A - Characteristics of Science

 1. Evaluate the importance of curiosity, honesty, openness, and skepticism in science (GPS)      

2.  Design and conduct scientific investigations (GPS, HSGT, ACT) (SCBI_A2005-1)

3. Apply standard safety practices for all classroom laboratory and field investigations (GPS, HSGT) (SCBI_A2005-2)

4. Use technology to collect, observe, measure and manipulate data and findings (GPS, HSGT, ACT(SCBI_A2005-3)

5. Use valid critical assumptions to draw conclusions (GPS, HSGT, ACT) (SCBI_A2005-4)

6. Apply computation and skills necessary for analyzing data and developing conclusions (GPS, HSGT)(SCBI_A2005-5)

7. Communicate scientific investigations clearly (GPS, HSGT) (SCBI_A2005-6)

8. Read scientific materials to establish context for subject matter, develop vocabulary and to be aware of current research (GPS, HSGT) (SCBI_A2005-7)

B - Academic Knowledge

9. Analyze the relationship between structures and functions in living cells (GPS, HSGT) (SCBI_B2005-8)

10. Analyze how biological traits are passed on to successive generations (GPS, HSGT) (SCBI_B2005-9)

11. Examine the relationship between unicellular and multicellular organisms and the increasing complexity of systems (GPS, HSGT) (SCBI_B2005-10)

12. Evaluate the dependence of all organisms on one another and the flow of energy and matter within their ecosystems (GPS, HSGT, CE) (SCBI_B2005-11)

13. Evaluate the role of natural selection in the development of the theory of evolution (GPS, HSGT)  (SCBI_B2005-12)