Bloom’s Taxonomy Level

Standard

Supporting Skills

(Analysis)

9-12.L.1.1.  Students are able to relate cellular functions and processes to specialized structures within cells.

• Transport

Examples: cell membrane, homeostasis

• Photosynthesis and respiration

Examples:

ATP-ADP energy cycle
Role of enzymes
Mitochondria
Chloroplasts

• Storage and transfer of genetic information

Examples: replication, transcription, and translation

• Cell life cycles

Examples: somatic cells (mitosis), germ cells (meiosis)

• explain how homeostasis is maintained within living

      systems (PROFICIENT)

• describe the relationship between structure and function
  (cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, and organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere)
   
• identify DNA as the structure that carries the genetic code (BASIC)

• relate cellular functions to specialized structures within

      cells  (Including: cytoplasm, nucleus, nucleolus,

      ribosomes, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus,

      lysosomes, vacuoles, mitochondria, choloplasts,

      cytoskeleton, centrioles, cell wall, cell membrane)

• identify DNA as the structure that carries the genetic code

      (BASIC)

• distinguish between chromatin and chromosomes
   
• relate cell membrane structure with its role regulating

      what enters and leaves cell (Including: peripheral proteins,

      integral proteins)

• describe the relationships between the levels of

      organization in multicellular organisms

      (cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, and organism)            

      (PROFICIENT)

      (Tissue formation, development of new cells from original

      stem cells) (ADVANCED)

• Explain the relationship of surface area to volume in

      determining cell size

• Discuss the role of stem cells in medicine (Technology &

      Society- pg 253)

• summarize the relationship between genes and DNA

(Application)

9-12.L.1.2.  Students are able to classify organisms using characteristics and evolutionary relationship of major taxa.

• Kingdoms Examples:  animals, plants, fungi, protista, monera
• Phyla  Examples: invertebrates,

vertebrates,

divisions of plants

Note: There is an ongoing scientific debate about the number of groupings and which organisms should be included in each.

·        Distinguish between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells

Advanced

High school students performing at the advanced level:

• predict the function of a given structure;
• predict how homeostasis is maintained within living systems;

Proficient

High school students performing at the proficient level:

• describe the relationship between structure and function (cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, and organisms);
• explain how homeostasis is maintained within living systems;

Basic

High school students performing at the basic level:

• recognize that different structures perform different functions;
• identify DNA as the structure that carries the genetic code;
• define homeostasis;