Living Environment Curriculum Map


  • UnitTimeAssessments UsedStandard Alignment
    The Study of Life
    1 week  
     

    Open-ended homework questions
    Pop Quizzes
    Exams, Multiple Choice, Short Answers, & Essays
    Standard 4
    Key Ideas 1, 5, 6 
    The Chemistry of Life
    1 week  
     
    		Open-ended homework questions
    Pop Quizzes
    Exams, Multiple Choice, Short Answers    		Standard 4
    Ecology and Human Impact
    5 weeks    
     
    		Open-ended homework questions
    Pop Quizzes
    Exams, Multiple Choice, Short Answers, & Essays
    Research Paper, including work with DBQs
    Standard 4
    Key Ideas 1, 6, 7 
    Cell and Sub Cellular Biology
    3 weeks  
     
    		Open-ended homework questions
    Pop Quizzes
    Exams, Multiple Choice, and Matching
    Standard 4
    Key Ideas 1, 4, 5 
    Genetics
    4 weeks  
     
    		Open-ended homework questions
    Pop Quizzes
    Exams, Multiple Choice, and Matching
    Standard 4
    Key Ideas 1, 2, 3, 4  
    Evolution
    3 weeks   
     
    		Open-ended homework questions
    Pop Quizzes
    Exams, Multiple Choice, and Matching
    Standard 4
    Key Ideas 1, 2, 3, 4  
    Plant Maintenance
    2 weeks  
     
    		Open-ended homework questions
    Pop Quizzes
    Exams, Multiple Choice, and Matching
    Identifying Structures on Diagrams 
    Standard 4
    Key Ideas 1, 5, 6 
    Animal Maintenance
    10 weeks     
     
    		Open-ended homework questions
    Pop Quizzes
    Exams, Multiple Choice, and Matching
    Identifying Structures on Diagrams 
    Standard 4
    Key Ideas 1, 4, 5, 6, 7  
    Review
    5 weeks   
     
    		  
    * Most homework questions and almost all exam questions are pulled directly from past living environment exams.