson/Activity |
Web Resources |
Questions
MC = Multiple Choice
OR = Open Response
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LS.2.8.1
Illustrate the
hierarchical relationships of cells, tissues,
organs, organ systems, and
organisms
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Bottled Model Lungs - Science NetLinks
Cell Size - World Builder
Imagery & the Endocrine System - CEC
Scanning Electron Microscope - Museum of
Science
Skin as an Organ - AAAS
The Cell as a System - AAAS |
Animal Systems - Biology4Kids
Body - Interactive - BBC
Cell Division (Gizmo)
Cell Games
Cell Structures (Gizmo)
Heart - Franklin Institute
Human Anatomy Online
Human Body Systems - Smithsonian
Learning
Science - "The Cell"
Mitosis
Structure & Function in Living Systems -
Learning Science
Virtual Heart Transplant - NOVA |
Fish & Oxygen #31 (MC) - NAEP
Heart Blood Flow #52 (MC) - NAEP
Organ for Survival #56 (MC) - NAEP
Oxygen Delivery Organs #17 (MC) - NAEP
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LS.2.8.2
Identify different types
of single-celled organisms:
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Protist - Image Data
Scanning Electron Microscope - Museum of
Science
What's Bugging You? - AAAS |
Cells Alive!
Microscope (Lots of Links) - Dragonfly
Microbe World - TrackStar
Pond Life - Molecular Expressions
Protists - Mr. Carl's e-Class
The Protists
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LS.2.8.3
Relate the effect of
bacteria on oral health
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Oral Piercing & Health |
KidsHealth
Oral Health - MAYO Clinic
Oral Health & Your Heart |
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LS.2.8.4
Describe and illustrate
single-celled organisms found in pond water
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Microscopic Life in Water
Pond Life Identification Kit - Microscopy
UK
Virtual Pond |
Pond Life - LOTS OF LINKS
Pond Water Basics - Science Scope
What can we learn about water at the pond?
- 4H
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LS.2.8.5
Use a dichotomous key
to classify organisms found in pond water
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Dichotomous Key for Aquatic Insects
Into the Pond - Earthworks
Water Critter Key - EEK |
A Drop of Life - Biomedia
Natural History of South Carolina
Pond Life Identification Kit - UK
Pond Study - Home Science Tools
Save Our Streams - Monitor's Guide to Aquatic Macroinvertebrates
By Loren Larkin Kellogg
ISBN 0-941675-06-8
Published by the Izaak Walton League of America |
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LS.2.8.6
Compare and contrast characteristics of
unicellular organisms and multi-cellular
organisms
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Scanning Electron Microscope - Museum of
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Pond Life - Molecular Expressions |
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LS.2.8.7
Classify cells as
eukaryotic or prokaryotic
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Cells Alive!
Classification - AAAS
Eukaryota
Eukaryotic Cell Images
Eukaryotic Cells - Cellupedia
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LS.2.8.8
Identify and describe
similarities and differences among organisms of
different, but closely related taxa (e.g., pine trees, big cats,
rodents, ungulates)
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Trees of the Pacific Northwest (Dichotomous Key)- OSU
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Digital
Morphology - UT - NSF
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LS.2.8.9
Investigate careers, scientists, and historical
breakthroughs related to organisms
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Microbes
2: Louis Pasteur- a Microbe Discoverer - AAAS |
CAREERS
Earth & Life Sciences - PBS
Flowers Modern and Ancient -
"First Flower" by NOVA
100 Greatest Discoveries
Royal Society Journals |
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LS.3.8.1
Identify and explain why
inherited characteristics of living things depend on
genes
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Gene Puzzles - AAAS |
How Plants Reproduce - World Builders
Genetic Science Learning Center -
University of Utah
Reproduction
and Heredity - Learning Science |
Genetic Engineering #57 (MC) - NAEP |
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LS.3.8.2
Differentiate between
dominant and recessive traits
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DNA From The Beginning |
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LS.3.8.3
Observe and classify
traits as dominant or recessive:
- detached earlobes
- widow’s peak
- hitchhiker’s thumb
- dimples
- unibrow
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Gene Puzzles - AAAS |
DNA DAY - National Human Genome Research Institute |
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LS.3.8.4
Differentiate among
observed inherited traits and acquired traits of plants and
animals |
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Angiosperms - Tree of Life
Great Plant Escape - Univ. of Illinois
Learning Science "Reproduction & Heredity"
Plant Hardiness - National Arboretum
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LS.3.8.5
Interpret simple genetic crosses using
Punnett Squares
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Punnet Square Examples - Interactive |
How Genes Combine
Probability of Inheritance |
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LS.3.8.6
Predict patterns that
emerge from simple genetic crosses
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Genetics with a Smile
- Science Spot |
Genetic Science Learning Center -
University of Utah
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LS.3.8.7
Conduct investigations
demonstrating that the phenotype of a genetic trait is
the result of genotype
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Genotype/Phenotype Activities |
Genotype & Phenotype
Why identical twins have different finger
prints. |
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LS.3.8.8
Explain how genetic
variation within a species is a result of dominant traits
and recessive traits
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Duplicating Chromosomes - World Builders
Gene Pool - World Buuilders |
GENOMiCS Game
Molecular Basis of Heredity - Learning
Science |
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LS.3.8.9
Compare and contrast
patterns of embryological development for all
vertebrates, including humans
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Incredible
Egg - 4-H Curriculum
What's Inside an Egg? - Oregon Elementary |
Embryology - UNSW
Fertile Egg Dissection - Rolling Hills
Elementary |
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LS.3.8.10
Distinguish between
characteristics of plants and animals through
selective breeding
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Plants & Animals - Smithsonian |
Biology - Online Book
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LS.3.8.11
Investigate careers, scientists, and historical
breakthroughs related to genetics
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Famous Geneticists
Geneticists - What do they do? |
CAREERS
Earth & Life Sciences - PBS
Inventors & Innovators - AAAS
100 Greatest Discoveries |
Genetic Engineering #57 (MC) - NAEP |
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LS.3.8.12
Compare the theory of
evolution to the characteristics of a scientific
theory
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Reasoning in Science - Biology 4 Kids
Understanding Evolution - UC |
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LS.3.8.13
Identify basic ideas
related to biological evolution:
- variations within species
- adaptations
- natural selection
- extinction
of a species
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Birds of Prey - AAAS
Diversity & Adaptation - Learning Science
Rise & Fall of the Mammoths - AAAS |
Animal Diversity - Frog Calls
Evolution of Plants - World Builders
Natural Diversity in Arkansas
Night Creatures of the Kalahari - NOVA
Plant Fossil Record
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LS.3.8.14
Explain that the
fossil record provides evidence of life forms’
appearance,
diversification, and extinction
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Skull Diversity - AAAS
Virtual Fossil Dig - Dragonfly |
Flowers Modern and Ancient -
"First Flower" by NOVA
Fossil Record of Seed Plants
History of Life Through Time
Jewel of the Earth - NOVA
Making
Fossils - BBC
Plant Fossil Record
What Killed
the Dinosaurs - PBS |
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LS.3.8.15
Explain the process of natural selection
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Fossil Record of Seed Plants
Health Map - Global Disease Alert
Mapping System
Natural Selection - Wikipedia
Plant Fossil Record
World in the Balance - NOVA |
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LS.3.8.16
Identify genetic
traits that make organisms more likely to survive and
reproduce in a particular environment
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Dark & Light Moths
Winter Survival in Alfalfa |
Seedlings Grow Fast #85 (OR) - NAEP |
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LS.3.8.17
Investigate careers,
scientists, and historical breakthroughs related to natural
selection and the fossil record
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CAREERS
Curriculum Resources & Publications
DNA From The Beginning
Earth & Life Sciences - PBS
Environmental Careers
Flowers Modern and Ancient -
"First Flower" by NOVA
Significant Events of the Last 125 Years
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Evidence from Fossil Record # 45 (MC) -
NAEP |
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LS.4.8.1
Analyze the effect of
changes in environmental conditions on the survival of
individual organisms and entire
species
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Bird Beaks - AAAS
Build a Prairie
Explorations: Then & Now - NASA
Rainforest Biodiversity - Flinn
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Bioscience Challenges
Evolution of Plants - World Builders
Webs of Life - Dragonfly
Where Have All the Frogs Gone? |
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