BHS Biology Guide

The Study of Life

Biology

Quarter 1

McGraw Hill Module 1

Standard 2.2

ELA CONNECTIONS ● Assess the extent to which the reasoning and evidence in a text support the author’s claim or a recommendation for solving a scientifc or technical problem. ● Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., quantitative data, video, multimedia) in order to address a question or solve a problem. ● Evaluate the hypotheses, data, analysis, and conclusions in a science or technical text, verifying the data when possible and corroborating or challenging conclusions with other sources of information. ● Synthesize information from a range of sources (e.g., texts, experiments, simulations) into a coherent understanding of a process, phenomenon, or concept, resolving conficting information when possible. ● Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most signifcant for a specifc purpose and audience. ● Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation. ● Cite specifc textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to important distinctions the author makes and to any gaps or inconsistencies in the account. ● Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientifc procedures/ experiments, or technical processes. ● Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, refection, and research. ● Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of fndings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest.

MATH CONNECTIONS

● Reason abstractly and quantitatively. ● Model with mathematics.

● Use units as a way to understand problems and to guide the solution of multi-step problems; choose and interpret units consistently in formulas; choose and interpret the scale and the origin in graphs and data displays. ● Defne appropriate quantities for the purpose of descriptive modeling. ● Choose a level of accuracy appropriate to limitations on measurement when reporting quantities.

RECOMMENDED INSPIRE RESOURCES

PAGE MATERIALS NEEDED TIME

● Video (3:20):

Phenomena Introduction

Module Launch: “What species of insects live in your home?”

3

50min

https://unta medscience.c