Biology - EC: BIO.A.3.1.1
Biology - EC: BIO.A.3.1.1
Continuum of Activities
The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.
This continuum of activities offers:
- Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
- Questions/activities that grow in complexity
- Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance
Grade Levels
Commencement
Course, Subject
Biology
Related Academic Standards / Eligible Content
Activities
- The equation below represents a summary of a biological process.
carbon dioxide + water → glucose + water + oxygen
This process is completed in what cellular organelle?
- Where in the cell does respiration occur?
- Where in the cell does photosynthesis occur?
- Why can’t animal cells perform photosynthesis?
- Draw a diagram that shows the relationship between the processes performed by the chloroplasts and the mitochondria in a plant cell
- Fill in the blank:
While viewing rapidly moving fish, a student concludes that these fish require a large amount of energy to maintain their activity. The organelles that most directly provides this energy are known as ____________.
- What happens to certain nutrient molecules after they pass into muscle cells?
- Explain how mitochondria and chloroplasts work together to maintain homeostasis in a plant.
- Explain how mitochondria and chloroplasts work together in the carbon cycle in the ecosystem.
Answer Key/Rubric
- Chloroplast
- The mitochondria
- Chloroplast
- Acceptable answers include, but are not limited to:
- They don’t have chloroplasts.
- Acceptable answers include, but are not limited to:
photosynthesis (chloroplast)
respiration (mitochondria)
- Mitochondria
- Acceptable answers include, but are not limited to:
- They are acted on by enzymes and are turned into energy rich molecules in the mitochondria.
- Acceptable answers include, but are not limited to:
- The mitochondria perform respiration and create energy, water and carbon dioxide, which are needed for photosynthesis.
- The chloroplast performs photosynthesis and creates glucose and oxygen, which are needed for respiration.
- Acceptable answers include, but are not limited to:
- The mitochondria perform respiration and create energy, water and carbon dioxide, which are needed for photosynthesis.
- The chloroplast performs photosynthesis and creates glucose and oxygen, which are needed for respiration.