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

• Explain the role of transport in photosynthesis and respiration

Examples: photosynthesis and cellular respiration

• Put in sequence the biochemical pathways involved in photosynthesis and respiration
• Relate structure of mitochondrion to cellular respiration and structure of chloroplast to photosynthesis

Examples:

ATP-ADP energy cycle
Role of enzymes
Mitochondria
Chloroplasts

Bloom’s Taxonomy Level

Standard

Supporting Skills

(Synthesis)

9-12.L.1.1A.  Students are able to explain the physical and chemical processes of photosynthesis and cell respiration and their importance to plant and animal life.

Examples: photosystems, photophosphorylation, Calvin Cycle and Krebs Cycle

• Predict the effects of changes in photosynthesis and cellular respiration on plants and animals

Examples: the effect of changes in light and temperature on a plant, the availability of glucose on the behavior of a person

• What if oxygen is not available for the Krebs Cycle

            Examples:  photosystems, photophosphorylation, 
                 Calvin Cycle and Krebs Cycle

Advanced

High school students performing at the advanced level:

• explain the steps of photophosphorylation and the Calvin Cycle;
• analyze chemical reaction and chemical processes involved in the Calvin Cycle and Krebs Cycle;

• predict the function of a given structure;

Proficient

High school students performing at the proficient level:

• describe and give examples of chemical reactions required to sustain life (hydrolysis, dehydration synthesis, photosynthesis, cellular respiration, ADP/ATP, role of enzymes);
• describe the relationship between structure and function (cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, and organisms);

Basic

High school students performing at the basic level:

• name chemical reactions required to sustain life (hydrolysis, dehydration synthesis, photosynthesis, cellular respiration, ADP/ATP, role of enzymes);
• recognize that different structures perform different functions;