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Jefferson County Schools Science The Terra Nova, Second Edition (CAT/6) is a comprehensive, modular assessment series, offering multiple measures of student achievement in science. Biology I The Biology I End-of-course test is given after completion of Biology I. |
| Earth and Space Science |
| The Earth and Space Science unit addresses the composition, structure, exploration, and history of the earth and space. Topics include plate tectonics, the atmosphere, geological cycles and processes, weather, climate, the solar system, and the universe. |
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Water Cycle: Interpret/Biosphere
The learner will be able to interpret the water cycle in the biosphere.
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Geochemical Cycles: Interpret/Biosphere
The learner will be able to interpret the principal chemical cycles in the biosphere.
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Geochemical Cycles: Interpret/Biosphere
The learner will be able to interpret the carbon, oxygen and nitrogen cycles in the biosphere.
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Geochemical Cycles: Oxygen-Carbon
The learner will be able to interpret an illustration of the oxygen-carbon dioxide cycle.
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Geochemical Cycles: Oxygen-Carbon/Model
The learner will be able to create a model or diagram of the oxygen-carbon dioxide cycle.
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Acid Rain: Explore/Impact/Environment
The learner will be able to explore the impact of acid rain on the environment.
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| Life Science |
| The Life Science unit addresses the characteristics and cycles of and relationships between living things and their environments. Topics include cellular organization, classification, ecosystems, genetics, and human health issues. |
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Living Things: Relationships/Identify
The learner will be able to identify relationships among living things on the basis of structural parts, symmetry, metamorphosis and alternation of generations by integrating a comparative study of plant and animal anatomical structures.
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Living Things: Diversity/Explore
The learner will be able to explore the diversity of living things by interpreting classification systems, investigating different environments, and comparing life cycles.
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Reproduction: Cells/Diagram/Label
The learner will be able to diagram and label various reproductive cells utilizing a microscope or hand lens.
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Fossils: Associate/Biogeographical
The learner will be able to gather and/or survey a variety of fossils and associate them to biogeographical alterations.
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Animals & Plants: Study/Find
The learner will be able to study plant and animal specimens and find similarities and differences in their structural parts, symmetry and life cycles.
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Animals: Physical Attributes/Symmetry
The learner will be able to survey or model body plans with asymmetry, radial and bilateral symmetry.
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Human Population: Graphs/Infer/Effect
The learner will be able to interpret human population graphs to infer the effect on global resources, political systems and political systems.
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Human Nutrition: Food/Diet
The learner will be able to document his/her nutritional intake for one week, calculate the amount of caloric intake each day for each biomolecule, and assess his/her diet to create a plan of improvement.
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Living Things: Habitats/Survey
The learner will be able to survey a habitat that is outside and recognize its living and nonliving factors, kinds of populations, producers, consumers and decomposers.
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Ecosystems: Human/Research/Presentation
The learner will be able to research examples where human impact has altered an ecosystem using recent publications and prepare a written and/or oral presentation of his/her findings.
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Environment: Population/Events/Impact
The learner will be able to gather data from local or regional records about population counts of a particular species found in the area and hypothesize what events might impact populations.
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Graphs: Population/Create/Analyze
The learner will be able to gather data, create and analyze population graphs to find out if the population is stable, increasing or decreasing.
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Biochemistry: Enzymes/Plan/Perform
The learner will be able to plan and perform a controlled experiment to survey enzymatic actions and recognize potential sources of error.
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Heredity: Genetics/Karyotype
The learner will be able to create and/or interpret a karyotype and recognize abnormalities for chromosome number, deletions and translocations.
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Genetic Engineering: DNA Technologies
The learner will be able to investigate and assess DNA technologies from an ethical and scientific perspective.
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Growth & Development: Metamorphosis
The learner will be able to model or survey the stages of complete and incomplete metamorphosis.
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Plants: Model/Movement
The learner will be able to model or depict the movement of water, oxygen, nitrogen and carbon dioxide through a plant.
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Cells: Compute/Ratio
The learner will be able to compute the ratio of cell surface area to cell volume.
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Cells: Compare/Organelles/Kinds
The learner will be able to compare the organelles of various kinds of cells.
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Cells: Organelle/Investigate
The learner will be able to investigate the structure and function of organelles in the cell.
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Cells: Plant and Animal/Differentiate
The learner will be able to differentiate plant and animal cells.
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Cells: Processes/Interpret
The learner will be able to interpret a variety of cell processes.
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Cells: Cycle/Find/Plant/Animal
The learner will be able to find similarities and differences in the cell cycle of plant and animal cells.
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Cells: Investigate/Organelles/Kinds
The learner will be able to investigate the organelles of various kinds of cells.
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Cells: Model/Three-Dimensional
The learner will be able to make a three-dimensional model of a cell.
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Living Things: Environment/Interact
The learner will be able to explore how organisms and their environments interact though various relationships, population dynamics and behavior patterns.
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Organisms: Diorama/Time Line/Alteration
The learner will be able to create a diorama or time line that shows the alteration of living things over time.
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Respiration: Recognize/Equations
The learner will be able to recognize the reactants and products of respiration when provided with the equations.
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Respiration: Order/Steps/Cellular
The learner will be able to order the steps of cellular respiration.
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Respiration: Order/Steps/Anaerobic
The learner will be able to order the steps of anaerobic respiration.
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Respiration & Photosynthesis: Proces
The learner will be able to find similarities and differences in the biological processes that are involved in energy transfer during photosynthesis and respiration.
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Respiration: Investigate/Aerobic
The learner will be able to investigate the efficiency of aerobic respiration.
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Respiration: Investigate/Anaerobic
The learner will be able to investigate the efficiency of anaerobic respiration.
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Respiration & Photosynthesis: Relate
The learner will be able to explore how respiration and photosynthesis relate.
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Respiration & Photosynthesis: Connec
The learner will be able to connect the way that respiration and photosynthesis are dependant on one another to organisms.
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Respiration: Compare/Efficiency
The learner will be able to compare the efficiency of aerobic and anaerobic respiration.
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Respiration: Differentiate/Oxygen/ATP
The learner will be able to differentiate between aerobic and anaerobic respiration with respect to the presence or absence of oxygen and the production of ATP.
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Respiration & Photosynthesis: Charts
The learner will be able to create charts showing the similarities and differences among the reactants, products and energy transfer in photosynthesis and respiration.
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Reproduction: Find Differences
The learner will be able to find differences between asexual and sexual reproduction.
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Reproduction: Find Similarities
The learner will be able to find similarities between asexual and sexual reproduction.
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Producers/Consumers: Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize producers, consumers and decomposers in food chains or webs.
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Producers/Consumers/Decomposers: Group
The learner will be able to group living things as producers, consumers, or decomposers when provided with their behaviors and environments.
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Ecosystems: Model/Conditions/Maintain
The learner will be able to build a model of an ecosystem in order to identify the general conditions required to maintain an ecosystem.
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Ecosystems: Model/Maintain
The learner will be able to maintain a model of an ecosystem.
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Environment: Differentiate/Components
The learner will be able to differentiate between abiotic and biotic components of the environment.
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Fossils: Age/Estimate/Carbon 14
The learner will be able to estimate the age of a fossil when provided with the amount of Carbon 14 atoms and the half-life of C-14.
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Fossils: Formation/Find
The learner will be able to find similarities and differences in the processes of fossil formation.
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Fossils: Ages/Distinguish/Rock Strata
The learner will be able to distinguish between the relative ages of a variety of fossils in sedimentary rock when provided with an illustration of rock strata.
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Fossils: Make/Casts/Molds
The learner will be able to make pretend fossils utilizing casts and molds.
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Animals & Plants: Deduce/Native
The learner will be able to deduce which animals or plants are native to an environment when provided with illustrations of various organisms and descriptions of the environment.
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Vertebrates: Embryos/Observe/Compare
The learner will be able to observe a variety of vertebrate embryos and compare their early embryonic development to demonstrate relatedness.
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Heredity: Explore
The learner will be able to explore the ideas of genetics and heredity, various methods of reproduction, patterns of inheritance, and genetic disorders.
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Heredity: Breeding/Natural Selection
The learner will be able to distinguish between selective breeding and natural selection.
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Diseases: Essay/Lifestyle/Associates
The learner will be able to compose a persuasive essay, using current scientific journals to support it, which associates a certain disease with particular lifestyle choices.
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Life Cycle: Alternation of Generations
The learner will be able to survey or depict the alternation of generations in a plant or animal species.
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Life Cycle: Find/Alternation
The learner will be able to find similarities and differences in the life cycles of a variety of living things to include alternation of generations when provided with pictorial representations.
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Careers: Cells/Research
The learner will be able to research careers that have to do with the study of cells.
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Careers: Diversity/Research
The learner will be able to research careers that have to do with diversity.
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Careers: Environment/Research
The learner will be able to research careers that have to do with the environment.
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Careers: Respiration/Photosynthesis
The learner will be able to research careers that have to do with respiration and photosynthesis.
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Careers: Genetics/Inheritance/Research
The learner will be able to research careers that have to do with genetics and inheritance.
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Careers: Evolution/Research
The learner will be able to research careers that have to do with biological evolution.
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Cells: Energy/Respiration/ATP
The learner will be able to identify the transfer of energy from respiration to cellular work when provided with a diagram or an equation of the ATP cycle.
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Cells: Energy/Metabolism/Explore
The learner will be able to explore the role of biomolecules in cell metabolism.
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Instruments: Slides/Prepare/Wet Mount
The learner will be able to prepare wet mount slides.
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Instruments: Slide/Staining Technique
The learner will be able to prepare a slide utilizing the correct staining technique.
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Instruments: Microscopes/Compound
The learner will be able to show the correct care and use of compound light microscopes.
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Instruments: Microscopes/Development
The learner will be able to make a time line that shows the development of microscopes.
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Instruments: Microscopes/Utilize/Cells
The learner will be able to utilize microscopes to study plant and animal cells.
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Instruments: Microscopes/Cytology
The learner will be able to associate a time line showing the development of the microscope with cytology.
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Systems: Estimate/Function/Organ
The learner will be able to estimate the function of an organ when provided with descriptions of its component tissues.
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Systems: Estimate/Function
The learner will be able to estimate the function of a system when provided with descriptions of the properties of its component organs.
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Systems: Estimate/Function
The learner will be able to estimate the function of an organ or system when provided with structural descriptions whether in the earthworm, crayfish, frog or human.
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Systems: Find/Plants/Animals
The learner will be able to find similarities and differences in the organs and organ systems of a variety of plant and animal species with respect to their structural parts and functions.
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Organisms: Survival/Associate
The learner will be able to associate the survival of living things to their behaviors and adaptations.
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Organisms: Survival/Associate/Behaviors
The learner will be able to associate the learned and innate behaviors of organisms to their survival.
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Biomes: Estimate/Kinds/Life
The learner will be able to estimate the kinds of plant and animal life that might be native to a biome by determining the properties of the biome.
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