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- RFP 27004TLH
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- Clark County, Fish Springs CDP, Nevada
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This is a course scope document for Biology 3010 from Nevada's high school curriculum, aligned with a state and local contract opportunity for Biology and Honors Biology textbook adoption. The course is a one-year offering designed to integrate science and engineering practices with core biological concepts including structures and function, matter and energy in organisms and ecosystems, interdependent relationships in ecosystems, inheritance and variation of traits, natural selection and evolution, and engineering design. The curriculum requires demonstrations and lab experiences with proper safety techniques as essential components, incorporates diversity awareness and cultural contributions, and integrates appropriate technology throughout instruction. The course fulfills high school science credit requirements and qualifies as a laboratory science for college entrance while potentially counting toward College and Career Ready Flex Credit requirements for the Standard Diploma.
The document outlines ten primary course goals aligned with Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) codes, spanning competencies in ecosystem interactions, environmental impact mitigation, matter and energy cycling, DNA and protein function, cellular division and development, genetic variation and statistical analysis, evolution and common ancestry, natural selection, group behavior, and hierarchical biological organization with homeostatic feedback mechanisms. The curriculum was initially approved in November 2005 and has undergone revisions in November 2011, November 2014, and April 2021, with the most recent revision establishing the framework for the current textbook adoption opportunity for both standard Biology and Honors Biology courses at the high school level.
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BIOLOGY – 3010
Course Scope:
This one-year course is designed to integrate science and engineering practices, crosscutting concepts, and core ideas related to biology. The topics covered in Biology include Structures and Function, Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems, Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems, Inheritance and Variation of Traits, Natural Selection and Evolution, and Engineering Design. Demonstrations and lab experiences that employ proper safety techniques are essential to this course. Instructional practices incorporate integration of diversity awareness including appreciation of all cultures and their important contributions to society. The appropriate use of technology is an integral part of this course. This course fulfills one of the science credits required for high school graduation and qualifies as a laboratory science for college entrance. This course may count towards the College and Career Ready Flex Credit requirements for the Standard Diploma.
Course Goals:
1. To demonstrate an understanding of the complex interactions within ecosystems using mathematical representations and argumentation. [HS-LS2-1, HS-LS2-2, HS-LS2-6]
2. To identify the impacts of human activity on the environment and to engineer solutions mitigating any adverse effects.
[HS-LS2-7, HS-LS4-6, HS-ETS1-1, HS-ETS1-2, HS-ETS1-3, HS-ETS1-4]
3. To develop models and use mathematical representations illustrating how matter and energy are cycled within an ecosystem through the processes of photosynthesis and respiration. [HS-LS1-5, HS-LS1-6, HS-LS1-7, HS-LS2-3, HS-LS2-4, HS-LS2-5]
4. To demonstrate an understanding of how DNA determines the essential functions of proteins and codes for traits that are passed onto offspring. [HS-LS1-1, HS-LS3-1]
5. To use a model to illustrate the roles of cellular division and differentiation in the growth and development of organisms. [HS-LS1-4]
6. To describe multiple sources of genetic variation and apply statistical methods to explain patterns of expressed traits in populations. [HS-LS3-2, HS-LS3-3]
7. To construct an explanation of how multiple lines of scientific evidence support common ancestry and the role of natural selection in biological evolution.
[HS-LS4-1, HS-LS4-2, HS-LS4-4]
8. To evaluate how natural selection and environmental conditions cause the numerical distribution of traits in a population to change over time and may result in the emergence and/or extinction of species. [HS-LS4-3, HS-LS4-5]
9. To use evidence to evaluate how group behavior influences the survival and reproductive success of individuals and species. [HS-LS2-8]
10. To develop an understanding of how the hierarchical organization of interacting systems perform specific functions which maintain homeostasis through feedback mechanisms.
[HS-LS1-2, HS-LS1-3]
Approved November 2005, revised November 2011, November 2014, April 2021.
CID-SCI-SG-3010
SCED 03051
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