A culminating creative project where students design a "Biological Structure" based on macromolecule principles.
Curriculum planning resources for the entire academic year, including standard alignment, pacing, and priority focus areas.
A comprehensive research and presentation project where students become wildlife experts, investigating a wild animal of their choice and creating a digital slide deck to share their findings.
Students will learn how bees move pollen from flower to flower to help plants grow seeds and fruit.
Final review and assessment of the Macromolecules unit.
Connecting macromolecule breakdown to energy transfer and cellular respiration (HS.LS1-7).
Focusing on nucleic acids and their role in coding for life's traits and instructions (HS.LS3-1).
Exploring protein structure and enzyme function, emphasizing the connection between DNA sequences and protein form as per HS.LS1-1.