COURSE LEARNING TOOLS

2022-2023 Course Syllabus	The syllabus will tell you what you need to know to be successful.
Assignment Board	Our Assignment Board is where you can find our calendar of learning events.
	We will be using Google Classroom as our Learning Management System (LMS). It will help us to organize our lesson details and e-materials.
	Thrillshare will be used for class announcements and messaging me. Click on the Log in with Google button to use it.
Other Essential Apps	PhET Interactive Simulations App Graphical Analysis Progressive Web App

COURSE COMPETENCIES

Upon successful completion of this course, students will tentatively be able to satisfy the following Wisconsin Standards for Science Disciplinary Core Ideas. (NOTE: Engineering, Technology, and the Application of Science DCI will also be covered, but are not listed in detail.)

• Standard SCI.LS1: Students use science and engineering practices, crosscutting concepts, and an understanding of structures and processes (on a scale from molecules to organisms) to make sense of phenomena and solve problems.
  • SCI.LS1.A.h, Structure and Function
    Systems of specialized cells within organisms help perform essential functions of life. Any one system in an organism is made up of numerous parts. Feedback mechanisms maintain an organism’s internal conditions within certain limits and mediate behaviors.
    
  • SCI.LS1.B.h, Growth and Development of Organisms
    Growth and division of cells in organisms occurs by mitosis and differentiation for specific cell types.
  • SCI.LS1.C.h, Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms
    The molecules produced through photosynthesis are used to make amino acids and other molecules that can be assembled into proteins or DNA. Through cellular respiration, matter and energy flow through different organizational levels of an organism as elements are recombined to form different products and transfer energy.
  • SCI.LS1.D.h, Information Processing
    Organisms can process and store a variety of information through specific chemicals and interconnected networks.
    
• Standard SCI.LS3: Students use science and engineering practices, crosscutting concepts, and an understanding of heredity to make sense of phenomena and solve problems.
  • SCI.LS3.A.h, Inheritance of Traits
    DNA carries instructions for forming species’ characteristics. Each cell in an organism has the same genetic content, but genes expressed by cells can differ.
  • SCI.LS3.B.h, Variation of Traits
    The variation and distribution of traits in a population depend on genetic and environmental factors. Genetic variation can result from mutations caused by environmental factors or errors in DNA replication, or from chromosomes swapping sections during meiosis.