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Tularosa Municipal School District: |
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Tularosa HS Science |
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Science - Unified Science Q3 |
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Environment: Resources/Write/Energy
The learner will be able to
choose a source of energy that comes from nature and write a paper explaining associated risks and the way it is utilized on a daily basis.
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Environment: Resources |
Master |
NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 12.A.6 |
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Environment: Organisms/Comprehend
The learner will be able to
comprehend how natural hazards and the environmental risks for organisms relate.
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Environment |
Master |
NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 16 |
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Environment: Human Activities/Assess
The learner will be able to
assess human activities for the potential of increasing or decreasing environmental risks.
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Environment: Human Activities |
Master |
NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 16.B |
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Ecosystems: Human Activities/Record
The learner will be able to
record the interaction between humans and the ecosystem of a selected geographic region.
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Ecosystems: Human Activities |
Master |
NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 11.F.4 |
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Environment: Population/Predict/Limiting
The learner will be able to
predict the limiting factors that may slow population growth.
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Environment: Population |
Master |
NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 11.E.1 |
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Organisms: Environment/Relationship
The learner will be able to
understand that there exists a relationship between organisms and their environment.
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Organisms: Environment |
Master |
NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 11 |
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Communities: Predator/Prey/Examine
The learner will be able to
examine predator/prey relationships within an ecosystem.
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Biological Communities |
Master |
NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 11.E.2 |
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Population: Changes/Predict/Traits
The learner will be able to
predict changes in a population using knowledge of a population's traits.
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Scope |
Source |
| Environment: Population Change |
Master |
NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 11.D |
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Pollution: Recognize/Sources/Global
The learner will be able to
recognize the significant sources of pollution on a global scale.
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Pollution |
Master |
NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 16.B.2 |
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Pollution: Groundwater/Study
The learner will be able to
study the causes of groundwater pollution and the ways by which this contamination can be minimized.
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Scope |
Source |
| Pollution |
Master |
NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 16.C.2 |
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Ecosystems: Interactions/Competition
The learner will be able to
explain competition within a species and between species in an ecosystem.
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Scope |
Source |
| Ecosystems: Interactions |
Master |
NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 11.E.3 |
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Fossils: Transitional/Explain/Record
The learner will be able to
explain the transitional fossils found in different parts of the fossil record.
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Scope |
Source |
| Fossils |
Master |
NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 12.G.3 |
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Fossils: Explain/Conditions/Organism
The learner will be able to
explain the conditions required for the fossilization of an organism.
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Scope |
Source |
| Fossils |
Master |
NM: Content Standards, 1999, Grade 12, Content Standard 12.E.2 |
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Content of Science Strandard II
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Ecosystem Is Complex
The learner will be able to
know that an ecosystem is complex and may exhibit fluctuations around a steady state or may evolve over time.
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Scope |
Source |
| Ecosystems |
Master |
NM: State Standards: Standard II Benchmark(a) I 9.1.1 |
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Survival Depends
The learner will be able to
understand how the survival of species depends on biodiversity and on complex interactions, including the cycling of matter and the flow of energy.
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Scope |
Source |
| Ecosystems |
Master |
NM: State Standards: Standard II Benchmark(a) I |
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Variation Among Species
The learner will be able to
understand variation within and among species, including:
mutations and genetic drift
factors affecting the survival of an organism
natural selection.
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Scope |
Source |
| Biodiversity |
Master |
NM: State Standards: Standard II Benchmark(a) I 9.1.9 |
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Genetic Basis for Inheritance
The learner will be able to
understand the genetic basis for inheritance and the basic concepts of biological evolution.
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Scope |
Source |
| Genetics |
Master |
NM: State Standards: Standard II Benchmark(a) II |
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Genetic Information
The learner will be able to
dNA carries all genetic information in the units of heredity called genes, including: Know how:
the structure of DNA (e.g., subunits A, G, C, T)
information-preserving replication of DNA
alteration of genes by inserting, deleting, or substituting parts of DNA.
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Scope |
Source |
| Genetics |
Master |
NM: State Standards: Standard II Benchmark(a) II 9.2.1 |
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Describe Inheritable Traits
The learner will be able to
use appropriate vocabulary to describe inheritable traits (i.e., genotype, phenotype).
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Scope |
Source |
| Genetics |
Master |
NM: State Standards: Standard II Benchmark(a) II 9.2.2 |
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Segregation/Independent Assortment
The learner will be able to
explain the concepts of segregation, independent assortment, and dominant/recessive alleles.
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Scope |
Source |
| Genetics |
Master |
NM: State Standards: Standard II Benchmark(a) II 9.2.3 |
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Traits Can Not Inherit
The learner will be able to
identify traits that can and cannot be inherited.
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Scope |
Source |
| Genetics |
Master |
NM: State Standards: Standard II Benchmark(a) II 9.2.4 |
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Genetic Variability
The learner will be able to
know how genetic variability results from the recombination and mutation of genes, including:
sorting and recombination of genes in sexual reproduction result in a change in DNA that is passed on to offspring
radiation or chemical substances can cause mutations in cells, resulting in a permanent change in DNA.
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Genetics |
Master |
NM: State Standards: Standard II Benchmark(a) II 9.2.5 |
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Sexual/Asexual Reproduction
The learner will be able to
understand the principles of sexual and asexual reproduction, including meiosis and mitosis.
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Scope |
Source |
| Genetics |
Master |
NM: State Standards: Standard II Benchmark(a) II 9.2.6 |
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Chromosomes X and Y
The learner will be able to
know that most cells in the human body contain 23 pairs of chromosomes including one pair that determines sex, and that human females have two X chromosomes and human males have an X and a Y chromosome.
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Scope |
Source |
| Genetics |
Master |
NM: State Standards: Standard II Benchmark(a) II 9.2.7 |
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Amino Acids
The learner will be able to
know that cells are made of proteins composed of combinations of amino acids.
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Scope |
Source |
| Structure and Function |
Master |
NM: State Standards: Standard II Benchmark(a) III 9.3.1 |
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DNA/Protein Building
The learner will be able to
know that DNA directs protein building (e.g., role of RNA).
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Scope |
Source |
| Structure and Function |
Master |
NM: State Standards: Standard II Benchmark(a) III 9.3.6 |
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Classification Scheme
The learner will be able to
uUnderstand and explain the hierarchical classification scheme (i.e., domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species), including:
classification of an organism into a category similarity inferred from molecular structure (DNA) closely matching classification based on anatomical similarities
similarities of organisms reflecting evolutionary relationships.
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Scope |
Source |
| Biodiversity |
Master |
NM: State Standards: Standard II Benchmark(a) I 9.1.8 |
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Properties/Structure Living Things
The learner will be able to
understand the properties, structures, and processes of living things and the interdependence of living things and their environments.
| Strand |
Scope |
Source |
| Life Science |
Master |
NM: State Standards: Standard II |
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Strand III Science and Society
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Change Ecosystems
The learner will be able to
explain how societies can change ecosystems and how these changes can be reversible or irreversible.
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Scope |
Source |
| Science and Society |
Master |
NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) I 9.1.12 |
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Resource Management
The learner will be able to
describe how environmental, economic, and political interests impact resource management and use in New Mexico.
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Scope |
Source |
| Science and Society |
Master |
NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) I 9.1.13 |
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Applications of Genetics
The learner will be able to
understand that applications of genetics can meet human needs and can create new problems (e.g., agriculture, medicine, cloning).
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Scope |
Source |
| Science and Technology |
Master |
NM: State Standards: Standard I Benchmark(a) I 9.1.5 |
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