Colorado Academic Standards (CAS)

Presentations Owl Food Web

Vocabulary Terms Ecology I

Vocabulary Terms Ecology II

Vocabulary Terms Photosynthesis and Respiration

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Ecology I

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Ecology II

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Photosynthesis and Respiration

2.1.b. Evaluate the potential ecological impacts of a plant-based or meat-based diet

Multimedia Lesson Food Chains and Food Webs

Presentations Energy Flow

2.1.d. Develop, communicate, and justify an evidence-based scientific explanation showing how ecosystems follow the laws of conservation of matter and energy

Vocabulary Terms Ecology I

Vocabulary Terms Ecology II

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Ecology I

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Ecology II

2.1.e. Define and distinguish between matter and energy, and how they are cycled or lost through life processes

Multimedia Lesson Food Chains and Food Webs

Multimedia Lesson Photosynthesis and Respiration

Presentations Cell Energy

Presentations Energy Flow

Presentations Energy Pyramid

Presentations Food Chains

Vocabulary Terms Ecology I

Vocabulary Terms Ecology II

Vocabulary Terms Photosynthesis and Respiration

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Ecology I

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Ecology II

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Photosynthesis and Respiration

2.1.f. Describe how carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and water cycles work

Vocabulary Terms Ecology I

Vocabulary Terms Ecology II

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Ecology I

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Ecology II

2.1.g. Use computer simulations to analyze how energy flows through trophic levels

Multimedia Lesson Food Chains and Food Webs

Multimedia Lesson Photosynthesis and Respiration

Interactive/Simulation Food Webs

Presentations Cell Energy

Presentations Energy Flow

Presentations Energy Pyramid

Presentations Food Chains

Presentations Food Web Balance

Presentations Food Webs

Presentations Owl Food Web

Vocabulary Terms Ecology I

Vocabulary Terms Ecology II

Vocabulary Terms Photosynthesis and Respiration

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Ecology I

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Ecology II

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Photosynthesis and Respiration

2.2. The size and persistence of populations depend on their interactions with each other and on the abiotic factors in an ecosystem. Students can:

2.2.c. Evaluate data and assumptions regarding different scenarios for future human population growth and their projected consequences

Multimedia Lesson Earth's Climate

Presentations Global Warming

Vocabulary Terms Earth`s Climate

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Earth`s Climate

2.2.d. Examine, evaluate, question, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media to investigate ecosystem interactions

Multimedia Lesson Food Chains and Food Webs

Presentations Food Web Balance

2.3. Cellular metabolic activities are carried out by biomolecules produced by organisms. Students can:

2.3.a. Identify biomolecules and their precursors/building blocks

Multimedia Lesson Chromosomes, Genes and DNA

Multimedia Lesson Systems of the Human Body 2: Providing Fuel and Transportation

Interactive/Simulation From DNA to Protein

Virtual Lab Building DNA and RNA

Presentations Chromosomes

Presentations DNA

Presentations DNA Transcription: DNA to RNA

Presentations Food and Nutrients

Presentations Overview: From DNA to Protein

Presentations Process of Digestion

Presentations Translation: RNA to Protein

Presentations Types of Nutrients

Flip Charts Chromosomes, Genes & DNA

Flip Charts How Genes Work

Vocabulary Terms Chromosomes, Genes and DNA

Vocabulary Terms Nucleic acids and protein synthesis

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Chromosomes, Genes and DNA

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Nucleic acids and protein synthesis

2.3.b. Develop, communicate, and justify an evidence-based explanation that biomolecules follow the same rules of chemistry as any other molecule

Multimedia Lesson Systems of the Human Body 2: Providing Fuel and Transportation

Presentations Food and Nutrients

Presentations Process of Digestion

Presentations Types of Nutrients

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Cell processes

2.3.c. Develop, communicate, and justify an evidence-based explanation regarding the optimal conditions required for enzyme activity

Multimedia Lesson Systems of the Human Body 2: Providing Fuel and Transportation

Presentations Process of Digestion

Presentations Types of Nutrients

2.3.d. Infer the consequences to organisms of suboptimal enzyme function - such as altered blood pH or high fever - using direct and indirect evidence

Multimedia Lesson Systems of the Human Body 1: Moving and Controlling the Body

Multimedia Lesson Systems of the Human Body 2: Providing Fuel and Transportation

Multimedia Lesson Systems of the Human Body 3: Protection, Reproduction and Cooperation

Presentations Body Organization

Presentations Process of Digestion

Presentations Skin - Physical Protection

Presentations Types of Nutrients

2.3.e. Analyze and interpret data on the body's utilization of carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins

Multimedia Lesson Systems of the Human Body 2: Providing Fuel and Transportation

Presentations Food and Nutrients

Presentations Types of Nutrients

Flip Charts Chromosomes, Genes & DNA

2.4. The energy for life primarily derives from the interrelated processes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration. Photosynthesis transforms the sun's light energy into the chemical energy of molecular bonds. Cellular respiration allows cells to utilize ch

2.4.a. Develop, communicate, and justify an evidence-based scientific explanation the optimal environment for photosynthetic activity

Multimedia Lesson Food Chains and Food Webs

Multimedia Lesson Photosynthesis and Respiration

Multimedia Lesson Protists: Pond Microlife

Multimedia Lesson Six Kingdoms of Life

Interactive/Simulation Photosynthesis

Presentations Connection between Photosynthesis and Respiration

Presentations Energy Flow

Presentations Euglena

Presentations Overview of Photosynthesis

Presentations Plant-Like Protists

Presentations Plants

Presentations Process of Photosynthesis

Presentations Spirogyra

Presentations Volvox

Vocabulary Terms Photosynthesis and Respiration

Vocabulary Terms Photosynthesis and respiration

Vocabulary Terms Protists: Pond Microlife

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Photosynthesis and Respiration

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Photosynthesis and respiration

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Protists: Pond Microlife

2.4.b. Discuss the interdependence of autotrophic and heterotrophic life forms such as depicting the flow of a carbon atom from the atmosphere, to a leaf, through the food chain, and back to the atmosphere

Multimedia Lesson Food Chains and Food Webs

Multimedia Lesson Photosynthesis and Respiration

Multimedia Lesson Protists: Pond Microlife

Multimedia Lesson Six Kingdoms of Life

Presentations Animal-Like Protists

Presentations Animals

Presentations Cell Energy

Presentations Energy Flow

Presentations Energy Pyramid

Presentations Food Chains

Presentations Food Webs

Presentations Overview of Cellular Respiration

Presentations Owl Food Web

Presentations Plants

Vocabulary Terms Ecology I

Vocabulary Terms Ecology II

Vocabulary Terms Photosynthesis and Respiration

Vocabulary Terms Protists: Pond Microlife

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Ecology I

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Ecology II

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Photosynthesis and Respiration

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Protists: Pond Microlife

2.4.c. Explain how carbon compounds are gradually oxidized to provide energy in the form of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), which drives many chemical reactions in the cell

Multimedia Lesson Photosynthesis and Respiration

Presentations Process of Cellular Respiration

Vocabulary Terms Photosynthesis and Respiration

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Photosynthesis and Respiration

2.5. Cells use passive and active transport of substances across membranes to maintain relatively stable intracellular environments. Students can:

2.5.a. Analyze and interpret data to determine the energy requirements and/or rates of substance transport across cell membranes

Multimedia Lesson Osmosis and Diffusion: Cell Transport

Virtual Lab Viewing Osmosis in Action

Presentations Osmosis - The Diffusion of Water

Presentations Passive and Active Transport

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Cell processes

2.5.c. Diagram the cell membrane schematically, and highlight receptor proteins as targets of hormones, neurotransmitters, or drugs that serve as active links between intra and extracellular environments

Multimedia Lesson Cells

Multimedia Lesson Osmosis and Diffusion: Cell Transport

Multimedia Lesson Protists: Pond Microlife

Multimedia Lesson Systems of the Human Body 2: Providing Fuel and Transportation

Interactive/Simulation Animal Cell

Interactive/Simulation Plant Cell

Presentations Amoeba

Presentations Cell Transport

Presentations Paramecium

Presentations Types of Nutrients

Vocabulary Terms Cell structure and function

Vocabulary Terms Cells

Vocabulary Terms Protists: Pond Microlife

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Cell structure and function

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Cells

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Protists: Pond Microlife

2.5.d. Use tools to gather, view, analyze, and interpret data produced during scientific investigations that involve passive and active transport

Multimedia Lesson Osmosis and Diffusion: Cell Transport

Multimedia Lesson Protists: Pond Microlife

Virtual Lab Viewing Osmosis in Action

Presentations Amoeba

Presentations Paramecium

Presentations Passive and Active Transport

Vocabulary Terms Protists: Pond Microlife

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Protists: Pond Microlife

2.5.e. Use computer simulations and models to analyze cell transport mechanisms

Multimedia Lesson Osmosis and Diffusion: Cell Transport

Multimedia Lesson Protists: Pond Microlife

Presentations Amoeba

Presentations Paramecium

Presentations Passive and Active Transport

Vocabulary Terms Protists: Pond Microlife

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Protists: Pond Microlife

2.6. Cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems maintain relatively stable internal environments, even in the face of changing external environments. Students can:

2.6.a. Discuss how two or more body systems interact to promote health for the whole organism

Multimedia Lesson Systems of the Human Body 1: Moving and Controlling the Body

Multimedia Lesson Systems of the Human Body 3: Protection, Reproduction and Cooperation

Presentations Body Organization

Presentations Skin - Physical Protection

Presentations Systems Working Together

Flip Charts Science: Human Body

Flip Charts The Excretory System

Vocabulary Terms Human biology I

Vocabulary Terms Human biology II

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Human biology I

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Human biology II

2.6.b. Analyze and interpret data on homeostatic mechanisms using direct and indirect evidence to develop and support claims about the effectiveness of feedback loops to maintain homeostasis

Multimedia Lesson Systems of the Human Body 1: Moving and Controlling the Body

Multimedia Lesson Systems of the Human Body 3: Protection, Reproduction and Cooperation

Presentations Body Organization

Presentations Skin - Physical Protection

Flip Charts Science: Human Body

Flip Charts The Excretory System

Vocabulary Terms Human biology I

Vocabulary Terms Human biology II

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Human biology I

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Human biology II

2.6.c. Distinguish between causation and correlation in epidemiological data, such as examining scientifically valid evidence regarding disrupted homeostasis in particular diseases

Multimedia Lesson Six Kingdoms of Life

Multimedia Lesson Systems of the Human Body 3: Protection, Reproduction and Cooperation

Presentations Archaebacteria and Eubacteria

Presentations Disease and the Body's Defense

Flip Charts Chromosomes, Genes & DNA

Flip Charts Human Genetic Disorders

Flip Charts Science: Human Body

Flip Charts The Immune System

Vocabulary Terms Microorganisms I

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Microorganisms I

2.6.d. Use computer simulations and models of homeostatic mechanisms

Multimedia Lesson Systems of the Human Body 1: Moving and Controlling the Body

Multimedia Lesson Systems of the Human Body 3: Protection, Reproduction and Cooperation

Presentations Body Organization

Presentations Skin - Physical Protection

Flip Charts Science: Human Body

Flip Charts The Excretory System

Vocabulary Terms Human biology I

Vocabulary Terms Human biology II

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Human biology I

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Human biology II

2.7. Physical and behavioral characteristics of an organism are influenced to varying degrees by heritable genes, many of which encode instructions for the production of proteins. Students can:

2.7.a. Analyze and interpret data that genes are expressed portions of DNA.

Multimedia Lesson Chromosomes, Genes and DNA

Multimedia Lesson Genetics: The Study of Heredity

Multimedia Lesson Mitosis

Presentations Chromosomes

Presentations Dominant and Recessive

Presentations Genes

Presentations How Traits Are Inherited

Presentations Mendel's Experiments

Flip Charts Chromosomes, Genes & DNA

Flip Charts Human Genetic Disorders

Vocabulary Terms Chromosomes, Genes and DNA

Vocabulary Terms Genetics: The Study of Heredity

Vocabulary Terms Mitosis

Vocabulary Terms Nucleic acids and protein synthesis

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Chromosomes, Genes and DNA

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Genetics: The Study of Heredity

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Mitosis

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Nucleic acids and protein synthesis

2.7.b. Analyze and interpret data on the processes of DNA replication, transcription, translation, and gene regulation, and show how these processes are the same in all organisms

Multimedia Lesson Chromosomes, Genes and DNA

Multimedia Lesson Meiosis

Interactive/Simulation From DNA to Protein

Virtual Lab Building DNA and RNA

Presentations DNA

Presentations DNA Transcription: DNA to RNA

Presentations Genes

Presentations Meiosis I

Presentations Overview: From DNA to Protein

Presentations Translation: RNA to Protein

Flip Charts How Genes Work

Vocabulary Terms Chromosomes, Genes and DNA

Vocabulary Terms Meiosis

Vocabulary Terms Nucleic acids and protein synthesis

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Cell Reproduction

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Chromosomes, Genes and DNA

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Meiosis

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Nucleic acids and protein synthesis

2.7.d. Evaluate data showing that offspring are not clones of their parents or siblings due to the meiotic processes of independent assortment of chromosomes, crossing over, and mutations

Multimedia Lesson Chromosomes, Genes and DNA

Multimedia Lesson Meiosis

Multimedia Lesson Protists: Pond Microlife

Presentations Amoeba

Presentations Crossing-Over

Presentations Mutations

Presentations Paramecium

Presentations Spirogyra

Flip Charts Chromosomes, Genes & DNA

Flip Charts Human Genetic Disorders

Flip Charts Meiosis

Vocabulary Terms Chromosomes, Genes and DNA

Vocabulary Terms Meiosis

Vocabulary Terms Nucleic acids and protein synthesis

Vocabulary Terms Protists: Pond Microlife

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Chromosomes, Genes and DNA

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Meiosis

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Nucleic acids and protein synthesis

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Protists: Pond Microlife

2.7.e. Explain using examples how genetic mutations can benefit, harm, or have neutral effects on an organism

Multimedia Lesson Chromosomes, Genes and DNA

Presentations Mutations

Flip Charts Chromosomes, Genes & DNA

Flip Charts Human Genetic Disorders

Vocabulary Terms Chromosomes, Genes and DNA

Vocabulary Terms Nucleic acids and protein synthesis

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Chromosomes, Genes and DNA

Quiz, Flash Cards, Worksheet, Game Nucleic acids and protein synthesis

2.8. Multicellularity makes possible a division of labor at the cellular level through the expression of select genes, but not the entire genome. Students can:

2.8.b. Analyze and interpret data that show most eukaryotic deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) does not actively code for proteins within cells

Multimedia Lesson Chromosomes, Genes and DNA

Multimedia Lesson Genetics: The Study of Heredity

Interactive/Simulation Chromosome and DNA Structure

Interactive/Simulation Deciphering the DNA Code

Presentations Chromosomes

Presentations DNA

Presentations Dominant and Recessive

Presentations Genes

Presentations How Traits Are Inherited

Presentations Mendel's Experiments

Presentations The Genetic Code

Presentations Translation: RNA to Protein

Flip Charts Chromosomes, Genes & DNA

Flip Charts How Genes Work