| Week | Concept | Benchmarks | Activities | Assessments |
| 1 Chapter 16: Primate Evolution | Section 1: Primates Standard/s: B.8.2, B.8.3 Section 2: Hominoids to Hominins Standard/s: B.8.2, B.8.3 Section 3: Human Ancestry Standard/s: B.8.2, B.8.3 | Identify the characteristics of primates Compare and contrast the major primate groups Explain how the evolution of primates can be traced List the features of hominoids and hominins Establish how hominin evolution can be traced from Proconsul to Homo Explain the similarities between the various australopithecine species Describe the species in the genus Homo Explain the Out-Of-Africa hypothesis Compare and contrast Neanderthals and modern humans | Lecture/Notes/Guided practice Questions/Discussion Seatwork/Individual help Review | Homework/Study guide Standard-based/Teacher-made test |
| 2 Chapter 17: History of Life's Diversity | Section 1: The History of Classification Standard/s: B.8.2 Section 2: Modern Classification Standard/s: B.8.2, B.8.3 | Compare and contrast Aristotle's and Linnaeus's methods of classification Express scientific names using binomial nomenclature List the categories used in biological classification Compare and contrast the different species concepts List the methods used to reveal phylogeny | Lecture/Notes/Guided practice Questions/Discussion Seatwork/Individual help Group activity - Dichotomous key | Homework/Study guide |
| 3 Chapter 17: History of Life's Diversity | Section 3: Domains and Kingdoms Standard/s: B.8.2, B.8.3 | Explain how a cladogram is constructed List the major characteristics of the three domains Differentiate between the six kingdoms Describe how organisms are classified at the kingdom level | Lecture/Notes/Guided practice Questions/Discussion Seatwork/Individual help Virtual Lab - Classifying Using Biotechnology Review | Homework/Study Guide Project - Taxonomy poster Standard-based/Teacher-made test |
| 4 UNIT SEVEN: INVERTEBRATES
Chapter 24: Introduction to Animals |
Section 1: Animal Characteristics Standard/s: B.2.6, B.6.3 Section 2: Animal Body Plans Standard/s: B.8.2
| Explain how adaptations enable animals to live in different habitats Compare and contrast structure and function in animals List the stages of embryonic development in animals Describe how animal body plans are related to phylogeny Describe how body cavities are related to animal phylogeny List the two types of coelomate development | Lecture/Notes/Guided practice Questions/Discussion Seatwork/Individual help Review | Homework/Study guide Standard-based/Teacher-made test |
| 5 Chapter 25: Worms and Mollusks | Section 1: Flatworms Standard/s: B.8.2, B.8.3 Section 2: Roundworms and Rotifers Standard/s: B.8.2, B.8.3 Section 3: Mollusks Standard/s: B.8.2, B.8.3 Section 4: Segmented Worms Standard/s: B.8.2, B.8.3 | List the adaptations of free-living flatworms and parasitic flatworms Describe how flatworms maintain homeostasis List the three classes of flatworms and the characteristics of each List the similarities between features of roundworms and flatworms Explain how roundworms can be identified based on movement List the ways humans risk contracting roundworm parasites Explain the importance of the coelum to mollusks Describe the function of the mantle and what its adaptive advantages are over mollusks Explain the importance of mucus and the muscular foot to mollusks List the similarities among segmented worms, flatworms, and roundworms Explain the importance of segmentation as an adaptation for survival in segmented worms List the features of the three main classes of annelids that make them well-suited for their habitats | Lecture/Notes/Guided practice Questions/Discussion Seatwork/Individual help Lab - Planarians Lab - Earthworm dissection Review | Homework/Study guide Standard-based/Teacher-made test |
| 6 UNIT EIGHT: VERTEBRATES Chapter 28: Fishes and Amphibians | Section 1: Fishes Standard/s: B.8.2, B.8.3 Section 2: Diversity of Today's Fishes Standard/s: B.8.2, B.8.3 Section 3: Amphibians Standard/s: B.8.2, B.8.3 | List the features of vertebrates that make them different from invertebrates List the characteristics that most fishes have in common Explain how the characteristics of fishes are adapted to aquatic life List the characteristics of different groups of fishes Compare and contrast the key features of various types of fishes Explain the evolution of fishes | Lecture/Notes/Guided practice Questions/Discussion Seatwork/Individual help Lab - Frog dissection Review | Homework/Study guide Standard-based/Teacher-made test |
| 7 Chapter 30: Mammals | Section 1: Mammalian Characteristics Standard/s: B.8.2, B.8.3 Section 2: Diversity of Mammals Standard/s: NOS 2, B.8.2, B.8.3 | List the characteristics of mammals Describe how mammals maintain a constant temperature Differentiate between respiration in mammals and other vertebrates List the characteristics of mammals in each of the three subgroups of living mammals List the adaptations that contribute to the diversity of mammals and enable them to live in a variety of habitats Explain how mammals might have evolved | Lecture/Notes/Guided practice Questions/Discussion Seatwork/Individual help Pig dissection Review | Homework/Study guide Standard-based/Teacher-made test |
| 8 Finals | All previous standards | All previous benchmarks | Questions/Discussion Seatwork/Individual help Review | Homework/Study guide Semester final exam |
| 9 Chapter 18: Bacteria and Viruses | Section 1: Bacteria Standard/s: B.2.5, B.2.6, B.6.1 Section 2: Viruses and Prions | Differentiate between archaea and bacteria and their subcategories List the survival methods of bacteria at both the individual and population levels Explain how bacteria are beneficial to humans Describe the general structure of a virus Compare and contrast the lytic cycle, the lysogenic cycle, and retroviral replication Describe the relationship between a prion's structure, replication, and action and its ability to cause disease | Lecture/Notes/Guided practice Questions/Discussion Seatwork/Individual help Movie | Homework/Study guidehttps://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/how-science-works |