| Common Curriculum Goals |
CIM Standards |
| Module 1 - The Intro to Biology Unit: |
| Understand that scientific knowledge is subject to change based on new findings and results of scientific observation and experimentation |
Analyze advances in science and technology that have had important, long-lasting effects on science and society |
| Understand that science is a human endeavor practiced by individuals from many different cultures. |
Explain how scientists' investigations and interpretations have been influenced by societal, cultural, and personal beliefs. |
| Module 2 - The Cell Unit: |
| Understand that cells are the basic form of life in all organisms. |
Describe, explain, and compare the structure and functions of cells in organisms. |
| Apply explanatory concepts of model, system,theory, probability, and replication. |
Evaluate relationships between regulatory mechanisms, behavior, and survival in plants and animals. |
| Use basic scientific process skills to observe, measure, use numbers, classify, question, infer, hypothesize, and communicate. |
Analyze how physical, biological, or geological systems maintain equilibrium. |
| Module 3 - The Genetics Unit: |
| Understand that cells are the basic form of life in all organisms. |
Analyze the structure and function of D.N.A. and its role in information transfer from one generation to the next, including laws of heredity. |
| Understand the basis for transmission of traits in living things, including methods that can influence genetic factors. |
Analyze the theory of natural selection as a mechanism for change over time. |
| Identify similarities and differences in organisms. |
Evaluate relationships between regulatory mechanisms, behavior, and survival in plants and animals. |
| Module 4 - The Biotechnology Unit: |
| Identify similarities and differences in organisms. |
Evaluate relationships between regulatory mechanisms, behavior, and survival in plants and animals. |
| Module 5 - The Evolution Unit: |
| Apply relationship concepts of population, equilibrium, force, interaction, field, structure and function, time, space, and order. |
Analyze the theory of natural selection as a mechanism for change over time. |
| Apply explanatory concepts of model, system,theory, probability, and replication. |
Evaluate relationships between regulatory mechanisms, behavior, and survival in plants and animals. |
| Use basic scientific process skills to observe, measure, use numbers, classify, question, infer, hypothesize, and communicate. |
Analyze how physical, biological, or geological systems maintain equilibrium. |
