Indiana State Standards
Indiana State Biology I Standards
B.1.1 Describe the structure of the major categories of organic compounds that make up living organisms in terms of their building blocks and the small number of chemical elements (i.e., carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorous and sulfur) from which they are composed.
B.1.2 Understand that the shape of a molecule determines its role in the many different types of cellular processes (e.g., metabolism, homeostasis, growth and development, and heredity) and understand that the majority of these processes involve proteins that act as enzymes. B.1.3 Explain and give examples of how the function and differentiation of cells is influenced by their external environment (e.g., temperature, acidity and the concentration of certain molecules) and changes in these conditions may affect how a cell functions. *B.3.1 Describe how some organisms capture the sun’s energy through the process of photosynthesis by converting carbon dioxide and water into high-energy compounds and releasing oxygen. *B.3.2 Describe how most organisms can combine and recombine the elements contained in sugar molecules into a variety of biologically essential compounds by utilizing the energy from cellular respiration. *B.3.4 Describe how matter cycles through an ecosystem by way of food chains and food webs and how organisms convert that matter into a variety of organic molecules to be used in part in their own cellular structures. *B.3.5 Describe how energy from the sun flows through an ecosystem by way of food chains and food webs and how only a small portion of that energy is used by individual organisms while the majority is lost as heat. *B.4.1 Explain that the amount of life environments can support is limited by the available energy, water, oxygen and minerals and by the ability of ecosystems to recycle the remains of dead organisms. *B.4.2 Describe how human activities and natural phenomena can change the flow and of matter and energy in an ecosystem and how those changes impact other species |
Objectives and How Met
Students will be able to model the structure of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, as well as simple compounds made of those elements (ex. water and carbon dioxide) through a molecular modeling activity.
Students will be able to model the action of an enzyme and explain its importance in biofuel production. Groups will model the effect of temperature and pH on enzymatic action. Students will model how changes in pH and temperature affect the rate of an enzymes action. After completing a think, pair, share activity along with a photosynthesis and respiration lab, students will be able to describe the process of photosynthesis and how it contributes to the flow of energy in the biosphere. Students will be able to describe the process of cellular respiration and its importance in the production of energy for every organism after completing a think, pair, share activity along with a photosynthesis and respiration lab. Students will be able to evaluate the information collected from the carbon cycle lab in order to predict levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Students will be able to describe how the increasing use of fossil fuels since the Industrial Revolution has changed the way that energy flows through the biosphere after completing the carbon cycle activity. By completing the calorimeter lab, students will create a correlation between temperature change and energy density. Students will be able to discuss the interdependence and dynamic equilibrium among organisms, energy, matter, water, oxygen and minerals in the earth’s biosphere, lithosphere, atmosphere and hydrosphere after completing the carbon cycle activity. Students will apply concepts taken from the carbon cycle activity to predict how future human activities will affect atmospheric carbon including the impact of biofuels. |
All standards denoted with an asterisk (*) apply to the C3Biology Content