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The Science of Biology

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Unit: The Science of Biology

Essential Questions:

What constitutes “living”?

How can there be so many similarities between all living things yet so many different kinds of living organisms from plants to animals to bacteria?

Required Reading:

Miller and Levine, Chapter 1 (pages 2-30)
ARTICLE:

“Cardeon: The Rise and Fall of a Medical Startup”

Learning Objectives:By the end of this unit, you should be able to....

1.	Use inferences to create and test a hypothesis in a controlled experiment.
2.	Make and record detailed qualitative and quantitative observations. Share your data in graphs and tables with correct units and labels.
3.	Write clear detailed procedures that others can easily follow and replicate your experiment.
4.	Identify the independent and dependent variables in an experiments
5.	Construct logically coherent explanations of phenomena that incorporate your current understanding of science with the available evidence.
6.	Use CER (Claims, Evidence, Reasoning) as a model to formulate argument in scientific writing to defend your claim.
7.	Compare and contrast theories with hypothesis.
8.	Explain the characteristics that all living things share.
9.	Explain the central themes in biology.
10.	Recognize that living organism’s systems interacts to maintain homeostasis. Describe the basic function of a physiological feedback loop.

Vocabulary:

Below is a list of vocabulary terms used in this unit. By the end of the unit, you will be able to write a working definition of each term and correctly use each term.

Observation	Theory	Unicellular
Inference	Bias	Multicellular
Hypothesis	Error	Asexual reproduction
Controlled experiment	Biology	Sexual reproduction
Independent variable	DNA	Homeostasis
Dependent variable	Grow	Metabolism
Control group	Develop	Evolution
Qualitative Data	Stimulus	Biosphere
Quantitative Data	Cell	Engineering
Abstract