Biological World

Building Blocks

1. Students should be able to investigate the structures of animal and plant cells and relate them to their functions.
2. Students should be able to describe asexual and sexual reproduction; explore patterns in the inheritance and variation of genetically controlled characteristics.
3. Students should be able to outline evolution by natural selection and how it explains the diversity of living things

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Systems and Interactions

4. Students should be able to describe the structure, function, and interactions of the organs of the human digestive, circulatory and respiratory systems.
5. Students should be able to conduct a habitat study; research and investigate the adaptation, competition and interdependence of organisms within specific habitats and communities.
6. Students should be able to evaluate how human health is affected by: inherited factors and environmental factors including nutrition; lifestyle choices; examine the role of micro-organisms in human health.

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Energy

7. Students should be able to describe respiration and photosynthesis as both chemical and biological processes; investigate factors that affect respiration and photosynthesis.
8. Students should be able to explain how matter and energy flow through ecosystems.

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Sustainability

9. Students should be able to explain human sexual reproduction; discuss medical, ethical, and societal issues.
10. Students should be able to evaluate how humans can successfully conserve ecological biodiversity and contribute to global food production; appreciate the benefits that people obtain from ecosystems.

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