Science Textbook and Instructional Materials Correlation to the 2010 Life Science Standards of Learning and Curriculum Framework

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1 Publisher Information Copyright date 2013 Contact Carol Kornfeind Phone# Life Science 1 of 15 Virginia Department of Education

2 LS.1 The student will demonstrate an understanding of scientific reasoning, logic, and the nature of science by planning and conducting investigations in which a) data are organized into tables showing repeated trials and means; b) a classification system is developed based on multiple attributes; TE: 21-26, 40-47, 56-57, , , TLR: , TE: 21-26, 443 TLR: 8-16, TE: 94-97, TLR: 54-56, 153, 164, 171, 198 c) triple beam and electronic balances, thermometers, metric rulers, graduated cylinders, and probeware are used to gather data; d) models and simulations are constructed and used to illustrate and explain phenomena; e) sources of experimental error are identified; TE: 40-47, 486, TLR: 22-23, 25, 26-34, 77 TE: 4-9, 60-67, , 313, 358 TLR: 35 38, , TE: 10-13, 14-17, 21-25, 78, 114 TLR: 18, 45-53, Life Science 2 of 15 Virginia Department of Education

3 f) dependent variables, independent variables, and constants are identified; TE: 21-26, 89, 114, 413 TLR: 8-16, 45-53, 86-94, g) variables are controlled to test hypotheses, and trials are repeated; TE: 21-26, 89, 114, 304 TLR: h) data are organized, communicated through graphical representation, interpreted, and used to make predictions; i) patterns are identified in data and are interpreted and evaluated; and TE: 21-26, 56-57, 58-59, 486 TLR: 25, 26-34, 268 TE: 21-26, 442 TLR: 101, 102, 103, , 114 j) current applications are used to reinforce life science concepts. TE: 32, 79, 155, 185, 244, 277, 486 TLR: Life Science 3 of 15 Virginia Department of Education

4 LS.2 The student will investigate and understand that all living things are composed of cells. Key concepts include a) cell structure and organelles; TE: , , TE: b) similarities and differences between plant and animal cells; TE: c) development of cell theory; and TE: d) cell division. TE: Life Science 4 of 15 Virginia Department of Education

5 LS.3 The student will investigate and understand that living things show patterns of cellular organization. Key concepts include a) cells, tissues, organs, and systems; and TE: 84-87, , TE: , b) patterns of cellular organization and their relationship to life processes in living things. TE: 84-87, Life Science 5 of 15 Virginia Department of Education

6 LS.4 The student will investigate and understand how organisms can be classified. Key concepts include TE: 94-97, , , , , , , a) the distinguishing characteristics of domains of organisms; TE: b) the distinguishing characteristics of kingdoms of organisms; TE: c) the distinguishing characteristics of major animal phyla and plant divisions; and TE: , , , , , , d) the characteristics that define a species. TE: Life Science 6 of 15 Virginia Department of Education

7 LS.5 The student will investigate and understand the basic physical and chemical processes of photosynthesis and its importance to plant and animal life. Key concepts include a) energy transfer between sunlight and chlorophyll; TE: , TE: b) transformation of water and carbon dioxide into sugar and oxygen; and TE: c) photosynthesis as the foundation of virtually all food webs. TE: Life Science 7 of 15 Virginia Department of Education

8 LS.6 The student will investigate and understand that organisms within an ecosystem are dependent on one another and on nonliving components of the environment. Key concepts include a) the carbon, water, and nitrogen cycles; TE: , , , , , TE: , b) interactions resulting in a flow of energy and matter throughout the system; TE: c) complex relationships within terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems; and TE: , , , , d) energy flow in food webs and energy pyramids. TE: Life Science 8 of 15 Virginia Department of Education

9 LS.7 The student will investigate and understand that interactions exist among members of a population. Key concepts include a) competition, cooperation, social hierarchy, territorial imperative; and TE: TE: b) influence of behavior on a population. TE: Life Science 9 of 15 Virginia Department of Education

10 LS.8 The student will investigate and understand interactions among populations in a biological community. Key concepts include a) the relationships among producers, consumers, and decomposers in food webs; b) the relationship between predators and prey; TE: , , TE: TE: c) competition and cooperation; TE: d) symbiotic relationships; and TE: e) niches. TE: Life Science 10 of 15 Virginia Department of Education

11 LS.9 The student will investigate and understand how organisms adapt to biotic and abiotic factors in an ecosystem. Key concepts include a) differences between ecosystems and biomes; TE: , TE: b) characteristics of land, marine, and freshwater ecosystems; and TE: , c) adaptations that enable organisms to survive within a specific ecosystem. TE: , Life Science 11 of 15 Virginia Department of Education

12 LS.10 The student will investigate and understand that ecosystems, communities, populations, and organisms are dynamic, change over time, and respond to daily, seasonal, and long-term changes in their environment. Key concepts include a) phototropism, hibernation, and dormancy; TE: , , , TE: , b) factors that increase or decrease population size; and TE: , c) eutrophication, climate changes, and catastrophic disturbances. TE: Life Science 12 of 15 Virginia Department of Education

13 LS.11 The student will investigate and understand the relationships between ecosystem dynamics and human activity. Key concepts include a) food production and harvest; TE: , TE: 304, 501 b) change in habitat size, quality, or structure; TE: c) change in species competition; TE:: , 486 d) population disturbances and factors that threaten or enhance species survival; and TE: e) environmental issues. TE: Life Science 13 of 15 Virginia Department of Education

14 LS.12 The student will investigate and understand that organisms reproduce and transmit genetic information to new generations. Key concepts include a) the structure and role of DNA; TE: , , , , , , , TE: , b) the function of genes and chromosomes; TE: , , , , c) genotypes and phenotypes; TE: d) characteristics that can and cannot be inherited; TE: e) genetic engineering and its applications; and TE: f) historical contributions and significance of discoveries related to genetics. TE: , , Life Science 14 of 15 Virginia Department of Education

15 LS.13 The student will investigate and understand that populations of organisms change over time. Key concepts include a) the relationships of mutation, adaptation, natural selection, and extinction; TE: , , , , TE: , , , b) evidence of evolution of different species in the fossil record; and TE: , c) how environmental influences, as well as genetic variation, can lead to diversity of organisms. TE: Life Science 15 of 15 Virginia Department of Education