LE: Nutrients, Energy, and Biochemical Processes

14 Components
Unit Overview
Nutrients Energy & Biochemical Processes Unit Plan Unit 2 Video Crickets in My Lunch? Performance Task Unit 2 Regents-Based Item Bank
5E Instructional Model Plans
Cellular Respiration and Experimental Design 5E Instructional Model Plan Macronutrient Assembly & Breakdown (Enzymes) 5E Instructional Model Plan Macronutrient Transport 5E Instructional Model Plan Photosynthesis 3E Plan
Laboratory Experience
Cellular Respiration in Yeast and Experimental Design Lab Activity Diffusion Across a Membrane NY State Lab Activity Enzyme Activity Lab
Highlighted Resources
Unit 2 Professional Development Booklet Unit 2 Vocabulary Unit 2 Window into Student Thinking
LE Unit 2: LE: Nutrients, Energy, and Biochemical Processes
Browse Components
Unit Overview
Nutrients Energy & Biochemical Processes Unit Plan Unit 2 Video Crickets in My Lunch? Performance Task Unit 2 Regents-Based Item Bank
5E Instructional Model Plans
Cellular Respiration and Experimental Design 5E Instructional Model Plan Macronutrient Assembly & Breakdown (Enzymes) 5E Instructional Model Plan Macronutrient Transport 5E Instructional Model Plan Photosynthesis 3E Plan
Laboratory Experience
Cellular Respiration in Yeast and Experimental Design Lab Activity Diffusion Across a Membrane NY State Lab Activity Enzyme Activity Lab
Highlighted Resources
Unit 2 Professional Development Booklet Unit 2 Vocabulary Unit 2 Window into Student Thinking
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Unit 2 Professional Development Booklet

Resources from Unit 2 PD held at New Visions

See Standards
Living Environment (NY State Core Curriculum, 2005) - Standard 4:
LE 1

Key Idea 1: Living things are both similar to and different from each other and from nonliving things.

LE 1.1

PERFORMANCE INDICATOR 1.1: Explain how diversity of populations within ecosystems relates to the stability of ecosystems.

LE 1.2

PERFORMANCE INDICATOR 1.2: Describe and explain the structures and functions of the human body at different organizational levels (e.g., systems, tissues, cells, organelles).

LE 5

Key Idea 5: Organisms maintain a dynamic equilibrium that sustains life.

LE 5.1

PERFORMANCE INDICATOR 5.1: Explain the basic biochemical processes in living organisms and their importance in maintaining dynamic equilibrium.

LE 6

Key Idea 6: Plants and animals depend on each other and their physical environment.

LE 6.1

PERFORMANCE INDICATOR 6.1: Explain factors that limit growth of individuals and populations.

Common Core Learning Standards - Grades 6-12 Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, & Technical Subjects:
9-10.W.HST.2

Writing: Text Types and Purposes

Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/ experiments, or technical processes.

  1. Introduce a topic and organize ideas, concepts, and information to make important connections and distinctions; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., figures, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
  2. Develop the topic with well-chosen, relevant, and sufficient facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples appropriate to the audience’s knowledge of the topic.
  3. Use varied transitions and sentence structures to link the major sections of the text, create cohesion, and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
  4. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to manage the complexity of the topic and convey a style appropriate to the discipline and context as well as to the expertise of likely readers.
  5. Establish and maintain a formal style and objective tone while attending to the norms and conventions of the discipline in which they are writing.
  6. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented (e.g., articulating implications or the significance of the topic).

This booklet can be used with teams of teachers to work through the resources in unit 2.

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