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Content/Topic/Essential Questions |
Skills |
Assessments/Products |
NJ CCC Standards |
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January |
Cells & Heredityq Darwin & Natural Selection q Adaptation & Variation q The Fossil Record q Geologic Time Scale q Other Evidence for Evolution
q Human Origins |
q Observing q Sequencing q Inferring q Classifying q Drawing Conclusions q Making Models q Comparing & Contrasting q Developing Hypotheses q Calculating q Interpreting Data q Forming Operational Definitions q Graphing |
q Teacher & Text prepared tests q Authentic Assessments
q Performance Assessments q Technology/Research
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5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.8 |
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February -March |
Parade of Life: Monerans, Protists, Fungi & Plantsq Classification Systems 1. Binomial Nomenclature 2. Cladistics q Viruses q Six Kingdoms 1. Archaebacteria 2. Eubacteria 3. Protists
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q Observing q Inferring q Classifying q Communicating q Interpreting Data q Developing Hypothesis q Predicting q Making Models q Calculating q Comparing & Contrasting q Drawing Conclusions q Controlling Variables |
q Teacher & Text prepared tests q Authentic Assessments
q Performance Assessments q Technology/Research
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5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 |
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March - April |
Parade of Life: Monerans, Protists, Fungi & Plantsq Six Kingdoms (continued) 4. Fungi 5. Plants
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q Observing q Inferring q Communicating q Predicting q Making Models q Comparing & Contrasting q Drawing Conclusions |
q Teacher & Text prepared tests q Authentic Assessments
q Performance Assessments q Technology/Research
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5.1 5.2 5.4 5.5
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