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Poyen School |
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Poyen School Curriculum K - 12 2007-2008 |
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Science - Eighth Grade |
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Observations
The learner will be able to
justify conclusions based on appropriate and unbiased observations.
| Strand |
Bloom's |
Scope |
Hours |
Source |
Activities |
| Characteristics and Processes of Science |
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Master |
1.0 |
Arkansas Science Curriculum Frameworks 2005 NS.1.8.1 |
Classroom
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Instructional Resources |
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Resources, Science Book [Teaching Strategies]. Discussion of scientific method chapter 1 sec 2 p 12 |
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Emperical Evidence
The learner will be able to
evaluate the merits of emperical evidence based on experimental design: hypothesis, replication, sample size, appropriate use of control, use of standardized independent and dependent variables.
| Strand |
Bloom's |
Scope |
Hours |
Source |
Activities |
| Characteristics and Processes of Science |
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Master |
1.0 |
Arkansas Science Curriculum Frameworks 2005 NS.1.8.2 |
Classroom
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Instructional Resources |
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Resources, Science Book [Teaching Strategies]. The scientific method in Earth Science chapter 1 sec 2 p 12 |
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Experimental Design
The learner will be able to
formulate a testable problem using experimental design.
| Strand |
Bloom's |
Scope |
Hours |
Source |
Activities |
| Characteristics and Processes of Science |
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Master |
1.0 |
Arkansas Science Curriculum Frameworks 2005 NS.1.8.3 |
Classroom
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Instructional Resources |
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Lab, Science Lab [Teaching Strategies]. |
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Mean/Median/Mode/Range
The learner will be able to
analyze a set of scientific data using mean, median, mode, and range using SI units.
| Strand |
Bloom's |
Scope |
Hours |
Source |
Activities |
| Characteristics and Processes of Science |
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Master |
1.0 |
Arkansas Science Curriculum Frameworks 2005 NS.1.8.4 |
Classroom
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Instructional Resources |
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Resources, Chapter 1 sect 4 Measurement & Safety p22 [Teaching Strategies]. |
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Solutions
The learner will be able to
suggest solutions to real world problems by analyzing scientific data in: data tables/charts, histograms, circle graphs, scatter plots, stem and leaf plots, line and double line, graphs by approximating line of best fit.
| Strand |
Bloom's |
Scope |
Hours |
Source |
Activities |
| Characteristics and Processes of Science |
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Master |
1.0 |
Arkansas Science Curriculum Frameworks 2005 NS.1.8.5 |
Classroom
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Instructional Resources |
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Resources, Science Book [Teaching Strategies]. Chapter Reviews interpreting graphics |
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Assessment Resources |
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Activity, Chapter Test Interpreting Graphics [Textbook]. |
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Scientific Data
The learner will be able to
formulate inferences based on scientific data.
| Strand |
Bloom's |
Scope |
Hours |
Source |
Activities |
| Characteristics and Processes of Science |
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Master |
1.0 |
Arkansas Science Curriculum Frameworks 2005 NS.1.8.6 |
Classroom
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Instructional Resources |
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Activity, Science Lab [Teaching Strategies]. |
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Scientific Inquiry
The learner will be able to
communicate results and conclusions from scientific inquiry following peer review.
| Strand |
Bloom's |
Scope |
Hours |
Source |
Activities |
| Characteristics and Processes of Science |
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Master |
1.0 |
Arkansas Science Curriculum Frameworks 2005 NS.1.8.7 |
Classroom
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Instructional Resources |
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Lab, Science Lab [Teaching Strategies]. |
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Assessment Resources |
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Lab, Activity [Tests]. written results & conclusions from scientific inquiry |
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Data Collection
The learner will be able to
develop and implement strategies for long-term, accurate data collection.
| Strand |
Bloom's |
Scope |
Hours |
Source |
Activities |
| Characteristics and Processes of Science |
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Master |
1.0 |
Arkansas Science Curriculum Frameworks 2005 NS.1.8.8 |
Classroom
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Instructional Resources |
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Activity, Science project [Teaching Strategies]. Long-term accurate data collection |
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Questions
The learner will be able to
generate questions that can and cannot be answered by science.
| Strand |
Bloom's |
Scope |
Hours |
Source |
Activities |
| Characteristics and Processes of Science |
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Master |
1.0 |
Arkansas Science Curriculum Frameworks 2005 NS.1.8.9 |
Classroom
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Instructional Resources |
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Activity, discussion of Science [Teaching Strategies]. |
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Theory
The learner will be able to
explain the role of peer review, evidence, and modification in the development of a theory.
| Strand |
Bloom's |
Scope |
Hours |
Source |
Activities |
| Characteristics and Processes of Science |
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Master |
1.0 |
Arkansas Science Curriculum Frameworks 2005 NS.1.8.10 |
Classroom
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Instructional Resources |
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Resources, Science Book [Teaching Strategies]. The world of Earth Science chapter 1 sec 3 p 19, sec. 2 p 16 |
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Hypotheses/laws/Theories
The learner will be able to
evaluate the merit of hypotheses, laws, and theories.
| Strand |
Bloom's |
Scope |
Hours |
Source |
Activities |
| Characteristics and Processes of Science |
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Master |
1.0 |
Arkansas Science Curriculum Frameworks 2005 NS.1.8.11 |
Classroom
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Instructional Resources |
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Resources, Science Book [Teaching Strategies]. The world of Earth Science, sec 2 p 12-17 |
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Hierarchical Relationships
The learner will be able to
illustrate the hierarchical relationships of cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, and organisms.
| Strand |
Bloom's |
Scope |
Hours |
Source |
Activities |
| Living Systems |
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Master |
1.0 |
Arkansas Science Curriculum Frameworks 2005 LS.2.8.1 |
Classroom
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Instructional Resources |
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Resources, Teacher Notes [Teaching Strategies]. |
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Single-celled Organisms
The learner will be able to
identify different types of single-celled organisms: protists, bacteria.
| Strand |
Bloom's |
Scope |
Hours |
Source |
Activities |
| Living Systems |
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Master |
1.0 |
Arkansas Science Curriculum Frameworks 2005 LS.2.8.2 |
Classroom
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Instructional Resources |
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Resources, Teacher Notes [Teaching Strategies]. |
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Oral Health
The learner will be able to
relate the effect of bacteria on oral health.
| Strand |
Bloom's |
Scope |
Hours |
Source |
Activities |
| Living Systems |
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Master |
1.0 |
Arkansas Science Curriculum Frameworks 2005 LS.2.8.3 |
Classroom
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Instructional Resources |
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Resources, Teacher Notes [Teaching Strategies]. |
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Single-celled Organisms in Ponds
The learner will be able to
describe and illustrate single-celled organisms found in pond water.
| Strand |
Bloom's |
Scope |
Hours |
Source |
Activities |
| Living Systems |
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Master |
1.0 |
Arkansas Science Curriculum Frameworks 2005 LS.2.8.4 |
Classroom
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Instructional Resources |
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Resources, Teacher Notes [Teaching Strategies]. |
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Dichotomous Key
The learner will be able to
use a dichotomous key to classify organisms found in pond water.
| Strand |
Bloom's |
Scope |
Hours |
Source |
Activities |
| Living Systems |
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Master |
1.0 |
Arkansas Science Curriculum Frameworks 2005 LS.2.8.5 |
Classroom
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Instructional Resources |
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Resources, Teacher Notes [Teaching Strategies]. |
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Unicellular/Multi-cellular
The learner will be able to
compare and ocntrast characteristics of unicellular organisms and multi-cellular organisms.
| Strand |
Bloom's |
Scope |
Hours |
Source |
Activities |
| Living Systems |
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Master |
1.0 |
Arkansas Science Curriculum Frameworks 2005 LS.2.8.6 |
Classroom
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Instructional Resources |
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Resources, Teacher Notes [Teaching Strategies]. |
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Eukaryotic/Prokaryotic
The learner will be able to
classify cells as eukaryotic or prokaryotic.
| Strand |
Bloom's |
Scope |
Hours |
Source |
Activities |
| Living Systems |
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Master |
1.0 |
Arkansas Science Curriculum Frameworks 2005 LS.2.8.7 |
Classroom
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Instructional Resources |
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Resources, Teacher Notes [Teaching Strategies]. |
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Sim/Diff of Organisms w/ rel Taxa
The learner will be able to
identify and describe similarities and differences among organisms of different but closely related taxa (e.g., pine trees, big cats, rodents, ungulates).
| Strand |
Bloom's |
Scope |
Hours |
Source |
Activities |
| Living Systems |
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Master |
1.0 |
Arkansas Science Curriculum Frameworks 2005 LS.2.8.8 |
Classroom
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Instructional Resources |
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Resources, Teacher Notes [Teaching Strategies]. |
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Research (organisms)
The learner will be able to
investigate careers, scientists, and historical breakthroughs related to organisms.
| Strand |
Bloom's |
Scope |
Hours |
Source |
Activities |
| Living Systems |
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Master |
1.0 |
Arkansas Science Curriculum Frameworks 2005 LS.2.8.9 |
Classroom
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Instructional Resources |
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Resources, Teacher Notes [Teaching Strategies]. |
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Genes
The learner will be able to
identify and explain why inherited characteristics of living things depend on genes.
| Strand |
Bloom's |
Scope |
Hours |
Source |
Activities |
| Life Cycles, Reproduction, and Heredity |
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Master |
1.0 |
Arkansas Science Curriculum Frameworks 2005 LS.3.8.1 |
Classroom
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Instructional Resources |
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Resources, Teacher Notes [Teaching Strategies]. |
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Dominant/RecessiveTraits
The learner will be able to
differentiate between dominant and recessive traits.
| Strand |
Bloom's |
Scope |
Hours |
Source |
Activities |
| Life Cycles, Reproduction, and Heredity |
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Master |
1.0 |
Arkansas Science Curriculum Frameworks 2005 LS.3.8.2 |
Classroom
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Instructional Resources |
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Resources, Teacher Notes [Teaching Strategies]. |
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Classify Traits
The learner will be able to
observe and classify traits as dominant or recessive: tongue rolling, detached earlobes, widow's peak, hitchhiker's thumb, dimples, unibrow.
| Strand |
Bloom's |
Scope |
Hours |
Source |
Activities |
| Life Cycles, Reproduction, and Heredity |
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Master |
1.0 |
Arkansas Science Curriculum Frameworks 2005 LS.3.8.3 |
Classroom
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Instructional Resources |
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Resources, Teacher Notes [Teaching Strategies]. |
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Observed/Acquired Traits
The learner will be able to
differentiate among observed inherited traits and acquired traits of plants and animals.
| Strand |
Bloom's |
Scope |
Hours |
Source |
Activities |
| Life Cycles, Reproduction, and Heredity |
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Master |
1.0 |
Arkansas Science Curriculum Frameworks 2005 LS.3.8.4 |
Classroom
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Instructional Resources |
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Resources, Teacher Notes [Teaching Strategies]. |
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Punnet Squares
The learner will be able to
interpret simple genetic crosses using Punnet Squares.
| Strand |
Bloom's |
Scope |
Hours |
Source |
Activities |
| Life Cycles, Reproduction, and Heredity |
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Master |
1.0 |
Arkansas Science Curriculum Frameworks 2005 LS.3.8.5 |
Classroom
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Instructional Resources |
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Resources, Teacher Notes [Teaching Strategies]. |
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Genetic Crosses
The learner will be able to
predict patterns that emerge from simple genetic crosses.
| Strand |
Bloom's |
Scope |
Hours |
Source |
Activities |
| Life Cycles, Reproduction, and Heredity |
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Master |
1.0 |
Arkansas Science Curriculum Frameworks 2005 LS.3.8.6 |
Classroom
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Instructional Resources |
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Resources, Teacher Notes [Teaching Strategies]. |
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Genotype
The learner will be able to
conduct investigations demonstrating that the phenotype of a genetic trait is the result of genotype.
| Strand |
Bloom's |
Scope |
Hours |
Source |
Activities |
| Life Cycles, Reproduction, and Heredity |
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Master |
1.0 |
Arkansas Science Curriculum Frameworks 2005 LS.3.8.7 |
Classroom
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Instructional Resources |
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Resources, Teacher Notes [Teaching Strategies]. |
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Genetic Variation
The learner will be able to
explain how genetic variation within a species is a result of dominant traits and recessive traits.
| Strand |
Bloom's |
Scope |
Hours |
Source |
Activities |
| Life Cycles, Reproduction, and Heredity |
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Master |
1.0 |
Arkansas Science Curriculum Frameworks 2005 LS.3.8.8 |
Classroom
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Instructional Resources |
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Resources, Teacher Notes [Teaching Strategies]. |
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Embryological Development
The learner will be able to
compare and contrast patterns of embryological development for all vertebrates, including humans.
| Strand |
Bloom's |
Scope |
Hours |
Source |
Activities |
| Life Cycles, Reproduction, and Heredity |
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Master |
1.0 |
Arkansas Science Curriculum Frameworks 2005 LS.3.8.9 |
Classroom
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Instructional Resources |
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Resources, Teacher Notes [Teaching Strategies]. |
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Selective Breeding
The learner will be able to
distinguish between characteristics of plants and animals through selective breeding.
| Strand |
Bloom's |
Scope |
Hours |
Source |
Activities |
| Life Cycles, Reproduction, and Heredity |
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Master |
1.0 |
Arkansas Science Curriculum Frameworks 2005 LS.3.8.10 |
Classroom
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Instructional Resources |
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Resources, Teacher Notes [Teaching Strategies]. |
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Research (genetics)
The learner will be able to
investigate careers,scientists, and historical breakthroughs related to genetics.
| Strand |
Bloom's |
Scope |
Hours |
Source |
Activities |
| Life Cycles, Reproduction, and Heredity |
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Master |
1.0 |
Arkansas Science Curriculum Frameworks 2005 LS.3.8.11 |
Classroom
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Instructional Resources |
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Resources, Teacher Notes [Teaching Strategies]. |
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Activity, Computer Research [Teaching Strategies]. |
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Evolution vs Scientific
The learner will be able to
compare the theory of evolution to the characteristics of a scientific theory.
| Strand |
Bloom's |
Scope |
Hours |
Source |
Activities |
| Life Cycles, Reproduction, and Heredity |
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Master |
1.0 |
Arkansas Science Curriculum Frameworks 2005 LS.3.8.12 |
Classroom
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Instructional Resources |
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Resources, Teacher Notes [Teaching Strategies]. |
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Biological Evolution
The learner will be able to
identify basic ideas related to biological evolution: diversity of species, variations within species, adaptations, natural selection, extinction of a species.
| Strand |
Bloom's |
Scope |
Hours |
Source |
Activities |
| Life Cycles, Reproduction, and Heredity |
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Master |
1.0 |
Arkansas Science Curriculum Frameworks 2005 LS.3.8.13 |
Classroom
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Instructional Resources |
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Resources, Teacher Notes [Teaching Strategies]. |
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Fossil Record
The learner will be able to
explain that the fossil record provides evidence of life forms' appearance, diversification, and extinction.
| Strand |
Bloom's |
Scope |
Hours |
Source |
Activities |
| Life Cycles, Reproduction, and Heredity |
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Master |
1.0 |
Arkansas Science Curriculum Frameworks 2005 LS.3.8.14 |
Classroom
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Instructional Resources |
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Resources, Science Book [Teaching Strategies]. The rock and fossil record ch 6 sec 4 p 146 |
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Natural Selection
The learner will be able to
explain the process of natural selection.
| Strand |
Bloom's |
Scope |
Hours |
Source |
Activities |
| Life Cycles, Reproduction, and Heredity |
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Master |
1.0 |
Arkansas Science Curriculum Frameworks 2005 LS.3.8.15 |
Classroom
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Instructional Resources |
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Resources, Teacher Notes [Teaching Strategies]. |
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Genetic Traits
The learner will be able to
identify genetic traits that make organisms more likely to survive and reproduce in a particular environment.
| Strand |
Bloom's |
Scope |
Hours |
Source |
Activities |
| Life Cycles, Reproduction, and Heredity |
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Master |
1.0 |
Arkansas Science Curriculum Frameworks 2005 LS.3.8.16 |
Classroom
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Instructional Resources |
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Resources, Teacher Notes [Teaching Strategies]. |
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Research
The learner will be able to
investigate careers, scientists, and historical breakthroughs related to natural selection and the fossil record.
| Strand |
Bloom's |
Scope |
Hours |
Source |
Activities |
| Life Cycles, Reproduction, and Heredity |
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Master |
1.0 |
Arkansas Science Curriculum Frameworks 2005 LS.3.8.17 |
Classroom
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Instructional Resources |
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Resources, Teacher Notes [Teaching Strategies]. Science Book p. 161 Paleontologist |
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Environmental Conditions
The learner will be able to
analyze the effect of changes in environmental conditions on the survival of individual organisms and entire species.
| Strand |
Bloom's |
Scope |
Hours |
Source |
Activities |
| Populations and Ecosystems |
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Master |
1.0 |
Arkansas Science Curriculum Frameworks 2005 LS.4.8.1 |
Classroom
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Instructional Resources |
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Resources, Teacher Notes [Teaching Strategies]. |
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Atomic vs. Scientific Theory
The learner will be able to
compare the atomic theory to the characteristics of a scientific theory.
| Strand |
Bloom's |
Scope |
Hours |
Source |
Activities |
| Matter, Properties, and Changes |
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Master |
1.0 |
Arkansas Science Curriculum Frameworks 2005 PS.5.8.1 |
Classroom
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Instructional Resources |
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Resources, Teacher Notes [Teaching Strategies]. |
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Atom Structure
The learner will be able to
explain the structure of atoms.
| Strand |
Bloom's |
Scope |
Hours |
Source |
Activities |
| Matter, Properties, and Changes |
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Master |
1.0 |
Arkansas Science Curriculum Frameworks 2005 PS.5.8.2 |
Classroom
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Instructional Resources |
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Resources, Teacher Notes [Teaching Strategies]. |
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Protons/Neutrons/Electrons
The learner will be able to
determine the number of protons, neutrons, and electrons in an atom.
| Strand |
Bloom's |
Scope |
Hours |
Source |
Activities |
| Matter, Properties, and Changes |
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Master |
1.0 |
Arkansas Science Curriculum Frameworks 2005 PS.5.8.3 |
Classroom
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Instructional Resources |
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Resources, Teacher Notes [Teaching Strategies]. |
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Atomic Models
The learner will be able to
create atomic models of common elements.
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Bloom's |
Scope |
Hours |
Source |
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