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Science Curriculum
Science - Agricultural Biology

Scientific Method
Investigation and Experimentation
The learner will be able to a) select and use appropriate tools and technology to perform tests, collect, and display data, b) identify and communicate sources of unavoidable experimental error, c) identify possible reasons for inconsistent results, d) formulate explanations using logic and evidence, e) distinguish between hypothesis and theory as scientific terms, f) read and interpret topographic and geographic maps, and g) analyze the locations, sequences or time intervals that are characteristic of the succession of species in an ecosystem.
Strand Scope Source
Science Master Oroville Union High School District(a)
  Unit Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001, Chapters 1-44 [Textbook].  
  
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Cell Membranes
The learner will be able to know cells are enclosed within semipermeable membranes that regulate their interaction with their surroundings .
Strand Scope Source
Cell Biology Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 1.a.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Visualizing Life, Holt, Hinehart, and Winston, 1994, Chapter 3 (45). [Textbook].  
· Modern Livestock & Poultry Production, Delmar, Sixth, 2002, Unit 9 (203). [Textbook].  
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001, Ch 3-5 (59-60, 74-91). [Textbook].  
  
Functions of Enzymes
The learner will be able to know enzymes are proteins that catalyze biochemical reactions without altering the reaction equilibrium and the activities of enzymes depend on the temperature, ionic conditions, and the pH of the surroundings .
Strand Scope Source
Cell Biology Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 1.b.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Visualizing Life, Holt, Hinehart, and Winston, 1994, Chapters 1 (37) and 5 (91-93). [Textbook].  
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001, Ch 3-4 (40-47). [Textbook].  
  
Differences in Cell Structure
The learner will be able to know how prokaryotic cells, eukaryotic cells (including those from plants and animals), and viruses differ in complexity and general structure .
Strand Scope Source
Cell Biology Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 1.c.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Visualizing Life, Holt, Hinehart, and Winston, 1994, Chapter 3. [Textbook].  
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001, Ch 3-4 (57-58, 61-71, 452-457). [Textbook].  
  
Transcription &Translation of Protei
The learner will be able to know the central dogma of molecular biology outlines the flow of information from transcription of ribonucleic acid (RNA) in the nucleus to translation of proteins on ribosomes in the cytoplasm .
Strand Scope Source
Cell Biology Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 1.d.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Visualizing Life, Holt, Hinehart, and Winston, 1994, Chapters 3 (56-60) and 7 (138 and 141-142). [Textbook].  
  
Endoplasmic Reticulum & Golgi Appara
The learner will be able to know the role of the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus in the secretion of proteins .
Strand Scope Source
Cell Biology Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 1.e.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Visualizing Life, Holt, Hinehart, and Winston, 1994, Chapter 3 (59). [Textbook].  
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001, Ch 3 (62-63). [Textbook].  
  
Photosynthesis
The learner will be able to know usable energy is captured from sunlight by chloroplasts and is stored through the synthesis of sugar from carbon dioxide .
Strand Scope Source
Cell Biology Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 1.f.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Visualizing Life, Holt, Hinehart, and Winston, 1994, Chapter 5 (96-101). [Textbook].  
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001, Ch 3, 5 (65-66, 104-107, 112, 114-115). [Textbook].  
  
Functions of the Mitochondrion
The learner will be able to know the role of the mitochondria in making stored chemical-bond energy available to cells by completing the breakdown of glucose to carbon dioxide .
Strand Scope Source
Cell Biology Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 1.g.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Visualizing Life, Holt, Hinehart, and Winston, 1994, Chapter 3 (58). [Textbook].  
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001, Ch 3,5 (64, 104-107, 112, 114-115). [Textbook].  
  
Macromolecules
The learner will be able to know most macromolecules (polysaccharides, nucleic acids, proteins, lipids) in cells and organisms are synthesized from a small collection of simple precursors .
Strand Scope Source
Cell Biology Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 1.h.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Visualizing Life, Holt, Hinehart, and Winston, 1994, Chapter 2 (33 and 38). [Textbook].  
  
Chemiosmotic Gradients
The learner will be able to * know how chemiosmotic gradients in the mitochondria and chloroplast store energy for ATP production .
Strand Scope Source
Cell Biology Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 1.i*.
  
Eukaryotic Cell Structure
The learner will be able to * know how eukaryotic cells are given shape and internal organization by a cytoskeleton or cell wall or both .
Strand Scope Source
Cell Biology Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 1.j*.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Visualizing Life, Holt, Hinehart, and Winston, 1994, Chapter 3 (56-60). [Textbook].  
· Modern Livestock & Poultry Production, Delmar, Sixth, 2002, Unit 9 (203). [Textbook].  
  
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Genetic Variation
Meiosis
The learner will be able to know meiosis is an early step in sexual reproduction in which the pairs of chromosomes separate and segregate randomly during cell division to produce gametes containing one chromosome of each type.
Strand Scope Source
Genetics Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 2.a.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Visualizing Life, Holt, Hinehart, and Winston, 1994, Chapter 6 (123-126). [Textbook].  
· Modern Livestock & Poultry Production, Delmar, Sixth, 2002, Unit 9 (204-207). [Textbook].  
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001, Ch 7 (142-147, 153-157). [Textbook].  
  
Multicellular Process and Meiosis
The learner will be able to know only certain cells in a multicellular organism undergo meiosis.
Strand Scope Source
Genetics Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 2.b.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Visualizing Life, Holt, Hinehart, and Winston, 1994, Chapter 6 (123-126). [Textbook].  
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001, Ch 7 (146-147, 154-157). [Textbook].  
  
Random Chromosome Segregation
The learner will be able to know how random chromosome segregation explains the probability that a particular allele will be in a gamete .
Strand Scope Source
Genetics Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 2.c.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Visualizing Life, Holt, Hinehart, and Winston, 1994, Chapter 6 (119-123). [Textbook].  
· Modern Livestock & Poultry Production, Delmar, Sixth, 2002, Unit 9 (203-209). [Textbook].  
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001, Chapter 7-8 (142-145, 1153, 156-157, 162-163). [Textbook].  
  
Fertilization
The learner will be able to know new combinations of alleles may be generated in a zygote through the fusion of male and female gametes (fertilization) .
Strand Scope Source
Genetics Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 2.d.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Visualizing Life, Holt, Hinehart, and Winston, 1994, Chapter 6 (124). [Textbook].  
· Modern Livestock & Poultry Production, Delmar, Sixth, 2002, Unit 9 (207). [Textbook].  
  
Organisms DNA Sequence
The learner will be able to know why approximately half of an individual's DNA sequence comes from each parent .
Strand Scope Source
Genetics Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 2.e.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Visualizing Life, Holt, Hinehart, and Winston, 1994, Chapter 6 (123-126). [Textbook].  
· Modern Livestock & Poultry Production, Delmar, Sixth, 2002, Unit 9 (208-210) and 11 (236-240). [Textbook].  
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001, Ch 6-7 (120-121, 142-145). [Textbook].  
  
Chromosomes and Sex Determination
The learner will be able to know the role of chromosomes in determining an individual's sex.
Strand Scope Source
Genetics Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 2.f.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Visualizing Life, Holt, Hinehart, and Winston, 1994, Chapter 6 (123-126). [Textbook].  
· Modern Livestock & Poultry Production, Delmar, Sixth, 2002, Unit 9 (216-217). [Textbook].  
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001, Ch 6 (122). [Textbook].  
  
Predicting Genetic Makeup of Parents
The learner will be able to know how to predict possible combinations of alleles in a zygote from the genetic makeup of the parents .
Strand Scope Source
Genetics Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 2.g.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Modern Livestock & Poultry Production, Delmar, Sixth, 2002, Unit 9 (210-219). [Textbook].  
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001, Ch 8-9 (164-174, 181-182, 189). [Textbook].  
  
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Phenotype and Genotype
Phenotype Prediction
The learner will be able to know how to predict the probable outcome of phenotypes in a genetic cross from the genotypes of the parents and mode of inheritance (autosomal or X-linked, dominant or recessive).
Strand Scope Source
Genetics Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 3.a.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Visualizing Life, Holt, Hinehart, and Winston, 1994, Chapter 6 (119-120). [Textbook].  
· Modern Livestock & Poultry Production, Delmar, Sixth, 2002, Unit 9 (208). [Textbook].  
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001, Ch 8 (173-174, 180, 184-185). [Textbook].  
  
Mendel's Law Of Segregation
The learner will be able to know the genetic basis for Mendel's laws of segregation and Mendel-dent assortment .
Strand Scope Source
Genetics Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 3.b.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Visualizing Life, Holt, Hinehart, and Winston, 1994, Chapter 6 (117-123). [Textbook].  
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1996, Unit 9 (200). [Textbook].  
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001, Ch 8 (164-167). [Textbook].  
  
Pedigree Evaluation
The learner will be able to *know how to predict the probable mode of inheritance from a pedigree diagram showing phenotypes .
Strand Scope Source
Genetics Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 3.c.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Modern Livestock & Poultry Production, Delmar, Sixth, 2002, Unit 14 (293) and 31 (656). [Textbook].  
  
Interpreting Genetic Information
The learner will be able to *know how to use data on frequency of recombination at meiosis to estimate genetic distances between loci and to interpret genetic maps of chromosomes .
Strand Scope Source
Genetics Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 3.d.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Visualizing Life, Holt, Hinehart, and Winston, 1994, Chapter . [Textbook] [Textbook].  
  
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Protein Synthesis by Ribosomes
The learner will be able to know the general pathway by which ribosomes synthesize proteins using tRNAs to translate genetic information in mRNA.
Strand Scope Source
Genetics Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 4.a.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Visualizing Life, Holt, Hinehart, and Winston, 1994, Chapter 7 (142, 145 and 154-155). [Textbook].  
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001, Ch 10 (206-212). [Textbook].  
  
Genetic Coding Rules
The learner will be able to know how to apply the genetic coding rules to predict the sequence of amino acids from a sequence of codons in RNA .
Strand Scope Source
Genetics Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 4.b.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Visualizing Life, Holt, Hinehart, and Winston, 1994, Chapter 7 (143). [Textbook].  
· Modern Livestock & Poultry Production, Delmar, Sixth, 2002, Unit 9 (208-210). [Textbook].  
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001, Ch 10 (209-212, 222-223). [Textbook].  
  
Mutations in DNA
The learner will be able to students know how mutations in the DNA sequence of a gene may or may not affect the expression of the gene or the sequence of amino acids in an encoded protein .
Strand Scope Source
Genetics Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 4.c.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Visualizing Life, Holt, Hinehart, and Winston, 1994, Chapter 7 (140). [Textbook].  
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001, Ch 10 (217-220, 221-223). [Textbook].  
  
Specialization of Cells
The learner will be able to know specialization of cells in multicellular organisms is usually due to different patterns of gene expression rather than to differences of the genes themselves .
Strand Scope Source
Genetics Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 4.d.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Visualizing Life, Holt, Hinehart, and Winston, 1994, Chapter 7 (141-150). [Textbook].  
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001, Ch 10, 20, 32 (206-218, 437, 724-725). [Textbook].  
  
Protein Differentiations
The learner will be able to know proteins can differ from one another in the number and sequence of amino acids .
Strand Scope Source
Genetics Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 4.e.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Visualizing Life, Holt, Hinehart, and Winston, 1994, Chapter 2 (33-37) and 3 (51-57). [Textbook].  
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001, Ch 10 (206-209). [Textbook].  
  
Protein Shapes and Chemical Properties
The learner will be able to *know why proteins having different amino acid sequences typically have different shapes and chemical properties .
Strand Scope Source
Genetics Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 4.f*.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Visualizing Life, Holt, Hinehart, and Winston, 1994, Chapter 2 (36) and 9 (183). [Textbook].  
  
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Altered Cell Genetics
DNA, RNA, & Protein
The learner will be able to know the general structures and functions of DNA, RNA, and protein.
Strand Scope Source
Genetics Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 5.a.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Visualizing Life, Holt, Hinehart, and Winston, 1994, Chapter 7 (136-150). [Textbook].  
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001, Ch 8, 9, 10 (181-194, 206-212). [Textbook].  
  
Copying of DNA
The learner will be able to know how to apply base-pairing rules to explain precise copying of DNA during semiconservative replication and transcription of information from DNA into mRNA .
Strand Scope Source
Genetics Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 5.b.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Visualizing Life, Holt, Hinehart, and Winston, 1994, Chapter 7 (140-142). [Textbook].  
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001, Ch 9-10 (195-197, 202-203, 206-212). [Textbook].  
  
Biotechnology in Agriculture
The learner will be able to know how genetic engineering (biotechnology) is used to produce novel biomedical and agricultural products .
Strand Scope Source
Genetics Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 5.c.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Visualizing Life, Holt, Hinehart, and Winston, 1994, Chapter 8 (161-164). [Textbook].  
· Modern Livestock & Poultry Production, Delmar, Sixth, 2002, Unit 11 (236-250). [Textbook].  
  
DNA Technology and Recombinant DNA
The learner will be able to *know how basic DNA technology (restriction digestion by endonu-cleases, gel electrophoresis, ligation, and transformation) is used to construct recombinant DNA molecules .
Strand Scope Source
Genetics Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 5.d*.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001, Ch 11 (237-243). [Textbook].  
  
Altering Genetic Makeup
The learner will be able to *know how exogenous DNA can be inserted into bacterial cells to alter their genetic makeup and support expression of new protein products .
Strand Scope Source
Genetics Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 5.e*.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001, Ch 11 (226-230). [Textbook].  
  
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Biodiversity
The learner will be able to know biodiversity is the sum total of different kinds of organisms and is affected by alterations of habitats.
Strand Scope Source
Ecology Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 6.a.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Visualizing Life, Holt, Hinehart, and Winston, 1994, Chapter 12 (248). [Textbook].  
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001, Ch 19, 19 (360-364, 406-414, 442). [Textbook].  
  
Changes in Ecosystems
The learner will be able to know how to analyze changes in an ecosystem resulting from changes in climate, human activity, introduction of nonnative species, or changes in population size .
Strand Scope Source
Ecology Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 6.b.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Visualizing Life, Holt, Hinehart, and Winston, 1994, Chapter 13 (272-279). [Textbook].  
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001, Ch 19 (406-415). [Textbook].  
  
Fluculations in Populations in Ecosystem
The learner will be able to know how fluctuations in population size in an ecosystem are determined by the relative rates of birth, immigration, emigration, and death .
Strand Scope Source
Ecology Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 6.c.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001, Ch 19 (414-415). [Textbook].  
  
Water, Carbon, Nitrogen & Oxygen Cyc
The learner will be able to know how water, carbon, and nitrogen cycle between abiotic resources and organic matter in the ecosystem and how oxygen cycles through photosynthesis and respiration .
Strand Scope Source
Ecology Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 6.d.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Visualizing Life, Holt, Hinehart, and Winston, 1994, Chapter 12 ( 254-256). [Textbook].  
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001, Ch 17 (370-376). [Textbook].  
  
Stability of Producers and Consumers
The learner will be able to know a vital part of an ecosystem is the stability of its producers and decomposers .
Strand Scope Source
Ecology Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 6.e.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Visualizing Life, Holt, Hinehart, and Winston, 1994, Chapter 12 (250). [Textbook].  
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001, Ch 17 (365-367, 375, 378-379). [Textbook].  
  
Food Webs and Energy Pyramids
The learner will be able to know at each link in a food web some energy is stored in newly made structures but much energy is dissipated into the environment as heat. This dissipation may be represented in an energy pyramid .
Strand Scope Source
Ecology Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 6.f.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Visualizing Life, Holt, Hinehart, and Winston, 1994, Chapter 12 (251) and 24 (537 and 542). [Textbook].  
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001, Ch 17 (368-369, 375-376, 378-379). [Textbook].  
  
Accommodation vs. Adaptation of Organism
The learner will be able to *know how to distinguish between the accommodation of an individual organism to its environment and the gradual adaptation of a lineage of organisms through genetic change .
Strand Scope Source
Ecology Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 6.g*.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001, Ch 13 (286-289, 327-330). [Textbook].  
  
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Gene Pool Allele Frequency
Natural Selection
The learner will be able to know why natural selection acts on the phenotype rather than the genotype of an organism.
Strand Scope Source
Evolution Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 7.a.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Visualizing Life, Holt, Hinehart, and Winston, 1994, Chapter 9 (176-182). [Textbook].  
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001, Ch 13, 16 (267, 279, 281, 346-352, 356-357). [Textbook].  
  
Lethal Alleles
The learner will be able to know why alleles that are lethal in a homozygous individual may be carried in a heterozygote and thus maintained in a gene pool .
Strand Scope Source
Evolution Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 7.b.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001, Ch 8 (173-174). [Textbook].  
  
Mutations
The learner will be able to know new mutations are constantly being generated in a gene pool.
Strand Scope Source
Evolution Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 7.c.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001, Ch 8, 13 (178-180, 276, 281). [Textbook].  
  
Species Variation
The learner will be able to know variation within a species increases the likelihood that at least some members of a species will survive under changed environmental conditions .
Strand Scope Source
Evolution Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 7.d.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001, Ch 7, 13 (145, 276, 281, 290-294). [Textbook].  
  
Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
The learner will be able to *know the conditions for Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium in a population and why these conditions are not likely to appear in nature .
Strand Scope Source
Evolution Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 7.e*.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001, Ch 16 (346-353). [Textbook].  
  
Solve Hardy-Weinberg Equation
The learner will be able to *know how to solve the Hardy-Weinberg equation to predict the frequency of genotypes in a population, given the frequency of phenotypes .
Strand Scope Source
Evolution Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 7.f*.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001, Ch 13 (276, 281-282, 290-294, 298-299). [Textbook].  
  
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Genetic Changes & Environment
Differential Survival
The learner will be able to know how natural selection determines the differential survival of groups of organisms.
Strand Scope Source
Evolution Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 8.a.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001, Ch 13 (276, 281-282, 290-194, 298-299). [Textbook].  
  
Species Diversity vs. Species Survival
The learner will be able to know a great diversity of species increases the chance that at least some organisms survive major changes in the environment .
Strand Scope Source
Evolution Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 8.b.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Visualizing Life, Holt, Hinehart, and Winston, 1994, Chapter 12 (248) and 13 ( 267-291). [Textbook].  
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001, Ch 13 (276, 290-294, 298-299). [Textbook].  
  
Genetic Drift
The learner will be able to know the effects of genetic drift on the diversity of organisms in a population.
Strand Scope Source
Evolution Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 8.c.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001, Ch 16 (34-349). [Textbook].  
  
Reproductive and Geographic Isolation
The learner will be able to know reproductive or geographic isolation affects speciation.
Strand Scope Source
Evolution Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 8.d.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001, Ch 13 (281-282, 293-294). [Textbook].  
  
Fossil Analysis
The learner will be able to know how to analyze fossil evidence with regard to biological diversity, episodic speciation, and mass extinction .
Strand Scope Source
Evolution Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 8.e.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Visualizing Life, Holt, Hinehart, and Winston, 1994, Chapter 9 (176-192) and 10 (199-214). [Textbook].  
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001, Ch 13 (283-289). [Textbook].  
  
Evolutionary Relationships
The learner will be able to *know how to use comparative embryology, DNA or protein sequence comparisons, and other independent sources of data to create a branching diagram (cladogram) that shows probable evolutionary relationships .
Strand Scope Source
Evolution Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 8.f*.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001, Ch 13, 15 (286-289, 327-330). [Textbook].  
  
Estimates of Evolutionary Divergence
The learner will be able to *know how several independent molecular clocks, calibrated against each other and combined with evidence from the fossil record, can help to estimate how long ago various groups of organisms diverged evolve from one another. .
Strand Scope Source
Evolution Master CA: Science Content Standards, December 1998, Grades 9-12, Biology/Life Sciences, 8.g*.
  Instructional Resources
 
· Biology Principles & Explorations, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001, Ch 13, 14, 15, 28, 31, 33 (283-289, 305, 327-330). [Textbook].  
  
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Organ Systems & Homeostasis
Major Body Systems
The learner will be able to know how the complementary activity of major body systems provides cells with oxygen and nutrients and removes toxic waste products such as carbon dioxide.