Chris' Curriculum+Map

=‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍Essential Questions ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍= What are the essential questions for your content areas? If you are really creating Essential Questions, you will have between 3 and 5 questions.


 * **‍‍‍‍How can we learn about the world around us?** ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍(Scientific inquiry, experimentation)
 * **‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍What are living organisms made of and how are they organized?** ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍(Chemistry, organic chemistry, genetics, cells, kingdoms, ecology)
 * **‍‍What are the characteristics of all living things?** (Evolution, genetics, cells)‍‍
 * **‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍How does understanding all life help us know more about ourselves?** ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍(Genetics, cells, microorganisms, fungi, plants, invertibrates, chordates, humans,)
 * **‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍Can a butterfly create a tidal wave?** How is all life interdependant? (ecology) ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

=‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍Big Ideas ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍= What are the Big Ideas for your content area? What are the things that anyone who takes your course should walk away knowing and being able to do.
 * **How to use scientific inquiry and observations to make hypothesis and test it.**
 * **Scientific Inquiry,observation and experimentation help us learn about the world within and around us.**
 * **‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍Despite the apparent chaos the world is organized ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍** **(**chemistry, genetics, cells)
 * **‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍All life forms have certain characteristics ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍** (cells, reproduction, genetic code, growth, metabolism, respond to stimuli, maintain homeostasis, and evolve)
 * **Genetics, cells and and ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍evolutionary re ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍lationships‍‍ are evidence of a connectedness of all life forms.**
 * **‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍What we do to our environment comes ultimately affects us. (internal and external environment) ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**

=‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍Units/Chunks ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍= What are the chunks/units of meaning for your content area? This is the place to see how your content area makes sense to you.
 * **Learning about Science**
 * **Overview of the Living Environment (Big Picture shrink down to next Unit)**
 * **Chemistry**
 * **Cells**
 * **Genetics**
 * **Humans**
 * **Evolution**
 * **Ecology**

Topical Questions What are the important questions for each unit or chunk? **Big Picture shrink down to next Unit. How can we relate the world to us in every unit?**

**Learning about Science (**Overview of the Living Environment)

 * **What is biology?**
 * **How can we (as scientists) learn about things we don't know about?**
 * **Why is biology important to us?**

**Chemistry**

 * **"Can we make somethin' out of nuthin'?'" (atomic structure)**
 * **What makes water so unique?**
 * **What element is the basis of organic molecules and why are they im[portant?**
 * **Where do living things get their energy from?**
 * **Why are enzymes important to living things?**

**Genetics**

 * **How does an organism create offspring?**
 * **Why are chomosomes important for life?**
 * **What is meiosis and how does it differ from mitosis?**
 * **What causes genetic variation?**
 * **What did mendel's experiments teach us about genetics?**
 * **What determines human traits?**

**Cells**

 * **What defines a cells size and shape?**
 * **What is the difference between prokaryotes and Eukariotes**
 * **What are the keys to homeostasis?**
 * **How do cells communicate?**
 * **What do cells use for energy?**
 * **How are plants natural solar panels?**
 * **What role do plants play in the energy for maintenance of life?**
 * **How does photosynthesis differ from cellular respiration?**
 * **How do cells replicate themselves?**

**Evolution**

 * **What is Darwin's evolutionary theory?**
 * **Why is the world so biodiverse?**
 * **Why is clasification important?**
 * **How are all living things classified?**
 * **How did life begin?**
 * **What is a geologic time scale and what does it tell us about the history of the earth?**

**Humans**
=Topical Big Ideas= What are the Big Ideas for each chunk/unit? What are the things that anyone who completes this chunk/unit should walk away knowing and being able to do.
 * **How does a human survive despite the changing external environment?**
 * **How do human systems work together to maintain homeostasis?**
 * **What is a feedback mechanism and why is it important in homeostasis?**
 * **What causes disease?**
 * **What role do microorganisms have in our internal environment?**
 * **How do our actions affect our health?**
 * **How does our body protect itself?**
 * **What are autimmune diseases?**
 * **How do we reproduce?**
 * **What does human development during pregnancy look like?**
 * **What are STD's and how can they be avoided?**

**Learning about Science (biology)**

 * **Scientific thinking - observation, Inferences, questions, hypothesis, experimentation**
 * **Science should be unbiased and objective**
 * **The history of science is key to our understanding of the world today.**

**Overview of the Living Environment (Big Picture)**

 * **All life is interconnected**
 * **Our macroenvironment exist due to our microenvironment.**
 * **All life has certain caracteristics.**

**Chemistry**

 * **All matter is made up of particles (protons neutrons, electrons) that are constantly moving and interacting**
 * **This matter makes molecules which form organic and inorganic molecules.**
 * **These molecules make up everything around us and within us**
 * **Bonds store energy that can be released during chemical reactions.**
 * **Enzymes are key to living organisms maintaining homeostasis.**

**Genetics**

 * **DNA is the blueprint for all life.**
 * **Genetic information determines structure and function of cells**
 * **The our genetic coding is passed down to future generations via reproduction.**
 * **Mitosis is cell division in which the chromosome number doesn't change.**
 * **Meiosis is cell division in which the chromosome number is halved.**

**Cells**

 * **Cells are the basic units of life.Define the difference between prokaryotes and eukaryotes.**
 * **Cells must be able to adapt to the external environment in order to survive.**
 * **Cells have organelles that have defined function.**
 * **Similarities and differences between plant cells and animal cells.**
 * **Nearly all energy for life processess come from the sun and are harnested by plants.**
 * **Cells send and recieve signals to maintain homeostasis in an organism.**

**Humans**

 * **Failure to maintain homeostasis will result in disease or death.**
 * **Utilizing feedback mechanisms leads to regulation of systems to maintainhealth.**
 * **Microorganisms help us break down food but can also make us sick.**
 * **The body has many lines of defense against foreign invaders**
 * **Sometimes normal cells and systems function abnormally and cause us to become sick.**
 * **Human fetus development within the female reproductive system from conception to delivery.**
 * **STD's are very common but can be avoided for the most part.**

**Evolution**

 * **Understand Darwins theory of evolution.**
 * **Individual organisms and species change over time.**
 * **Classification and Kingdoms.**
 * **History of the earth (how life began thru today).**