Week/Dates Standards (Number

and Description)
Textbook Assignments; Assessments

Literacy Honors Extension ACT/Flipped
Classroom
Unit 0: Class
Culture and
Scientific
Inquiry
(Weeks 1-2)

Week 1

Class Culture
Objectives/Unit 0:
Class Culture and
Scientific Inquiry





N/A
Student Survey
Parent Information sheet
Class Norms/Contracting
Class Culture Quiz


Henrietta Lacks
reading
Tuskegee Syphillis
Study Reading
+ Socratic Seminar
None

Unit 0: Class
Culture and
Scientific
Inquiry
(Weeks 1-2)




Week 2

CLE 3210.Inq. 2
Design and conduct
scientific
investigations to
explore new
phenomena, verify
previous results, test
how well a theory
predicts and compare
opposing theories.

CLE 3210.Inq. 5
Compare
experimental
evidence and
conclusions with
those drawn by
others about the
same testable
question.

CLE 3210. Inq. 1
Recognize that
science is a
progressive endeavor
that reevaluates and
extends what is
already accepted.

CLE 3210.Inq. 5
Compare
experimental
evidence and
conclusions with
those drawn by
others about the
same testable
question.

CLE 3210.Inq. 6
Communicate and
defend scientific
findings



Corresponding SPIs:
SPI 3210 Inq.2 Analyze the
components of a properly
designed scientific
investigation.
SPI 3210 Inq.2 Analyze the
components of a properly
Chapter 1,
Section 2
Chapter 1,
Section 3

Kroger vs. Diet coke demo
Inquiry Introductory Lab
Scientific Method
Notes/Activities
Scientific Graphs (ACT graphing)
Experimental Design
Scientific Inquiry Assessment

Writing in the
Biology
Classroom:
Argumentation;
Evaluation; and
Refutational
Writing





College-level lab
report assignment


None
designed scientific
investigation.
SPI 3210.Inq.5 Defend a
conclusion based on scientific
evidence
SPI 3210.Inq.5 Defend a
conclusion based on scientific
evidence


SPI 3210.Math.1 Interpret a
graph that depicts a
biological phenomenon.
Unit 1:
Population
Ecology and
Energy Flow
(Weeks 3-4)



Week 3

CLE 3210.3.1 Analyze
the flow
of energy through an
ecosystem.


Corresponding SPIs:
SPI 3210.2.1 Predict how
population changes of
organisms at different
trophic levels affect an
ecosystem.
3210.2.2 Interpret the
relationship between
environmental factors and
fluctuations in population
size.
SPI 3210.3.1 Interpret a
diagram that illustrates flow
of energy in an ecosystem.
Chapter 1,
Section 2
Chapter 1,
Section 3


ACT Diagnostic Exam
Abiotic/Biotic Factors
notes/activities
Energy flow notes/activities
(Food chains; energy pyramids;
3D energy pyramid/Human food
web)
Energy flow assessment
Biomes Jigsaw



Activity 9:
Argumentation
Surviving Winter
in the Dust Bowl
Bacteria Growth Lab



Honors Quarter 1
Projects
Edmodo
Learning
Profiles intro
quiz


Unit 1:
Population
Ecology and
Energy Flow
(Weeks 3-4)



Week 4

CLE 3210.2.2 Analyze
and interpret
population data,
graphs, or diagrams.



SPI 3210.2.1 Predict how
population changes of
organisms at different
trophic levels affect an
ecosystem.
3210.2.2 Interpret the
relationship between
environmental factors and
fluctuations in population
size.
SPI 3210.3.1 Interpret a
diagram that illustrates flow
of energy in an ecosystem.
Chapter 6,
Section 4
Population Density
notes/activities
Carrying Capacity notes/activities
Competition/Predation/Mutualis
m notes/activities
Oh deer! Simulation
Unit. 1.1 Assessment
Unit 1 Study guide



Not yet gone,
but effectively
extinct article
close read
Growth curves:
Exponential and
Logistical Growth

Analyze human
population distribution
graphs


AP Bio: Biomes; pg.
309
FLIPPED:
Ecology Crash
Course

FLIPPED:
Edmodo
Learning
Profiles intro


ACT Method:
Teach ALA in
Class
Unit 1:
Principles of
Ecology and
Biodiversity
(Weeks 5-6)



Week 5




CLE 3210.2.4 Describe
the sequence of
events associated
with biological
succession.
CLE 3210.3.4 Describe
the events which
occur during the
major biochemical
cycles.



SPI 3210.2.5 Make inferences
about how a specific
environmental change can
affect the amount of
biodiversity
SPI 3210.2.6 Predict how a

Chapter 5;
Section 2

Bigeochemical cycles
notes/activities
Succession notes/activities
Unit 1.2 assessment


AP Biology FRQ:
pg. 323




Binder Check 1

Teach ALA in
class /Practice
ALA 1
specific environmental
change may lead to the
extinction of a particular
species
SPI 3210.Math.1 Interpret a
graph that depicts a
biological phenomenon







Unit 1:
Principles of
Ecology and
Biodiversity
(Weeks 5-6)

Week 6



CLE 3210.2.1
Investigate how
the dynamic
equilibrium of an
ecological community
is associated with
interactions among its
organisms.
CLE 3210.2.3 Predict
how global climate
change, human
activity, geological
events, and
the introduction of
non-native species
impact an ecosystem.
SPI 3210.2.4 Predict
how various types of
human activities
affect the
environment

SPI 3210.2.6 Predict how a
specific environmental
change may lead to the
extinction of a particular
species

SPI 3210.2.7 Analyze factors
responsible for the changes
associated with biological
succession.

SPI 3210.2.5 Make inferences
about how a specific
environmental change can
affect the amount of
biodiversity
SPI 3210.2.6 Predict how a
specific environmental
change may lead to the
extinction of a particular
species



Chapter 5;
Section 2
Biodiversity/Extinction
Notes/activities
Human effects notes/activities
Carbon footprint demo
Overton biodiversity
investigation
Human Impact Group activity
Unit 1 Assessment

Zebra Mussel
reading


Decline in
Saltwater Fish
Populations
(Argumentation
Activity 7)

Sustainability plan for
Overton/Memphis
community

Gizmos: Effects of
Greenhouse gas

ALA 2






Unit 2: The
History of Life
and Natural
Selection
(Weeks 7-9)

Week 7

CLE 3210.5.4
Summarize the
supporting evidence
for the theory of
evolution
CLE 3210.5.1
Associate structural,
functional, and
behavioral
adaptations with
the ability of

Chapter 14,
Section 2;
Chapter 15,
Section 1
Adaptations Notes/Activities
Principles of Natural Selection
Peppered Moth demo
Natural Selection case studies
Natural Selection Demo
Thumb Demo
Natural Selection Assessment:
Case Studies
Unit 2 Study Guide


Excerpts from
The Origin of the
Species/ Activity
3: Desert Snakes
Creationism vs.
Evolution Socratic
Semiar


ALA 3

FLIPPED:
Natural
Selection
Crash Course +
Edmodo
assignment

organisms to
survive under various
environmental
conditions.



SPI 3210.5.3 Recognize the
relationships among
environmental change,
genetic variation, natural
selection, and the emergence
of a new species.
SPI 3210.5.1 Compare and
contrast the structural,
functional, and behavioral
adaptations of animals or
plants found in different
environments.
3210.5.2 Recognize the
relationship between form
and function in living things.
Unit 3: The
History of Life
and Natural
Selection
(Weeks 7-9)




Week 8

CLE 3210.5.4
Summarize the
supporting evidence
for the theory of
evolution



SPI 3210.5.4 Summarize the
supporting evidence for the
theory of evolution

SPI 3210.5.5 Apply evidence
from the fossil record,
comparative anatomy acid
sequences, and DNA
structure that support
modern classification
systems.


Chapter 15;
Section 1 &
2
Evidence for Evolution
Notes/Manipulatives/Graphic
Organizer
Biochemical Evidence for
Evolution Lab
Unit 2 Assessment: Evolution

Activity 25:
Misconception
about life on
Earth

Evolution vs.
Creationism Socratic
Seminar

AP Bio Free Response:
pg. 199
ALA 4



Week 9



END OF 1st 9
WEEKS



FALL BREAK
Flex Week: Finish any
reminder
evolution/ecology
follow-up


ALA 5