Fairview High School
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Essential Outcomes

1st Trimester Essential Outcomes

1. The learner will be able to recognize the significance of homeostasis to the viability of human and other organisms, given the definition of homeostasis.
2. The learner will be able to distinguish among proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, and nucleic acids, given structural diagrams (i.e. formulas) or functions.
3. The learner will be able to identify a positive test for carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins when given an experimental procedure, data, and results.
4. The learner will be able to identify major cell organelles of plants and animals, given a diagram or a scenario.
5. The learner will be able to predict the movement of molecules across the cell membrane, given solutions of different concentrations or given examples of different molecules.
6. The learner will be able to sequence a series of diagrams depicting the movement of chromosomes during mitosis.
7. The learner will be able to compare and contrast the cell cycle in plant and animal cells, given a diagram or description.
8. The learner will be able to determine the number of chromosomes following mitosis or meiosis, given the number of chromosomes in the original cell.
9. The learner will be able to identify the reactants and products of photosynthesis and respiration and energy storage and release, given the equations.
10. The learner will be able to distinguish between aerobic and anaerobic respiration in terms of the presence or absence of oxygen and ATP produced.
11. The learner will be able to relate the interdependence of the processes of photosynthesis and respiration to living organisms, given a diagram or a description.
12. The learner will be able to identify the dominant trait, genotype, and phenotype, given the results of a monohybrid cross in a scenario including a Punnett square.
13. The learner will be able to analyze a monohybrid or dihybrid cross, given a Punnett square to determine the probability of a particular trait or the probability of having a child with a genetic disorder (e.g., cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anemia, Tay Sachs) with a given scenario or problem.
14. The learner will be able to recognize and differentiate the functions of nucleotides in the processes of replication, transcription, and translation, given diagram.
15. The learner will be able to analyze modes of inheritance including sex-linked, co-dominance, incomplete dominance, polygenic, and multiple alleles using genetic problems, Punnett squares, or pedigrees.
16. The learner will be able to analyze a series of DNA bases to determine the sequence which determines a mutation.
17. The learner will be able to describe and analyze DNA fingerprinting using an illustration of DNA bands.

2nd Trimester Essential Outcomes

18. The learner will be able to differentiate between the relative age of various fossils in sedimentary rock, given a diagram of rock strata.
19. The learner will be able to predict how environmental changes will encourage or discourage the formation of a new species or extinction of an existing species, given a written scenario.
20. The learner will be able to transfer knowledge of divergent evolution, as in Darwin’s finches, to determine why species with a common ancestor have adapted differently, given a diagram of the various species.
21. The learner will be able to compare homologous structures in species to determine the relatedness of certain species, given diagrams or pictures of each or using DNA strands.
22. The learner will be able to differentiate between natural selection and selective breeding, given a scenario.
23. The learner will be able to evaluate the role of meiosis in maintaining genetic variability and continuity, given a scenario.
24. The learner will be able to determine the genus and species of an organism and infer the relatedness of different organisms using the Linnean system of classification, given pictures of a variety of different plants or animals and a key to classification of organisms.
25. The learner will be able to infer the body symmetry of an organism, given a diagram or picture of the organism.
26. The learner will be able to distinguish between asexual and sexual methods of reproduction, using a scenario.
27. The learner will be able to infer animals or plants indigenous to an environment, given pictures or diagrams of the organisms or environment and a description of the environment or organisms.
28. The learner will be able to determine whether an insect undergoes complete or incomplete metamorphosis, given pictures or diagrams of the insect in its stages of development.
29. The learner will be able to predict the function of a system or organ, given structural descriptions, whether in the earthworm, crayfish, frog, or human.
30. The learner will be able to compare and contrast life cycles of various organisms (to include alternation of generations), given pictorial representations.
31. The learner will be able to identify commensalism, parasitism, and mutualism and classify organisms as producers, consumers, or decomposers, given a scenario.
32. The learner will be able to identify abiotic and biotic factors, given a description or an illustration of an ecosystem.
33. The learner will be able to make inferences about how environmental factors would affect population growth, given scenarios and graphs.
34. The learner will be able to examine the energy flow and loss though the trophic levels of an ecosystem, given an illustration of an energy pyramid.
35. The learner will be able to determine the effects of human activities on ecosystems, given scenarios.
36. The learner will be able to interpret a diagram of the biogeochemical cycles, given a diagram.
37. The learner will be able to distinguish between a learned and an innate behavior, given a description of that behavior in a scenario.

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