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Skill plan for the Virginia Standards of Learning Assessments - Biology

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Life at the Molecular and Cellular Level
Life at the Systems and Organisms Level
Interactions of Life Forms and Ecosystem Dynamics

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Life at the Molecular and Cellular Level
Chemical and biochemical processes		Chemistry of water 1. Chemistry of water 2. Properties of water: cohesion and adhesion Biomolecules 3. Structure and function: carbohydrates 4. Structure and function: proteins 5. Structure and function: lipids 6. Identify the structures and functions of biomolecules 7. Compare the structures and functions of biomolecules Structure of DNA 8. Introduction to the genetic code Codon charts 9. Read a codon wheel 10. Read a codon table 11. Use a codon wheel to transcribe and translate DNA sequences 12. Use a codon table to transcribe and translate DNA sequences Photosynthesis and cellular respiration 13. The chemistry of photosynthesis 14. The chemistry of cellular respiration
Chemical and biochemical processes
Chemistry of water 1. Chemistry of water 2. Properties of water: cohesion and adhesion Biomolecules 3. Structure and function: carbohydrates 4. Structure and function: proteins 5. Structure and function: lipids 6. Identify the structures and functions of biomolecules 7. Compare the structures and functions of biomolecules Structure of DNA 8. Introduction to the genetic code Codon charts 9. Read a codon wheel 10. Read a codon table 11. Use a codon wheel to transcribe and translate DNA sequences 12. Use a codon table to transcribe and translate DNA sequences Photosynthesis and cellular respiration 13. The chemistry of photosynthesis 14. The chemistry of cellular respiration

Cell structure and function		Cell theory 1. Cells and cell theory Plant cells 2. Identify functions of plant cell parts 3. Plant cell diagrams: label parts Animal cells 4. Identify functions of animal cell parts 5. Animal cell diagrams: label parts The cell cycle 6. Introduction to cell division 7. The cell cycle Mitosis 8. Describe phases of mitosis and the cell cycle 9. Identify phases of mitosis and the cell cycle in plant cells The cell membrane 10. Structure and function of the cell membrane Passive transport 11. Types of passive transport 12. Osmosis
Cell structure and function
Cell theory 1. Cells and cell theory Plant cells 2. Identify functions of plant cell parts 3. Plant cell diagrams: label parts Animal cells 4. Identify functions of animal cell parts 5. Animal cell diagrams: label parts The cell cycle 6. Introduction to cell division 7. The cell cycle Mitosis 8. Describe phases of mitosis and the cell cycle 9. Identify phases of mitosis and the cell cycle in plant cells The cell membrane 10. Structure and function of the cell membrane Passive transport 11. Types of passive transport 12. Osmosis

Mechanisms of inheritance		1. Structure and function: nucleic acids
Mechanisms of inheritance
1. Structure and function: nucleic acids

Life at the Systems and Organisms Level
Bacteria and viruses
Bacteria and viruses


Classification of organisms		1. Evaluate fossil evidence of evolution 2. Classify and describe organisms using domains
Classification of organisms
1. Evaluate fossil evidence of evolution 2. Classify and describe organisms using domains

Interactions of Life Forms and Ecosystem Dynamics
Mechanisms of inheritance		Introduction to genetics 1. Genetics vocabulary: genotype and phenotype 2. Genetics vocabulary: dominant and recessive Punnett squares 3. Punnett squares: Mendelian inheritance 4. Punnett squares: incomplete dominance and codominance 5. Punnett squares: multiple alleles Meiosis and sexual reproduction 6. Sexual reproduction and genetic variation: part I 7. Sexual reproduction and genetic variation: part II
Mechanisms of inheritance
Introduction to genetics 1. Genetics vocabulary: genotype and phenotype 2. Genetics vocabulary: dominant and recessive Punnett squares 3. Punnett squares: Mendelian inheritance 4. Punnett squares: incomplete dominance and codominance 5. Punnett squares: multiple alleles Meiosis and sexual reproduction 6. Sexual reproduction and genetic variation: part I 7. Sexual reproduction and genetic variation: part II

Population change		1. Construct explanations of natural selection
Population change
1. Construct explanations of natural selection

Ecosystem and population dynamics		Ecology 1. Patterns of population growth 2. Interpret a Serengeti food web 3. Interpret an Antarctic food web 4. The carbon cycle: biosphere processes and interactions Biodiversity 5. Kelp forests: factors affecting biodiversity
Ecosystem and population dynamics
Ecology 1. Patterns of population growth 2. Interpret a Serengeti food web 3. Interpret an Antarctic food web 4. The carbon cycle: biosphere processes and interactions Biodiversity 5. Kelp forests: factors affecting biodiversity

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