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Appreciate the importance of structure-function relationships in biology.
Assessment Strategies
in laboratory with access to lab manual.
by answering test questions in writing without access to outside resources.
by preparing report with access to all outside resources.
by answering test questions in writing without access to outside resources.
by using all available resources in preparing report.
by answering test questions in writing without access to outside resources.
Criteria
learner completes immunoassays in laboratory
learner identifies and explains function of cellular organelles on quizzes and exams
learner identifies and explains function of cell types on a laboratory exam
learner completes an oral report describing an example of molecular recognition
learner summarizes the importance of structure-function relationships in biology on exams
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Understand how the structure and function of an organism is based on the information in its DNA.
Assessment Strategies
in class without access to outside resources
in laboratory with access to lab resources
Criteria
learner diagrams and explains the flow of information from DNA to RNA to protein on exams
learner solves mapping problems on homework assignments and exams
learner diagrams and explains the lac operon on homework assignments and exams
learner prepares a karyotype and interprets it in the laboratory
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Understand how energy is captured and transformed to support life.
Assessment Strategies
in class without access to outside resources
in laboratory with access to laboratory resources
Criteria
learner answers questions on quizzes and exams
learner completes photosynthesis experiment in laboratory
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Understand the chemicals of life.
Assessment Strategies
in laboratory with access to laboratory resources
by completing report outside class with access to all available resources
in class without access to outside resources
Criteria
learner completes solubility laboratory
learner completes short report on protein of their choice
learner answers questions on quizzes and exams
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Understand communication and interactions in organisms.
Assessment Strategies
outside class with access to all available resources except other students
Criteria
learner answers essay questions on take-home exam
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Understand how genetic information is transmitted from generation to generation.
Assessment Strategies
in class without access to resource material
in laboratory with access to laboratory resources
in class without access to outside resources
outside class in groups, with access to all resources
in laboratory with access to software manual and other lab resources
Criteria
learner completes meiosis modeling exercise
learner completes laboratory on natural selection
learner answers questions on quizzes and exams
learner completes collaborative field study on adaptation to the environment
learner completes computer simulation exercise on Drosophila genetics