Biology Unit 1 - Scientific Practices - What is Life pp.

1-29
Day &
Date

Learning Objectives
Due Today

DAY 3
8/24
W
DAY 4

8/31
W

Disciplinary Core Idea

Screencast 1.1 &

Outline 1.1 What is
science?
Screencast 1.2 Outline 1.2 Science
literacy is essential in
the modern world
Signed syllabus
Signed safety contract

Inquiry Cube
The rules of science
[science practices]
Science vs. Superstition
Outline 1.3 Scientific
thinking is a powerful
approach to
understanding the world
Thought experimentDrive-Up ATMs
Experimental Design

Screencast 1.4 - Outline

1.4 Thinking like a scientist:
how do you use the
scientific method?

Screencast 1.4 Outline 1.4 Thinking

like a scientist: how do
you use the scientific
method?

Wht mks a grup scxxul

Lab - Bounty Claim
Experimental design
and test

Finish lab

Science Practice
Planning and carrying out
a lab investigation

Bounty paper towel lab

rough draft

Errrrt. A little research

goes a long way
Introducing the NIH,
CDC and FDA
Video - Vaccine Wars
Credibility - Lancet
Article - Autism and
MMR Vaccine
1.17 Pseudoscience
Lab revision (question)

Screencast 1.5 & Outline

1.5 Make observations.
Screencast 1.6 - Outline
1.6 Formulate a hypothesis
Screencast 1.7 - Outline
1.7 Devising a testable
prediction

Science Practice
I can obtain, evaluate and
communicate information
I can formulate a
hypothesis related to a
question
I can generate a testable
prediction for my
hypothesis

1.

Quiz - Hypotheses and

Predictions
Formulating Hypotheses
practice
The Null" Hypothesis
Generating predictions
Bounty Lab revisions
(hypothesis / variables)

Screencast 1.8 & Outline

1.8 Conduct a critical
experiment
Screencast 1.11 & Oultine
1.11 Controlling variables
makes experiments more
powerful

Science Practice
Formulate a hypothesis
related to their question
Generate a testable
prediction for their
hypothesis

1.

8/29
M

DAY 5

Practice And Cross Cutting

Concept

Screencast 1.1 & Outline

1.1 What is science?
Screencast 1.2 - Outline
1.2 Science literacy is
essential in the modern
world
Signed syllabus
Signed safety contract

8/18
Th

8/22
M

Homework Assigned

Syllabus
Safety contract
Outline & Schedule
Website
Scientific literacy/
Science Ethics

DAY 1

DAY 2

In Class

Screencast 1.5 &

Outline 1.5 Make
observations.
Screencast 1.6 Outline 1.6 Formulate a
hypothesis
Screencast 1.7 Outline 1.7 Devising a
testable prediction

Cross Cutting Concept

I can identify patterns

1.
2.

I can define science.

I can define scientific literacy.

1.

I can define what an observation is and can write/

verbalize examples
I can define what a question is and can write/verbalize
examples
I can describe the importance of recognizing patterns
to solve problems in science
I can define empirical and can explain the importance
of data driven

2.
Science Practice
I can ask questions about
my observations
I can obtain, evaluate and
communicate information

3.
4.

2.

2.

I can identify the National Institute of Health, Center

for Disease Control, & Food and Drug
Administration as three important sources for biology
research.
I can list and describe characteristics of credible
resources and non-credible resources.

I can define what a hypothesis is and can write/

verbalize examples
I can define what a testable prediction is and can
write/verbalize examples

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Day &
Date

DAY 6

9/2
F

DAY 7

9/7
W

DAY 8

Learning Objectives
Due Today

9/14
W

Homework Assigned

Practice And Cross Cutting

Concept

Disciplinary Core Idea

Screencast 1.8 &

Outline 1.8 Conduct a
critical experiment
Screencast 1.11 &
Oultine 1.11 Controlling
variables makes
experiments more
powerful

Class read - 1.12

Arthroscopic surgery An example of good
design
Features of a data table
Bounty Experimental
design (procedure)

Screencast 1.9 & Outline

1.9 Draw conclusions,
make revisions
Screencast 1.10 & Outline
1.10 When do hypotheses
become theories, and what
are theories?
Watch screencast 2 analyzing and interpreting
data
Answer outline questions
analyzing and interpreting
data

Science Practice
Planning and carrying out
a lab investigation

Screencast 1.9 &

Outline 1.9 Draw
conclusions, make
revisions
Screencast 1.10 &
Outline 1.10 When do
hypotheses become
theories, and what are
theories?

Quiz 1.1 - 1.12

Bounty Experiment Take 2

Watch screencast on
analyzing and interpreting
data
Answer outline questions
analyzing and interpreting
data

Science Practice
I can analyze and
interpret data
I can use mathematics
and computational
thinking

1.
2.

Outline questions
analyzing and
interpreting data

Quiz - Biozone
Variables Catalase
Types of data
Data analysis
(transformation) and
interpretation on rattle
snakes
Bounty - Data analysis
and interpretation

Screencast 1.15 & Outline

1.15 Visual Displays of
data can help us
understand and explain
phenomena

Science Practice
I can analyze and
interpret data
I can use mathematics
and computational
thinking

1.
2.

Drawing line graphs, bar

graphs, pie charts and
histograms Quiz - Types
of graphs
Video - Causation and
correlation
Bounty causation and
correlation

Descriptive Statistics

Science Practice
I can analyze and
interpret data
I can use mathematics
and computational
thinking

1.
2.

9/12
M

DAY 9

In Class

Screencast 1.15 &

Outline 1.15 Visual
Displays of data can
help us understand and
explain phenomena

1.
2.
3.
4.

3.

3.

3.
4.

I can define treatment and identify it in my own and

example experiments
I can define experimental group and identify the it in
my own and example experiments
I can define control group and identify it in my own
and example experiments
I can define variables (independent, dependent and
standardizing) and identify them in my own and
example experiments

I know data can be qualitative, quantitative, or ranked

I know quantitative data can be continuous or
discontinuous.
I can transform raw data to identify important features

I know data can be qualitative, quantitative, or ranked

I know quantitative data can be continuous or
discontinuous.
I can transform raw data to identify important features

I can use graphs to visualize data and identify trends.

I can use a graph type appropriate to the type of data
you have collected.
I can summarize data and describe its basic features
using statistics (e.g. mean, median and mode).
I can use a statistic appropriate to the type of data and
its distribution

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Learning Objectives
Day &
Date

Due Today

DAY 10

Descriptive Statistics

In Class

Dont argue with me

Spider GoatsA closer
look at argumentation
Write termite argument
Review for exam

9/16
F
DAY 11
9/19
M

Unit Outline
Bounty Lab
Bounty Argument

Exam - Science practices

Homework Assigned

Practice And Cross Cutting

Concept

Disciplinary Core Idea

Write bounty argument

Science Practice
I can engage in an
argument from evidence
(written or verbal)

1.

Rest and relaxation

All Practices and Cross Cutting

Concepts

All Disciplinary Core Ideas

I know and can describe the 3 parts to an argument

(claim, evidence, justification).

Unit 1 Vocabulary
Control

Data

Controlled variable

Descriptive statistics

Dependent variable

Graph

Hypothesis

Independent variable

Mean

Median

Mode

Model

Observation

Research

Prediction

Qualitative data

Quantitative data

Raw data

Histogram

Bar graph

Table

Variable

Percent

Hypothesis

Argue

Analyze

Interpret

Scatter plot

Line graph

Graph