Science
- The student understands the development of the Periodic Table and applies its predictive power.
- The student understands the development of atomic theory and applies it to real world phenomena.
- The student knows how atoms form ionic, covalent, and metallic bonds.
- The student understands how matter is accounted for in chemical substances.
- The student understands how matter is accounted for in chemical reactions.
- The student understands the principles of the kinetic molecular theory and ideal gas behavior.
- The student understands and can apply the factors that influence the behavior of solutions.
- The student understands and applies various rules regarding acids and bases.
- The student understands the energy changes that occur in chemical reactions.
- The student understands the basic processes of nuclear chemistry.
- Biological structures, functions, and processes. The student knows that biological structures at multiple levels of organization perform specific functions and processes that affect life.
- Biological structures, functions, and processes. The student knows how an organism grows and the importance of cell differentiation.
- Mechanisms of genetics. The student knows the role of nucleic acids in gene expression.
- Mechanisms of genetics. The student knows the role of nucleic acids and the principles of inheritance and variation of traits in Mendelian and non-Mendelian genetics.
- Biological evolution.The student knows evolutionary theory is a scientific explanation for the unity and diversity of life that has multiple lines of evidence.
- Biological evolution. The student knows evolutionary theory is a scientific explanation for the unity and diversity of life that has multiple mechanisms.
- Biological structures, functions, and processes. The student knows the significance of matter cycling, energy flow, and enzymes in living organisms.
- Biological structures, functions, and processes. The student knows that multicellular organisms are composed of multiple systems that interact to perform complex functions.
- Interdependence within environmental systems. The student knows that interactions at various levels of organization occur within an ecosystem to maintain stability.
- The student understands the formation of the Earth and how objects in the solar system affect Earth's systems.
- The student knows that rocks and fossils provide evidence for geologic chronology, biological evolution, and environmental changes.
- The student knows that the lithosphere continuously changes as a result of dynamic and complex interactions among Earth's systems.
- The student knows how the physical and chemical properties of the ocean affect its structure and flow of energy.
- The student knows that dynamic and complex interactions among Earth's systems produce climate and weather.
- The student understands how Earth's systems affect and are affected by human activities, including resource use and management.
- The student explores global policies and careers related to the life cycles of Earth's resources.
- The student knows and applies the laws governing motion in a variety of situations.
- The student knows the nature of forces in the physical world.
- The student knows that changes occur within a physical system and applies the laws of conservation of energy and momentum.
- The student knows the characteristics and behavior of waves.
- The student knows examples of quantum phenomena and their applications.
Texas Science
Biology: Biological evolution.The student knows evolutionary theory is a scientific explanation for the unity and diversity of life that has multiple lines of evidence.
Analyze and evaluate how evidence of common ancestry among groups is provided by the fossil record, biogeography, and homologies, including anatomical, molecular, and developmental.
- Apply: evidence for evolution
- Apply: evidence of common ancestry
- Biogeography: where life lives
- Building a phylogenetic tree
- Cellular evidence of common ancestry
- Earth's fossil record
- Evidence for evolution
- Evidence for evolution
- Extinction
- Fossils: rocking the Earth
- Phylogenetic trees
- The rate of evolution
- Understand: evidence of common ancestry
- Understand: extinction
- Understanding and building phylogenetic trees
Examine scientific explanations for varying rates of change such as gradualism, abrupt appearance, and stasis in the fossil record.