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Skill plan for the Mississippi Academic Assessment Program - Biology

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Cells and Energy
Heredity and Evolution
Interdependence of Organisms and Their Environments

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Cells and Energy
Cells as a System		Biomolecules 1. Identify the structures and functions of biomolecules 2. Structure and function: carbohydrates 3. Structure and function: proteins 4. Structure and function: lipids 5. Compare the structures and functions of biomolecules Cell theory 6. Cells and cell theory Plant and animal cells 7. Identify functions of plant cell parts 8. Plant cell diagrams: label parts 9. Identify functions of animal cell parts 10. Animal cell diagrams: label parts Cellular transport 11. Structure and function of the cell membrane 12. Types of passive transport 13. Osmosis The cell cycle 14. Introduction to cell division 15. The cell cycle Mitosis 16. Describe phases of mitosis and the cell cycle 17. Identify phases of mitosis and the cell cycle in plant cells Organ systems 18. Organization in the human body: the heart and the circulatory system
Cells as a System
Biomolecules 1. Identify the structures and functions of biomolecules 2. Structure and function: carbohydrates 3. Structure and function: proteins 4. Structure and function: lipids 5. Compare the structures and functions of biomolecules Cell theory 6. Cells and cell theory Plant and animal cells 7. Identify functions of plant cell parts 8. Plant cell diagrams: label parts 9. Identify functions of animal cell parts 10. Animal cell diagrams: label parts Cellular transport 11. Structure and function of the cell membrane 12. Types of passive transport 13. Osmosis The cell cycle 14. Introduction to cell division 15. The cell cycle Mitosis 16. Describe phases of mitosis and the cell cycle 17. Identify phases of mitosis and the cell cycle in plant cells Organ systems 18. Organization in the human body: the heart and the circulatory system

Energy Transfer		1. The chemistry of photosynthesis 2. The chemistry of cellular respiration
Energy Transfer
1. The chemistry of photosynthesis 2. The chemistry of cellular respiration

Heredity and Evolution
Reproduction & Heredity		Meiosis and sexual reproduction 1. Sexual reproduction and genetic variation: part I 2. Sexual reproduction and genetic variation: part II Patterns of inheritance 3. Genetics vocabulary: genotype and phenotype 4. Genetics vocabulary: dominant and recessive 5. Punnett squares: Mendelian inheritance 6. Punnett squares: incomplete dominance and codominance 7. Punnett squares: multiple alleles DNA and traits 8. Structure and function: nucleic acids 9. Introduction to the genetic code Protein synthesis 10. Read a codon wheel 11. Read a codon table 12. Use a codon wheel to transcribe and translate DNA sequences 13. Use a codon table to transcribe and translate DNA sequences
Reproduction & Heredity
Meiosis and sexual reproduction 1. Sexual reproduction and genetic variation: part I 2. Sexual reproduction and genetic variation: part II Patterns of inheritance 3. Genetics vocabulary: genotype and phenotype 4. Genetics vocabulary: dominant and recessive 5. Punnett squares: Mendelian inheritance 6. Punnett squares: incomplete dominance and codominance 7. Punnett squares: multiple alleles DNA and traits 8. Structure and function: nucleic acids 9. Introduction to the genetic code Protein synthesis 10. Read a codon wheel 11. Read a codon table 12. Use a codon wheel to transcribe and translate DNA sequences 13. Use a codon table to transcribe and translate DNA sequences

Adaptations and Evolution		1. Evaluate fossil evidence of evolution 2. Evaluate anatomical and molecular evidence of evolution 3. Construct explanations of natural selection
Adaptations and Evolution
1. Evaluate fossil evidence of evolution 2. Evaluate anatomical and molecular evidence of evolution 3. Construct explanations of natural selection

Interdependence of Organisms and Their Environments
Interdependence of Organisms and Their Environments		Cycling of matter and energy 1. Interpret a Serengeti food web 2. Interpret an Antarctic food web 3. The carbon cycle: biosphere processes and interactions Ecological relationships 4. How can group behavior affect survival? Identify evidence to support a claim Populations 5. Patterns of population growth Biodiversity 6. Kelp forests: factors affecting biodiversity
Interdependence of Organisms and Their Environments
Cycling of matter and energy 1. Interpret a Serengeti food web 2. Interpret an Antarctic food web 3. The carbon cycle: biosphere processes and interactions Ecological relationships 4. How can group behavior affect survival? Identify evidence to support a claim Populations 5. Patterns of population growth Biodiversity 6. Kelp forests: factors affecting biodiversity

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