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Biology - EC: BIO.A.3.1.1

Biology - EC: BIO.A.3.1.1

Continuum of Activities

Continuum of Activities

The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.

This continuum of activities offers:

  • Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
  • Questions/activities that grow in complexity
  • Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance

Grade Levels

Commencement

Course, Subject

Biology

Activities

  1. The equation below represents a summary of a biological process.

carbon dioxide + water → glucose + water + oxygen

         This process is completed in what cellular organelle?

  1. Where in the cell does respiration occur?

  2. Where in the cell does photosynthesis occur?

  3. Why can’t animal cells perform photosynthesis?
  1. Draw a diagram that shows the relationship between the processes performed by the chloroplasts and the mitochondria in a plant cell

  2. Fill in the blank:
    While viewing rapidly moving fish, a student concludes that these fish require a large amount of energy to maintain their activity. The organelles that most directly provides this energy are known as ____________.
  1. What happens to certain nutrient molecules after they pass into muscle cells?

  2. Explain how mitochondria and chloroplasts work together to maintain homeostasis in a plant.

  3. Explain how mitochondria and chloroplasts work together in the carbon cycle in the ecosystem.

Answer Key/Rubric

  1. Chloroplast

  2. The mitochondria

  3. Chloroplast

  4. Acceptable answers include, but are not limited to:
  • They don’t have chloroplasts.
  1. Acceptable answers include, but are not limited to:

                                photosynthesis (chloroplast)


                                respiration (mitochondria)

  1. Mitochondria
  1. Acceptable answers include, but are not limited to:
  • They are acted on by enzymes and are turned into energy rich molecules in the mitochondria.
  1. Acceptable answers include, but are not limited to:
  • The mitochondria perform respiration and create energy, water and carbon dioxide, which are needed for photosynthesis. 
  • The chloroplast performs photosynthesis and creates glucose and oxygen, which are needed for respiration.
  1. Acceptable answers include, but are not limited to:
  • The mitochondria perform respiration and create energy, water and carbon dioxide, which are needed for photosynthesis.
  • The chloroplast performs photosynthesis and creates glucose and oxygen, which are needed for respiration.
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