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4/1/2019

Review of the whole entire year, It will take a few weeks

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We will slowly and compassionately review the year and the topics that will be covered in the End of course exam



Congratulations on making it to this point of the year, our EOC will cover some of the major parts of biology, the things that one really really needs to know.

We have covered examples of these major parts several times during class. 

Now we will review those major parts, where we covered them, and add new examples.
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major parts of Biology


Molecules to Organisms

Matter and Energy

​Interdependence of Organisms
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Inheritance/genetics

Earth's Systems

Earth and Human Activity



what each of them mean in short



​Molecules to Organisms

  • Photons from Sunlight
  • Atoms
  • Sunlight converted by plants into sugar (ATP)
  • Animals eating plants
  • Animals poop nutrients

Atoms make cells, make tissues, make organs, make systems of organs, make organisms, make ecosystems, make environments, make biomes, make planets

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​Matter and Energy

  • Energy moving around a system
  • Plant matter
  • Sunlight turning into Plant Matter
  • ​Plant matter providing nutrients to grow cells

Interdependence of Organisms
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Symbiosis
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  • Parasitism: one benefits, the other is harmed
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  • Mutualism: both benefit
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  • Commensalism: nobody is harmed or strongly benefits
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  • Plants, bacteria, fungi, animals and maybe even viruses all work together to make a system
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  • They share resources, feed each other

Inheritance/genetics
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  • Punnet Squares
  • Dominant and recessive genes
  • What is a species
  • Gene recombination
  • ​How genes travel to other communities

​Earth's Systems

  • Seasons
  • Carbon Cycle
  • Water Cycle
  • Phosphorus Cycle
  • Nitrogen Cycle
  • Magnetic Meridians 

Earth and Human Activity
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  • Sustainable Energy Production
  • How our energy use affects our reality
  • Sustainable building materials
  • Urban food production

Biology is chemistry doing physics

EOC Blueprints


https://webnew.ped.state.nm.us/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Biology-Blueprint-18-19.pdf
https://www.nap.edu/read/13165/chapter/8

Biology Class Terminology as of 8/28/18
Vocabulary Test 8/30/19

​Desert Biology

​Forest Biology

Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)


Engineering Design

  • Greenhouse design 
 
  • Urban food production
 
  • Renewable Energy 
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  • How resource extraction affects the environment
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Where we covered it in class:

  • ​Click here for our  blog post on week of 1/28/19​
  • ​​http://www.almadartebio.org/biology-page/sustainable-energy ​​
  • 8/27/19: Energy Flow:
  • ​http://www.almadartebio.org/biology-page/week-of-august-27-to-august-31-energy-flow
  • Global Patterns:
  • http://www.almadartebio.org/biology-page/global-patterns-and-cycles


​From Molecule to Organism Structures and Processes

  • How do organisms live and grow?
 
  • Structure and Function, Growth and Development of Organisms, and Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms.
 
  • Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
 
  • All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and grow.
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Where we covered it in class:
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  • Week of 9/24/18, Genetics and Genetic Engineering:
  • http://www.almadartebio.org/biology-page/week-of-924-to-928-how-we-know-earth
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  • Week of 9/17/19: Trophic Levels, Biology Systems:
  • http://www.almadartebio.org/biology-page/biological-systems  
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  • Week of 8/20: Mitosis/Meiosis:
  • ​http://www.almadartebio.org/biology-page/week-of-august-20-to-august-24-mitosis-meiosis​
  • Week of August 13: DNA Coding
  • http://www.almadartebio.org/biology-page/week-of-august-13-to-17​​

​Physics
  • Week of August 6: Particles
  • http://www.almadartebio.org/biology-page/week-august-6-to-august-10

​Types of organisms
  • Week of 1/13/19, Types of life:
  • http://www.almadartebio.org/biology-page/types-of-life

​Anatomy
  • Anatomy: http://www.almadartebio.org/biology-page/activity-drawing-and-naming-our-organs
  • http://www.almadartebio.org/biology-page/organ-systems
  • http://www.almadartebio.org/biology-page/more-on-the-systems-of-systems
  • http://www.almadartebio.org/biology-page/the-other-half-of-the-systems
  • http://www.almadartebio.org/biology-page/types-of-cells

Patterns
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Patterns exist everywhere—in regularly occurring shapes or structures and in repeating events and relationships. For example, patterns are discernible in the symmetry of flowers and snowflakes, the cycling of the seasons, and the repeated base pairs of DNA. Noticing patterns is often a first step to organizing and asking scientific questions about why and how the patterns occur.

​Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems

  •  “How do organisms obtain and use energy they need to live and grow? How do matter and energy move through ecosystems?” 
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  • Role of energy in the cycling of matter in organisms and ecosystems.
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  • ​Week of 9/17/19: Trophic Levels, Biology Systems:
  • http://www.almadartebio.org/biology-page/biological-systems
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Consider the food chain, animal societies, how ants and bees work together, symbiosis
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  • Week of September 4, 2018: Nutrient Absorption: 
  • ​http://www.almadartebio.org/biology-page/week-of-september-4-to-september-7-energy-from-food 
  • Week of August 6: Particles
  • http://www.almadartebio.org/biology-page/week-august-6-to-august-10
  • Desert Biology: 
  • http://www.almadartebio.org/biology-page/1015-to-1019-desert-biology
  • http://www.almadartebio.org/biology-page/week-of-1022-to-1026-desert-animals
  • Forest Biology:
  • http://www.almadartebio.org/biology-page/week-of-1029-to-1102-forest-biology
  • http://www.almadartebio.org/biology-page/week-of-115-to-119-forest-animals-and-arthropods
  • ​http://www.almadartebio.org/biology-page/week-of-1112-to-1116-forest-mammals-and-reptiles
  • Turtles: http://www.almadartebio.org/biology-page/dont-forget-about-the-turtles
  • Ocean Biology: 
  • http://www.almadartebio.org/biology-page/week-of-115-to-119-forest-animals-and-arthropods
  • Week of 1/13/19, Types of life:
  • http://www.almadartebio.org/biology-page/types-of-life
  • Population Ecology:
  • http://www.almadartebio.org/biology-page/population-ecology
  • Sustainability Ideas:
  • ​http://www.almadartebio.org/biology-page/sustainability-ideas

Interdependence in Ecosystems
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  •  “How do organisms interact with the living and non-living environment to obtain matter and energy?” 
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  • Phosphorus cycle,nitrogen cycle, oxygen, water:
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Where we covered it in class:
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  • Week of September 4, 2018, energy from food:​​
  • http://www.almadartebio.org/biology-page/week-of-september-4-to-september-7-energy-from-food 
  • Global Patterns:
  • http://www.almadartebio.org/biology-page/global-patterns-and-cycles
  • Climate Change:
  • ​http://www.almadartebio.org/biology-page/what-is-really-going-on
  • Sustainability Ideas:
  • ​http://www.almadartebio.org/biology-page/sustainability-ideas

Inheritance and Variation of Traits
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  • “How are characteristics of one generation passed to the next? How can individuals of the same species and even siblings have different characteristics?” 
 
  • Inheritance of Traits, and Variation of Traits.
 
  • Mechanisms of genetic inheritance and describe the environmental and genetic causes of gene mutation and the alteration of gene expression.
 
  •  “What evidence shows that different species are related? 
 
  • Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity
 
  • Natural Selection
 
  • Adaptation
 
  • Biodiversity
 
  • Humans
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  • The processes of natural selection and evolution ​

Where we covered it in class:
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  • Week of August 13: DNA Coding
  • http://www.almadartebio.org/biology-page/week-of-august-13-to-17

  • Week of 8/20: Mitosis/Meiosis:
  • http://www.almadartebio.org/biology-page/week-of-august-20-to-august-24-mitosis-meiosis ​
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  • Population Ecology:
  • http://www.almadartebio.org/biology-page/population-ecology

​Earth's Systems
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  • Seasons
 
  • Types of biomes, environments
 
  • Carbon cycle
 
  • Water cycle
 
  • Nitrogen Cycle

​Where we covered it in class:
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  • 3/21/19: Seasons:
  • http://www.almadartebio.org/biology-page/seasons
  • Climate Change:
  • ​http://www.almadartebio.org/biology-page/what-is-really-going-on
  • 8/27/19: Energy Flow:
  • http://www.almadartebio.org/biology-page/week-of-august-27-to-august-31-energy-flow
  • Week of August 6: Particles
  • http://www.almadartebio.org/biology-page/week-august-6-to-august-10
  • Sustainability Ideas:
  • ​http://www.almadartebio.org/biology-page/sustainability-ideas


Earth and Human Activity
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  • “How and why do organisms interact with their environment, and what are the effects of these interactions?”
 
  • Represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals (including humans) and the places they live. 
 
  • Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.
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  • Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
 
  • Cycles of Matter and Energy Transfer in Ecosystems
 
  • Ecosystem Dynamics
 
  • Functioning, and Resilience
 
  • Social Interactions and Group Behavior.
 
  • Mathematical reasoning to demonstrate understanding of fundamental concepts of carrying capacity, factors affecting biodiversity and populations, and the cycling of matter and flow of energy among organisms in an ecosystem. 
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Where we learned it
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  • Global Patterns:
  • http://www.almadartebio.org/biology-page/global-patterns-and-cycles
  • Climate Change:
  • ​http://www.almadartebio.org/biology-page/what-is-really-going-on
  • Sustainability Ideas:
  • ​http://www.almadartebio.org/biology-page/sustainability-ideas

seven crosscutting concepts to consider in everything


1. Patterns. Observed patterns of forms and events guide organization and classification, and they prompt questions about relationships and the factors that influence them.

2. Cause and effect: Mechanism and explanation. Events have causes, sometimes simple, sometimes multifaceted. A major activity of science is investigating and explaining causal relationships and the mechanisms by which they are mediated. Such mechanisms can then be tested across given contexts and used to predict and explain events in new contexts.

3. Scale, proportion, and quantity. In considering phenomena, it is critical to recognize what is relevant at different measures of size, time, and energy and to recognize how changes in scale, proportion, or quantity affect a system’s structure or performance.
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4. Systems and system models. Defining the system under study—specifying its boundaries and making explicit a model of that system—provides tools for understanding and testing ideas that are applicable throughout science and engineering.

5. Energy and matter: Flows, cycles, and conservation. Tracking fluxes of energy and matter into, out of, and within systems helps one understand the systems’ possibilities and limitations.

6. Structure and function. The way in which an object or living thing is shaped and its substructure determine many of its properties and functions.
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7. Stability and change. For natural and built systems alike, conditions of stability and determinants of rates of change or evolution of a system are critical elements of study.

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