
Stem Cells: The Ethical Dilemma
Grade 7, Science
Description of Unit
In this task, seventh graders will learn about stem cell research and use. They will investigate laws and
regulations governing stem cell policies and use in countries around the world and how they have changed
over the last 50 years. In their investigations, students will examine the benefits, problems, and ethical
issues associated with stem cell research and use. Students will create a map that identifies the countries
that allow stem cell use and those that prohibit it. They will then select at least one country in which it is
allowed and one country in which it is prohibited and do an in-depth analysis of the pros and cons
associated with that use. Using this information, students will develop a position statement that either
supports or opposes stem cell use.
This guide links the Stem Cells: The Ethical Dilemma unit to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for seventh graders. Stem Cells: The Ethical Dilemma is a science unit that helps students develop a thorough understanding of stem cells, their uses, and the accompanying ethical issues. Students select, research, compare, and contrast one country that allows stem cell use and one country that prohibits stem cell use. Students will pay particular attention to the different laws and regulations that govern research and use in these countries. Students will analyze and evaluate the information they collect to formulate a position on the ethics of stem cell use. As a culminating activity, students will present their findings and justify their position on stem cell use using Claims, Evidence, Reasoning (CER). The following document includes the applicable TEKS and the details of the Stem Cells: The Ethical Dilemma unit. The final section of this document presents the applicable Texas College and Career Readiness Standards adopted by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) on January 24, 2008.
Descripción de la unidad
En esta tarea, los estudiantes de séptimo grado aprenderán acerca de la investigación y el uso de las células madre. Investigarán las leyes y regulaciones que regulan las políticas y el uso de las células madre en países alrededor del mundo y cómo han cambiado en los últimos años. En sus investigaciones, los estudiantes van a examinar los beneficios, problemas y cuestiones éticas relacionados con la investigación y el uso de las células madre. Los estudiantes harán un mapa que identifique los países que permiten el uso de células madre y los que lo prohíben. Luego seleccionarán al menos un país en el que se permite y un país en el que se prohíbe y harán un análisis profundo de las ventajas y desventajas en relación con ese uso. Usando esta información, los estudiantes van a desarrollar una postura que apoye o se oponga al uso de células madre.
Esta guía conecta la unidad Células madre: el dilema ético con los Conocimientos y destrezas esenciales de Texas (TEKS) para los estudiantes de séptimo grado. Células madre: el dilema ético es una unidad de ciencias que ayuda a los estudiantes a desarrollar una comprensión profunda de las células madre, sus usos y las cuestiones éticas relacionadas. Los estudiantes seleccionan, investigan, comparan y contrastan un país que permite el uso de células madre y un país que prohíbe el uso de células madre. Los estudiantes podrán atención especial en las diferentes leyes y regulaciones que rigen la investigación y el uso en esos países. Los estudiantes analizarán la información recolectada para formular una posición sobre la ética en el uso de células madre. En la actividad final, los estudiantes van a presentar sus hallazgos y justificar su posición sobre el uso de células madre empleando el modelo Afirmaciones, Evidencia y Razonamiento (AER). El siguiente documento incluye los TEKS correspondientes y los detalles de la unidad Células madre: El dilema ético. La última sección de este documento presenta los Estándares de Preparación para la Universidad, Carreras Técnicas y el Mundo Laboral de Texas (Texas College and Career Readiness Standards) adoptados por la Mesa Directiva Coordinadora de la Educación Superior en Texas (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board -THECB) el 24 de enero de 2008.
Phase I. Learning Experiences
The teacher will hold a class discussion to ensure that students understand the scientific basics of cells. Students should know that cells are the basic unit of structure and function for living organisms; that all cells come from pre-existing cells; and that there are a variety of cell types.
Students will research the following science vocabulary terms to facilitate their understanding of stem cell use: stem cell, blastocyst, differentiation, embryo, embryonic, epithelial, neuron, DNA, genes, and fertilized egg. They should also understand the Claims, Evidence, Reasoning (CER) Framework.
The teacher will speak further on stem cells by explaining the following to the class:
“Stem cells are universal cells that have the ability to develop into specialized types of tissue. Every living organism (be it blue whale, botfly, or human) starts out as a single fertilized cell. The cell then divides, differentiates, and ultimately develops into a full-fledged organism according to a special set of genetic instructions—a toolkit that tells the embryo how and where to develop limbs and organs. All animals on Earth use essentially the same toolkit, so embryos of different species can appear startlingly similar to one another.”
Students will examine pictures of epithelial, muscle, liver, bone, and blood cells:- Epithelial cells (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Epithelial-cells.jpg)
- Muscle cells (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Diagram_of_muscle_cells_CRUK_035.svg)
- Liver cells (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NSRW_Liver_Cells.jpg)
- Bone cells (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bone_Cells_(10835380615).jpg)
- Red and white blood cells
(https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red_White_Blood_cells.png)
Students will watch a video on gene control, (https://houstonpbs.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/tdc02.sci.life.cell.genecontrl/genecontrol/#.WQtsEIjytEZ), and consider the following questions:
- If every cell contains the exact same DNA, how do you think cells become specialized?
- What is the function of control genes?
Working in pairs or small groups, students use the library and internet resources to explore stem cell research and treatments/therapies that use stem cells. Students will document the sources they use and be prepared to share what they have learned with the class during a Socratic seminar.
Students will find answers to the following questions during their research:
- What is a stem cell?
- What is a blastocyst?
- In what parts of the human body do you find stem cells?
- What is the difference between adult stem cells and embryonic stem cells?
- How are stem cells currently being used to treat diseases and injuries?
- Why is there controversy about using embryonic stem cells?
- How might the use of embryonic stem cells be more ethical than the use of adult stem cells? How might the use of adult stem cells be more ethical than the use of embryonic stem cells?
- Students will read Deepali Dhar and John Hsi-en Ho’s paper, “Stem Cell Research Policies Around
the World” (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2744936/). On a world map, they
will identify and mark the countries that allow stem cell use and those that prohibit stem cell
use. Students should search for additional resources to consult as they research stem cell use
and the ethical issues it brings up. Some examples have been included:
- National Institutes of Health: Stem Cell Basics (https://stemcells.nih.gov/info/basics/stc-basics)
- Stem Cell Research & Therapy: Nancy MP King and Jacob Perrin – “Ethical Issues in Stem Cell Research and Therapy” (https://stemcellres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/scrt474)
Phase II. Independent Research
A. Research process
- Selecting a topic. Each student will identify one country that allows stem cell use and one country that prohibits stem cell use to research. The student will compare and contrast these countries and their positions on the ethical issues surrounding stem cell research and therapy.
- Asking guiding questions. The student will develop guiding questions to drive research.
For each of the countries, you select, develop a set of guiding questions that might include
the following:
- What is each country’s position on stem cell use?
- What reasons are given for their position?
- How are stem cells being utilized in countries that allow for their use?
- What resistance, if any, is there to stem cell use?
- What are some of the proven benefits of stem cell use?
- What are some proven negative effects of stem cell use?
- What are the ethical issues surrounding a country’s decision to allow or prohibit stem cell research?
- How has stem cell research changed over time in the countries you have selected?
- Creating a research proposal. The student will create a research proposal that includes the two countries to be studied, three to five guiding questions, and the primary and secondary sources to be used. You may wish to use some of the forms developed specifically for the middle school Texas Performance Standards Project.
- Conducting the research. Each student will conduct research on the countries he or she has selected and the ethical issues surrounding stem cell research and use. The student will follow standard research procedures and keep a research journal as documentation of his or her findings.
- Developing conclusions and sharing findings. Each student will create a multimedia presentation that compares and contrasts the two countries’ positions on stem cell research and use. He or she will conclude the presentation with his or her personal position on stem cell use, supported with evidence and reasoning. The student will share this presentation with the class, other science classes, or a panel of high school teachers.
B. The product
Each student will create a multimedia presentation that compares and contrasts the selected countries’ positions on stem cell research and use. He or she will conclude the presentation with his or her personal position on stem cell research, supported with evidence and reasoning.
C. Communication
The student will share his or her presentation with the class, other science classes, or a panel of high school teachers.
D. A completed project consists of:
- A world map of countries that allow or prohibit stem cell research and use
- A research journal
- A multimedia presentation that compares and contrasts two countries’ positions on stem cell research/use and provides the student’s personal position on the ethical dilemma
Fase I. Experiencias de aprendizaje
- El maestro realizará una discusión en clase para verificar que los estudiantes comprenden los fundamentos científicos de las células. Los estudiantes deben saber que las células son la unidad básica de la estructura y la función de los organismos vivos; que todas células provienen de células preexistentes, y que hay una variedad de tipos de célula.
Los estudiantes investigarán los siguientes términos de vocabulario científico para facilitar su comprensión sobre el uso de células madre: célula madre, blastocito, diferenciación, embrión, embrionario, epitelial, neurona, ADN, genes y óvulo fecundado. También deben comprender el marco de referencia Afirmaciones, Evidencia y Razonamiento (AER).
El maestro ampliará la información sobre las células madre explicando lo siguiente a la clase:
“Las células madre son células universales que tienen la capacidad de desarrollarse en tipos de tejidos especializados. Cada organismo vivo (ya sea una ballena azul, una mosca o un humano) comienzan como una única célula fertilizada. Luego, la célula se divide, se diferencia y finalmente se desarrolla en un organismo completo de acuerdo con un conjunto especial de instrucciones genéticas —un conjunto de herramientas que le indica al embrión cómo y dónde desarrollar extremidades y órganos. Todos los animales de la Tierra usan esencialmente el mismo conjunto de herramientas, de manera que los embriones de diferentes especies pueden verse extraordinariamente similares entre sí”.
Los estudiantes examinarán imágenes de células epiteliales, musculares, hepáticas, óseas y sanguíneas:- Células epiteliales (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Epithelial-cells.jpg)
- Células musculares (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Diagram_of_muscle_cells_CRUK_035.svg)
- Células hepáticas
(https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NSRW_Liver_Cells.jpg) - Células óseas (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bone_Cells_(10835380615).jpg)
- Glóbulos rojos y blancos (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red_White_Blood_cells.png, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red_blood_cells_(2).jpg)
Los estudiantes verán un video sobre genes de control, (https://houstonpbs.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/tdc02.sci.life.cell.genecontrl/gene-control/#.WQtsEIjytEZ) y considerarán las siguientes preguntas:
- Si cada célula contiene exactamente el mismo ADN, ¿cómo piensas que se especializan las células?
- ¿Cuál es la función de los genes de control?
- Trabajando en pares grupos pequeños, los estudiantes usan recursos de la biblioteca y la Internet para explorar la investigación sobre células madre y tratamientos/terapias que usan células madre. Los estudiantes documentarán las fuentes que usen y se prepararán para compartir con la clase lo aprendido en un seminario socrático.
Durante su investigación, los estudiantes encontrarán las respuestas a las siguientes preguntas:
- ¿Qué es una célula madre?
- ¿Qué es un blastocito?
- ¿En qué partes del cuerpo humano se encuentran células madre?
- ¿Cuál es la diferencia entre células madre adultas y células madre embrionarias?
- ¿Cómo se usan actualmente las células madre para tratar enfermedades y lesiones?
- ¿Por qué hay controversia acerca del uso de células madre embrionarias? ¿Cómo podría el uso de células madre embrionarias ser mejor en términos éticos que el uso de células madre adultas? ¿Cómo podría el uso de células madre adultas ser más ético que el uso de células madre embrionarias?
- Los estudiantes van a leer el ensayo de Deepali Dhar y John Hsi-en Ho’s: “Políticas de investigación de células madre alrededor del mundo” (“Stem Cell Research Policies Around the World”) (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2744936/). En un mapa del mundo, identificarán y marcarán los países que permiten el uso de células madre y los que prohíben el uso de células madre. Los estudiantes deben buscar fuentes adicionales para consultar mientras investigan el uso de células madre y las cuestiones éticas que suscita su uso. Se incluyen algunos ejemplos:
- National Institutes of Health: Stem Cell Basics (https://stemcells.nih.gov/info/basics/stc-basics)
- Stem Cell Research & Therapy: Nancy MP King and Jacob Perrin – “Ethical Issues in Stem Cell Research and Therapy” (https://stemcellres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/scrt474)
Fase II. Investigación independiente
A. Proceso de investigación
- Seleccionando un tema. Cada estudiante identificará un país que permite el uso de células madre y un país que prohíbe el uso de células madre para investigación. El estudiante comparará y contrastará esos países y sus posiciones ante las cuestiones éticas que rodean la investigación y terapia con células madre.
- Haciendo preguntas guía. El estudiante va a desarrollar preguntas guía para conducir la investigación.
Para cada uno de los países, de tu elección, desarrolla un conjunto de preguntas guía que pueden incluir las siguientes:- ¿Cuál es la posición de cada país sobre el uso de células madre?
- ¿Qué razones dan para su posición?
- ¿Cómo se usan las células madre en países que permiten su uso?
- ¿Qué resistencia, si la hay, existe contra el uso de células madre?
- ¿Cuáles son algunos de los beneficios comprobados del uso de células madre?
- ¿Cuáles son algunos efectos negativos comprobados del uso de células madre?
- ¿Cuáles son las cuestiones éticas que rodean la decisión de un país de permitir o prohibir la investigación con células madre?
- ¿Cómo ha cambiado la investigación con células madre con el tiempo en los países seleccionados?
- Crear una propuesta de investigación. El estudiante va a crear una propuesta de investigación que incluya los dos países a estudiar, de tres a cinco preguntas guía y las fuentes primarias y secundarias usadas. Usted puede usar algunas de las formas desarrolladas específicamente para los estándares de desempeño de escuela intermedia de Texas del proyecto.
- Realizando la investigación. Cada estudiante realizará una investigación sobre los países seleccionados y las cuestiones éticas que rodean la investigación y el uso de células madre. El estudiante va a seguir procedimientos estándar de investigación y llevará un cuaderno de la investigación para documentar sus hallazgos.
- Desarrollando conclusiones y compartiendo hallazgos. Cada estudiante hará una presentación multimedia que compare y contraste las posiciones de los dos países sobre la investigación y el uso de las células madre. Deberá concluir la presentación con su postura personal sobre el uso de células madre, apoyándose en evidencia y razonamiento. El estudiante compartirá esta presentación con la clase, con otros grupos de ciencias o con un panel de maestros de escuela superior.
B. El producto
Cada estudiante hará una presentación multimedia que compare y contraste las posiciones de los países seleccionados sobre la investigación y el uso de células madre. Deberá concluir la presentación con su postura personal sobre la investigación con células madre apoyándose en evidencias y razonamientos.
C. Comunicación
El estudiante compartirá su presentación con la clase, con otros grupos de ciencias o con un panel de maestros de escuela superior.
D. Un proyecto completo consiste de:
- Un mapa del mundo de países que permiten y los que prohíben la investigación y el uso de las células madre
- Un diario de la investigación
- Una presentación multimedia que compare y contraste las posiciones de dos países sobre la investigación/uso con células madre y provea la postura personal del estudiante ante el dilema ético
This unit may address the following TEKS.
110.24., English Language Arts and Reading, Grade 8, Adopted 2017
- 110.24(b)(8)
- Multiple genres: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--genres. The student recognizes and analyzes genre-specific characteristics, structures, and purposes within and across increasingly complex traditional, contemporary, classical, and diverse texts.
- 110.24(b)(5)(C)
- make, correct, or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of genre, and structures;
- 110.24(b)(6)(G)
- discuss and write about the explicit or implicit meanings of text;
- 110.24(b)(6)(I)
- reflect on and adjust responses as new evidence is presented
- 110.24(b)(6)(F)
- respond using newly acquired vocabulary as appropriate;
- 110.24(b)(6)(E)
- interact with sources in meaningful ways such as notetaking, annotating, freewriting, or illustrating;
- 110.24(b)(8)(D)(i)
- the controlling idea or thesis with supporting evidence;
- 110.24(b)(8)(D)(ii)
- features such as footnotes, endnotes, and citations
- 110.24(b)(8)(E)(iii)
- identifying the intended audience or reader
- 110.24(b)(8)(E)(i)
- identifying the claim and analyzing the argument;
- 110.24(b)(8)(E)(ii)
- identifying and explaining the counter argument
- 110.24(b)(8)(F)
- analyze characteristics of multimodal and digital texts.
- 110.24(b)(9)(B)
- analyze how the use of text structure contributes to the author's purpose;
- 110.24(b)(11)(C)
- compose multi-paragraph argumentative texts using genre characteristics and craft
- 110.24(b)(12)(E)
- differentiate between primary and secondary sources;
- 110.24(b)(12)(H)
- examine sources for:
- 110.24(b)(6)(D)
- paraphrase and summarize texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order;
- 110.24(b)(5)(F)
- make inferences and use evidence to support understanding;
- 110.24(b)(5)(E)
- make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society;
- 110.24(b)(9)
- Author's purpose and craft: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses critical inquiry to analyze the authors' choices and how they influence and communicate meaning within a variety of texts. The student analyzes and applies author's craft purposefully in order to develop his or her own products and performances.
- 110.24(b)(9)(C)
- analyze the author's use of print and graphic features to achieve specific purposes;
- 110.24(b)(10)
- Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--writing process. The student uses the writing process recursively to compose multiple texts that are legible and uses appropriate conventions.
- 110.24(b)(10)(A)
- plan a first draft by selecting a genre appropriate for a particular topic, purpose, and audience using a range of strategies such as discussion, background reading, and personal interests;
- 110.24(b)(10)(C)
- revise drafts for clarity, development, organization, style, word choice, and sentence variety;
- 110.24(b)(10)(B)
- develop drafts into a focused, structured, and coherent piece of writing by:
- 110.24(b)(10)(D)
- edit drafts using standard English conventions, including:
- 110.24(b)(10)(E)
- publish written work for appropriate audiences.
- 110.24(b)(11)
- Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--genres. The student uses genre characteristics and craft to compose multiple texts that are meaningful.
- 110.24(b)(10)(D)(vi)
- punctuation, including commas in nonrestrictive phrases and clauses, semicolons, colons, and parentheses
- 110.24(b)(10)(D)(v)
- correct capitalization;
- 110.24(b)(10)(D)(i)
- complete complex sentences with subject-verb agreement and avoidance of splices, run-ons, and fragments;
- 110.24(b)(10)(D)(iv)
- pronoun-antecedent agreement;
- 110.24(b)(1)
- Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, discussion, and thinking--oral language. The student develops oral language through listening, speaking, and discussion.
- 110.24(b)(12)
- Inquiry and research: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student engages in both short-term and sustained recursive inquiry processes for a variety of purposes.
- 110.24(b)(12)(A)
- generate student-selected and teacher-guided questions for formal and informal inquiry;
- 110.24(b)(12)(B)
- develop and revise a plan;
- 110.24(b)(12)(D)
- identify and gather relevant information from a variety of sources;
- 110.24(b)(12)(G)
- differentiate between paraphrasing and plagiarism when using source materials;
- 110.24(b)(12)(I)
- display academic citations and use source materials ethically
- 110.24(b)(12)(C)
- refine the major research question, if necessary, guided by the answers to a secondary set of questions;
- 110.24(b)(12)(H)(i)
- reliability, credibility, and bias, including omission
- 110.24(b)(12)(J)
- use an appropriate mode of delivery, whether written, oral, or multimodal, to present results.
- 110.24(b)(1)(B)
- follow and give complex oral instructions to perform specific tasks, answer questions, or solve problems;
- 110.24(b)(1)(A)
- listen actively to interpret a message by summarizing, asking questions, and making comments;
112.19, Science, Grade 7
- 112.19(b)(2)
- Scientific investigation and reasoning. The student uses scientific inquiry methods during laboratory and field investigations.
- 112.19(b)(2)(B)
- design and implement experimental investigations by making observations, asking well-defined questions, formulating testable hypotheses, and using appropriate equipment and technology;
- 112.19(b)(2)(C)
- collect and record data using the International System of Units (SI) and qualitative means such as labeled drawings, writing, and graphic organizers;
- 112.19(b)(2)(D)
- construct tables and graphs, using repeated trials and means, to organize data and identify patterns;
- 112.19(b)(2)(E)
- analyze data to formulate reasonable explanations, communicate valid conclusions supported by the data, and predict trends.
- 112.19(b)(3)
- Scientific investigation and reasoning. The student uses critical thinking, scientific reasoning, and problem solving to make informed decisions and knows the contributions of relevant scientists.
- 112.19(b)(3)(A)
- in all fields of science, analyze, evaluate, and critique scientific explanations by using empirical evidence, logical reasoning, and experimental and observational testing, including examining all sides of scientific evidence of those scientific explanations, so as to encourage critical thinking by the student;
- 112.19(b)(3)(D)
- relate the impact of research on scientific thought and society, including the history of science and contributions of scientists as related to the content.
- 112.19(b)(4)
- Science investigation and reasoning. The student knows how to use a variety of tools and safety equipment to conduct science inquiry.
- 112.19(b)(4)(A)
- use appropriate tools to collect, record, and analyze information, including life science models, hand lens, stereoscopes, microscopes, beakers, Petri dishes, microscope slides, graduated cylinders, test tubes, meter sticks, metric rulers, metric tape measures, timing devices, hot plates, balances, thermometers, calculators, water test kits, computers, temperature and pH probes, collecting nets, insect traps, globes, digital cameras, journals/notebooks, and other equipment as needed to teach the curriculum;
- 112.19(b)(12)
- Organisms and environments. The student knows that living systems at all levels of organization demonstrate the complementary nature of structure and function.
- 112.19(b)(12)(A)
- investigate and explain how internal structures of organisms have adaptations that allow specific functions such as gills in fish, hollow bones in birds, or xylem in plants;
- 112.19(b)(12)(B)
- identify the main functions of the systems of the human organism, including the circulatory, respiratory, skeletal, muscular, digestive, excretory, reproductive, integumentary, nervous, and endocrine systems;
- 112.19(b)(12)(C)
- recognize levels of organization in plants and animals, including cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, and organisms;
- 112.19(b)(12)(D)
- differentiate between structure and function in plant and animal cell organelles, including cell membrane, cell wall, nucleus, cytoplasm, mitochondrion, chloroplast, and vacuole;
- 112.19(b)(12)(E)
- compare the functions of a cell to the functions of organisms such as waste removal;
- 112.19(b)(12)(F)
- recognize that according to cell theory all organisms are composed of cells and cells carry on similar functions such as extracting energy from food to sustain life.
111.28, Mathematics, Grade 8
- 111.28(b)(11)
- Measurement and data. The student applies mathematical process standards to use statistical procedures to describe data.
- 111.28(b)(11)(A)
- construct a scatterplot and describe the observed data to address questions of association such as linear, non-linear, and no association between bivariate data;
- 111.28(b)(11)(B)
- determine the mean absolute deviation and use this quantity as a measure of the average distance data are from the mean using a data set of no more than 10 data points;
113.20, Social Studies, Grade 8
- 113.20(b)(29)
- Social studies skills. The student applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired through established research methodologies from a variety of valid sources, including electronic technology.
- 113.20(b)(29)(B)
- analyze information by sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause-and-effect relationships, comparing, contrasting, finding the main idea, summarizing, making generalizations and predictions, and drawing inferences and conclusions;
- 113.20(b)(29)(C)
- organize and interpret information from outlines, reports, databases, and visuals, including graphs, charts, timelines, and maps;
- 113.20(b)(29)(D)
- identify points of view from the historical context surrounding an event and the frame of reference which influenced the participants;
- 113.20(b)(29)(E)
- support a point of view on a social studies issue or event;
- 113.20(b)(29)(F)
- identify bias in written, oral, and visual material;
- 113.20(b)(29)(G)
- evaluate the validity of a source based on language, corroboration with other sources, and information about the author;
- 113.20(b)(29)(H)
- use appropriate mathematical skills to interpret social studies information such as maps and graphs;
- 113.20(b)(29)(I)
- create thematic maps, graphs, charts, models, and databases representing various aspects of the United States;
- 113.20(b)(29)(J)
- pose and answer questions about geographic distributions and patterns shown on maps, graphs, charts, models, and databases.
- 113.20(b)(30)
- Social studies skills. The student communicates in written, oral, and visual forms.
- 113.20(b)(30)(A)
- use social studies terminology correctly;
- 113.20(b)(30)(B)
- use standard grammar, spelling, sentence structure, punctuation, and proper citation of sources;
- 113.20(b)(30)(C)
- transfer information from one medium to another, including written to visual and statistical to written or visual, using computer software as appropriate;
- 113.20(b)(30)(D)
- create written, oral, and visual presentations of social studies information.
- 113.20(b)(31)
- Social studies skills. The student uses problem-solving and decision-making skills, working independently and with others, in a variety of settings.
- 113.20(b)(31)(A)
- use a problem-solving process to identify a problem, gather information, list and consider options, consider advantages and disadvantages, choose and implement a solution, and evaluate the effectiveness of the solution;
- 113.20(b)(31)(B)
- use a decision-making process to identify a situation that requires a decision, gather information, identify options, predict consequences, and take action to implement a decision.
Esta unidad puede abordar los siguientes TEKS.
110.24., English Language Arts and Reading, Grade 8, Adopted 2017
- 110.24(b)(8)
- Multiple genres: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--genres. The student recognizes and analyzes genre-specific characteristics, structures, and purposes within and across increasingly complex traditional, contemporary, classical, and diverse texts.
- 110.24(b)(5)(C)
- make, correct, or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of genre, and structures;
- 110.24(b)(6)(G)
- discuss and write about the explicit or implicit meanings of text;
- 110.24(b)(6)(I)
- reflect on and adjust responses as new evidence is presented
- 110.24(b)(6)(F)
- respond using newly acquired vocabulary as appropriate;
- 110.24(b)(6)(E)
- interact with sources in meaningful ways such as notetaking, annotating, freewriting, or illustrating;
- 110.24(b)(8)(D)(i)
- the controlling idea or thesis with supporting evidence;
- 110.24(b)(8)(D)(ii)
- features such as footnotes, endnotes, and citations
- 110.24(b)(8)(E)(iii)
- identifying the intended audience or reader
- 110.24(b)(8)(E)(i)
- identifying the claim and analyzing the argument;
- 110.24(b)(8)(E)(ii)
- identifying and explaining the counter argument
- 110.24(b)(8)(F)
- analyze characteristics of multimodal and digital texts.
- 110.24(b)(9)(B)
- analyze how the use of text structure contributes to the author's purpose;
- 110.24(b)(11)(C)
- compose multi-paragraph argumentative texts using genre characteristics and craft
- 110.24(b)(12)(E)
- differentiate between primary and secondary sources;
- 110.24(b)(12)(H)
- examine sources for:
- 110.24(b)(6)(D)
- paraphrase and summarize texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order;
- 110.24(b)(5)(F)
- make inferences and use evidence to support understanding;
- 110.24(b)(5)(E)
- make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society;
- 110.24(b)(9)
- Author's purpose and craft: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses critical inquiry to analyze the authors' choices and how they influence and communicate meaning within a variety of texts. The student analyzes and applies author's craft purposefully in order to develop his or her own products and performances.
- 110.24(b)(9)(C)
- analyze the author's use of print and graphic features to achieve specific purposes;
- 110.24(b)(10)
- Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--writing process. The student uses the writing process recursively to compose multiple texts that are legible and uses appropriate conventions.
- 110.24(b)(10)(A)
- plan a first draft by selecting a genre appropriate for a particular topic, purpose, and audience using a range of strategies such as discussion, background reading, and personal interests;
- 110.24(b)(10)(C)
- revise drafts for clarity, development, organization, style, word choice, and sentence variety;
- 110.24(b)(10)(B)
- develop drafts into a focused, structured, and coherent piece of writing by:
- 110.24(b)(10)(D)
- edit drafts using standard English conventions, including:
- 110.24(b)(10)(E)
- publish written work for appropriate audiences.
- 110.24(b)(11)
- Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--genres. The student uses genre characteristics and craft to compose multiple texts that are meaningful.
- 110.24(b)(10)(D)(vi)
- punctuation, including commas in nonrestrictive phrases and clauses, semicolons, colons, and parentheses
- 110.24(b)(10)(D)(v)
- correct capitalization;
- 110.24(b)(10)(D)(i)
- complete complex sentences with subject-verb agreement and avoidance of splices, run-ons, and fragments;
- 110.24(b)(10)(D)(iv)
- pronoun-antecedent agreement;
- 110.24(b)(1)
- Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, discussion, and thinking--oral language. The student develops oral language through listening, speaking, and discussion.
- 110.24(b)(12)
- Inquiry and research: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student engages in both short-term and sustained recursive inquiry processes for a variety of purposes.
- 110.24(b)(12)(A)
- generate student-selected and teacher-guided questions for formal and informal inquiry;
- 110.24(b)(12)(B)
- develop and revise a plan;
- 110.24(b)(12)(D)
- identify and gather relevant information from a variety of sources;
- 110.24(b)(12)(G)
- differentiate between paraphrasing and plagiarism when using source materials;
- 110.24(b)(12)(I)
- display academic citations and use source materials ethically
- 110.24(b)(12)(C)
- refine the major research question, if necessary, guided by the answers to a secondary set of questions;
- 110.24(b)(12)(H)(i)
- reliability, credibility, and bias, including omission
- 110.24(b)(12)(J)
- use an appropriate mode of delivery, whether written, oral, or multimodal, to present results.
- 110.24(b)(1)(B)
- follow and give complex oral instructions to perform specific tasks, answer questions, or solve problems;
- 110.24(b)(1)(A)
- listen actively to interpret a message by summarizing, asking questions, and making comments;
112.19, Science, Grade 7
- 112.19(b)(2)
- Investigación y razonamiento científicos. El estudiante usa métodos de investigación científica durante investigaciones en el laboratorio e investigaciones de campo.
- 112.19(b)(2)(B)
- diseñe e implemente investigaciones experimentales haciendo observaciones, haciendo preguntas bien definidas, formulando hipótesis comprobables y usando equipo y tecnología apropiados;
- 112.19(b)(2)(C)
- reúna y registre datos usando el Sistema Internacional de Unidades (SI) y medios cualitativos como dibujos rotulados, escritura y organizadores de gráficos;
- 112.19(b)(2)(D)
- construya tablas y gráficas, usando pruebas y medios repetidos, para organizar datos e identificar patrones,
- 112.19(b)(2)(E)
- analice datos para formular explicaciones razonables, comunique conclusiones válidas apoyadas por los datos y haga predicciones de las tendencias.
- 112.19(b)(3)
- Investigación y razonamiento científicos. El estudiante usa el razonamiento crítico, el razonamiento científico y la resolución de problemas para tomar decisiones informadas y conocer las contribuciones de científicos importantes.
- 112.19(b)(3)(A)
- en todos los campos de la ciencia, analice, evalúe y critique explicaciones científicas usando evidencia empírica, razonamiento lógico y pruebas experimentales y de observación, incluyendo la evaluación de todos los lados de la evidencia científica de esas explicaciones científicas, a medida que fomente el pensamiento crítico del estudiante;
- 112.19(b)(3)(D)
- relacione el impacto de la investigación en el pensamiento científico y sociedad, incluyendo la historia de la ciencia y las contribuciones de científicos que se relacionen al contenido.
- 112.19(b)(4)
- Investigación y razonamiento científicos. El estudiante entiende cómo usar una variedad de instrumentos y equipos de seguridad para realizar investigaciones científicas.
- 112.19(b)(4)(A)
- use herramientas apropiadas para reunir, registrar y analizar información, incluyendo modelos de ciencias biológicas, lupa, estereoscopios, microscopios, vasos de precipitados, placas de Petri, portaobjetos de microscopio, cilindros graduados, tubos de ensayo, metros, reglas métricas, cinta métrica, cronómetros, hornillas, balanzas, termómetros, calculadoras, instrumentos para pruebas de agua, computadoras, sondas de temperatura y pH, redes recolectoras, trampas para insectos, globos terráqueos, cámaras digitales, diarios/cuadernos y otros equipos necesarios para la enseñanza del plan de estudios,
- 112.19(b)(12)
- Organismos y medio ambiente El estudiante sabe que los sistemas vivos en todos los niveles de organización demuestran la naturaleza complementaria de estructura y función.
- 112.19(b)(12)(A)
- investigue y explique cómo las estructuras internas de los organismos tienen adaptaciones que siguen funciones específicas como branquias en los peces, huesos huecos en las aves o xilema en las plantas;
- 112.19(b)(12)(B)
- identifique las principales funciones del sistema del organismo humano, incluyendo los sistemas circulatorio, respiratorio, óseo, muscular, digestivo, excretor, reproductivo, tegumentario, nervioso y endócrino;
- 112.19(b)(12)(C)
- reconozca niveles de organización de plantas y animales, incluyendo células, tejidos, órganos, sistemas orgánicos y organismos;
- 112.19(b)(12)(D)
- distinga entre estructura y función de organelos celulares de plantas y animales, incluyendo membrana celular, pared celular, núcleo, citoplasma, mitocondria, cloroplasto y vacuola;
- 112.19(b)(12)(E)
- compare las funciones de una célula con las funciones de organismos como remoción de desechos,
- 112.19(b)(12)(F)
- reconozca que de acuerdo con la teoría celular, todos los organismos se componen de células y las células desempeñan funciones similares como extraer energía del alimento para sustentar la vida.
111.28, Mathematics, Grade 8
- 111.28(b)(11)
- Medición y datos. El estudiante aplica estándares de procesos matemáticos para usar procedimientos estadísticos para describir datos.
- 111.28(b)(11)(A)
- construya un diagrama de dispersión y describa los datos observados para abordar preguntas de asociación como lineal, no lineal y sin asociación entre datos bivariados;
- 111.28(b)(11)(B)
- determine la desviación media absoluta y use esta cantidad como una medida a la que se encuentra la distancia promedio de los datos de la media usando un conjunto de datos de no más de 10 puntos de datos,
113.20, Social Studies, Grade 8
- 113.20(b)(29)
- Destrezas de estudios sociales. Utiliza las habilidades del pensamiento crítico para organizar y usar la información que adquiere de una variedad de fuentes válidas, incluyendo la tecnología electrónica.
- 113.20(b)(29)(B)
- analice información ordenando en secuencia, categorizando, identificando las relaciones de causa y efecto, comparando, contrastando, encontrando la idea principal, resumiendo, formulando generalizaciones y predicciones y formulando inferencias y sacando conclusiones;
- 113.20(b)(29)(C)
- organice e interprete información de esquemas, reportes, bases de datos y apoyos visuales, incluyendo gráficas, tablas, líneas cronológicas y mapas;
- 113.20(b)(29)(D)
- identifique puntos de vista del contexto histórico que rodea un evento y el marco de referencia que influyó en los participantes;
- 113.20(b)(29)(E)
- apoye un punto de vista en una cuestión o evento de estudios sociales;
- 113.20(b)(29)(F)
- identifique tendencias en materiales escritos, orales y visuales;
- 113.20(b)(29)(G)
- evalúe la validez de una fuente con base en el lenguaje, la corroboración en otras fuentes y la información acerca del autor,
- 113.20(b)(29)(H)
- use destrezas matemáticas apropiadas para interpretar información de estudios sociales como mapas y gráficas;
- 113.20(b)(29)(I)
- cree mapas temáticos, gráficas, tablas, modelos y bases de datos representando varios aspectos de los Estados Unidos,
- 113.20(b)(29)(J)
- presente y responda preguntas acerca de distribuciones geográficas y patrones mostrados en mapas, gráficas, tablas, modelos y bases de datos.
- 113.20(b)(30)
- Destrezas de estudios sociales. Se comunica en forma oral, visual y escrita.
- 113.20(b)(30)(A)
- use correctamente terminología de estudios sociales;
- 113.20(b)(30)(B)
- use gramática estándar, ortografía, estructura de la oración, puntuación y citas apropiadas de las fuentes;
- 113.20(b)(30)(C)
- transfiera información de un medio a otro, incluyendo de escrito a visual y estadístico a escrito o visual, usando programas de computadora según sea apropiado,
- 113.20(b)(30)(D)
- cree presentaciones escritas orales y visuales de información de estudios sociales.
- 113.20(b)(31)
- Destrezas de estudios sociales. El estudiante utiliza habilidades para resolver problemas y tomar decisiones, en forma independiente y con otros, en diferentes ambientes.
- 113.20(b)(31)(A)
- use un proceso de proceso de resolución de problemas para identificar un problema, reunir información, listar y considerar opciones, considerar ventajas y desventajas, elegir e implementar una solución y evaluar la eficacia de la solución,
- 113.20(b)(31)(B)
- use un proceso de toma de decisiones para identificar una situación que requiera tomar una decisión, reúna información, identifique opciones, prediga consecuencias y tome acción para implementar una decisión.
This unit may address the following Texas College and Career Readiness Standards.
Science:
- S.I.E.1
- Use several modes of expression to describe or characterize natural patterns and phenomena. These modes of expression include narrative, numerical, graphical, pictorial, symbolic, and kinesthetic.
- S.I.E.2
- Use essential vocabulary of the discipline being studied.
- S.III.A.1
- Use correct applications of writing practices in scientific communication.
- S.III.B.1
- Read technical and scientific articles to gain understanding of interpretations, apparatuses, techniques or procedures, and data.
- S.III.B.2
- Set up apparatuses, carry out procedures, and collect specified data from a given set of appropriate instructions.
- S.III.B.3
- Recognize scientific and technical vocabulary in the field of study and use this vocabulary to enhance clarity of communication.
- S.III.B.4
- List, use , and give examples of specific strategies before, during, and after reading to improve comprehension.
- S.III.C.1
- Prepare and present scientific/technical information in appropriate formats for various audiences.
- S.III.D.1
- Use search engines, databases, and other digital electronic tools effectively to locate information.
- S.III.D.2
- Evaluate quality, accuracy, completeness, reliability, and currency of information from any source.
- S.VI.A.1
- Know that although all cells share basic features, cells differentiate to carry out specialized functions.
- S.VI.A.2
- Explain how cells can be categorized into two major types
- S.VI.A.3
- Describe the structure and function of sub-cellular organelles.
- S.VI.A.4
- Describe the major features of mitosis and relate this process to growth and asexual reproduction.
- S.VI.A.5
- Understand the process of cytokinesis in plant and animal cells and how this process is related to growth.
- S.VI.A.6
- Know the structure of membranes and how this relates to permeability.
- S.VI.B.1
- Understand the major categories of biological molecules
- S.VI.B.2
- Describe the structure and function of enzymes.
- S.VI.B.3
- Describe the major features and chemical events of photosynthesis.
- S.VI.B.4
- Describe the major features and chemical events of cellular respiration.
- S.VI.B.5
- Know how organisms respond to presence or absence of oxygen, including mechanisms of fermentation.
Social Studies:
- SS.I.F.1
- Use a variety of research and analytical tools to explore questions or issues thoroughly and fairly.
- SS.I.F.2
- Analyze ethical issues in historical, cultural, and social contexts.
- SS.IV.A.1
- Identify and analyze the main idea(s) and point(s)-of-view in sources.
- SS.IV.A.2
- Situate an informational source in its appropriate contexts (contemporary, historical, cultural).
- SS.IV.A.3
- Evaluate sources from multiple perspectives.
- SS.IV.A.4
- Understand the differences between a primary and secondary source and use each appropriately to conduct research and construct arguments.
- SS.IV.A.6
- Read research data critically.
- SS.IV.B.1
- Use established research methodologies.
- SS.IV.B.2
- Explain how historians and other social scientists develop new and competing views of past phenomena.
- SS.IV.B.3
- Gather, organize, and display the results of data and research.
- SS.IV.B.4
- Identify and collect sources.
- SS.IV.C.1
- Understand and interpret presentations (e.g., speeches, lectures, informal presentations) critically.
- SS.IV.D.1
- Construct a thesis that is supported by evidence.
- SS.IV.D.2
- Recognize and evaluate counter-arguments.
- SS.V.A.1
- Use appropriate oral communication techniques depending on the context or nature of the interaction.
- SS.V.A.2
- Use conventions of standard written English.
- SS.V.B.1
- Attribute ideas and information to source materials and authors.
Cross-Disciplinary Standards:
- CDS.I.A.1
- Engage in scholarly inquiry and dialogue.
- CDS.I.A.2
- Accept constructive criticism and revise personal views when valid evidence warrants.
- CDS.I.B.1
- Consider arguments and conclusions of self and others.
- CDS.I.B.2
- Construct well-reasoned arguments to explain phenomena, validate conjectures, or support positions.
- CDS.I.B.3
- Gather evidence to support arguments, findings, or lines of reasoning.
- CDS.I.B.4
- Support or modify claims based on the results of an inquiry.
- CDS.I.D.1
- Self-monitor learning needs and seek assistance when needed.
- CDS.I.D.2
- Use study habits necessary to manage academic pursuits and requirements.
- CDS.I.D.3
- Strive for accuracy and precision.
- CDS.I.D.4
- Persevere to complete and master tasks.
- CDS.I.E.1
- Work independently.
- CDS.I.F.1
- Attribute ideas and information to source materials and people.
- CDS.I.F.2
- Evaluate sources for quality of content, validity, credibility, and relevance.
- CDS.I.F.3
- Include the ideas of others and the complexities of the debate, issue, or problem.
- CDS.I.F.4
- Understand and adhere to ethical codes of conduct.
- CDS.II.A.1
- Use effective prereading strategies.
- CDS.II.A.2
- Use a variety of strategies to understand the meanings of new words.
- CDS.II.A.3
- Identify the intended purpose and audience of the text.
- CDS.II.A.4
- Identify the key information and supporting details.
- CDS.II.A.5
- Analyze textual information critically.
- CDS.II.A.6
- Annotate, summarize, paraphrase, and outline texts when appropriate.
- CDS.II.A.7
- Adapt reading strategies according to structure of texts.
- CDS.II.A.8
- Connect reading to historical and current events and personal interest.
- CDS.II.B.1
- Write clearly and coherently using standard writing conventions.
- CDS.II.B.2
- Write in a variety of forms for various audiences and purposes.
- CDS.II.B.3
- Compose and revise drafts.
- CDS.II.C.1
- Understand which topics or questions are to be investigated.
- CDS.II.C.2
- Explore a research topic.
- CDS.II.C.3
- Refine research topic based on preliminary research and devise a timeline for completing work.
- CDS.II.C.4
- Evaluate the validity and reliability of sources.
- CDS.II.C.5
- Synthesize and organize information effectively.
- CDS.II.C.6
- Design and present an effective product.
- CDS.II.C.7
- Integrate source material.
- CDS.II.C.8
- Present final product.
- CDS.II.D.1
- Identify patterns or departures from patterns among data.
- CDS.II.D.2
- Use statistical and probabilistic skills necessary for planning an investigation and collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data
- CDS.II.D.3
- Present analyzed data and communicate findings in a variety of formats.
- CDS.II.E.1
- Use technology to gather information.
- CDS.II.E.2
- Use technology to organize, manage, and analyze information.
- CDS.II.E.3
- Use technology to communicate and display findings in a clear and coherent manner.
- CDS.II.E.4
- Use technology appropriately.
English Language Arts:
- ELA.I.A.5
- Edit writing for audience, purpose, context, and style, assuring that it conforms to Standard American English, when appropriate.
- ELA.I.A.4
- Review feedback and revise each draft by organizing it more logically and fluidly, refining key ideas, and using language more precisely and effectively.
- ELA.I.A.2
- Generate ideas, gather information, and manage evidence relevant to the topic and purpose.
- ELA.I.A.1
- Determine effective approaches, genres, rhetorical techniques, and media that demonstrate understanding of the writer’s purpose and audience.
- ELA.I.A.3
- Evaluate relevance, quality, sufficiency, and depth of preliminary ideas and information; organize material generated; and formulate a thesis or purpose statement.
- ELA.II.A.8
- Identify, analyze, and evaluate similarities and differences in how multiple texts present information, argue a position, or relate a theme.
- ELA.II.A.5
- Analyze and evaluate implicit and explicit arguments in a variety of texts for the quality and coherence of evidence and reasoning.
- ELA.II.A.4
- Make evidence-based inferences about a text’s meaning, intent, and values.
- ELA.II.A.1
- Use effective reading strategies to determine a written work’s purpose and intended audience.
- ELA.II.A.2
- Use text features to form an overview of content and to locate information.
- ELA.II.A.3
- Identify explicit and implicit textual information including main ideas and author’s purpose.
- ELA.II.B.4
- Make inferences about the denotative and connotative meanings of unfamiliar words using context clues.
- ELA.II.B.3
- Use reference guides to confirm the meanings of new words or concepts.
- ELA.II.B.2
- Apply knowledge of roots and affixes to infer the meanings of new words.
- ELA.II.B.1
- Identify new words and concepts acquired through study of their relationships to other words and concepts.
- ELA.III.A.5
- Plan and deliver focused, coherent presentations that convey clear and distinct perspectives and demonstrate sound reasoning.
- ELA.III.A.4
- Adjust delivery, vocabulary, and length of message for particular audiences, purposes, and contexts.
- ELA.III.A.2
- Engage in reasoned dialogue, including with people who have different perspectives.
- ELA.III.A.1
- Participate actively, effectively, and respectfully in one-on-one oral communication as well as in group discussions.
- ELA.III.A.3
- Understand how style, register, and content of spoken language vary in different contexts and influence the listener’s understanding.
- ELA.V.C.1
- Integrate and organize material effectively.
- ELA.V.C.3
- Follow relevant rules governing attribution.
- ELA.V.C.2
- Use and attribute source material ethically.
- ELA.V.B.3
- Assess the relevance and credibility of sources.
- ELA.V.B.1
- Explore and collect a range of potential sources.
- ELA.V.A.1
- Articulate and investigate research questions.
- ELA.V.A.2
- Explore and refine a research topic.
- ELA.V.A.3
- Devise a plan for completing work on time.
- ELA.V.B.2
- Distinguish between and among primary and secondary sources.
Mathematics:
- M.V.C.4
- Identify and explain misleading uses of data.
- M.V.C.3
- Make predictions using summary statistics.
- M.V.C.2
- Analyze relationships between paired data using spreadsheets, graphing calculators, or statistical software.
- M.V.C.1
- Analyze data sets using graphs and summary statistics.
Esta unidad puede abordar los siguientes estándares de Texas College and Career Readiness.
Science:
- S.I.E.1
- Usa varios modos de expresión para describir o caracterizar patrones y fenómenos naturales. Estos modos de expresión incluyen descripción escrita, numérica, gráfica, pictórica, simbólica y con lenguaje corporal.
- S.I.E.2
- Usa vocabulario esencial de la disciplina que se está estudiando.
- S.III.A.1
- Usa aplicaciones correctas de prácticas de redacción en la comunicación científica.
- S.III.B.1
- Lee artículos técnicos y científicos para comprender interpretaciones, aparatos, técnicas o procedimientos y datos.
- S.III.B.2
- Prepara aparatos, lleva a cabo procedimientos y reúne datos específicos de un conjunto dado de instrucciones apropiadas.
- S.III.B.3
- Reconoce el vocabulario científico y técnico en el campo de estudio y usa este vocabulario para que la comunicación sea más clara.
- S.III.B.4
- Hace una lista, usa y da ejemplos de estrategias específicas antes, durante y después de leer para mejorar la comprensión.
- S.III.C.1
- Prepara y presenta información científica/técnica en formatos apropiados para varios públicos.
- S.III.D.1
- Usa de manera efectiva motores de búsqueda, bases de datos y otras herramientas digitales para localizar información.
- S.III.D.2
- Evalúa la calidad, exactitud, integridad, confiabilidad y actualidad de la información de cualquier fuente.
- S.VI.A.1
- Sabe que aunque todas las células comparten características básicas, las células se diferencian para realizar funciones especializadas.
- S.VI.A.2
- Explica cómo las células pueden categorizarse en dos tipos principales: procariotas y eucariotas y describe las características principales que distinguen una de otra.
- S.VI.A.3
- Describe la estructura y la función de los principales organelos subcelulares.
- S.VI.A.4
- Describe las principales características de la mitosis y relaciona este proceso con el crecimiento y la reproducción asexual.
- S.VI.A.5
- Entiende el proceso de citocinesis en células vegetales y animales y cómo este proceso se relaciona con el crecimiento.
- S.VI.A.6
- Conoce la estructura de membranas y cómo se relaciona con la permeabilidad.
- S.VI.B.1
- Comprende las principales categorías de moléculas bilógicas: lípidos, carbohidratos, proteínas y ácidos nucleicos.
- S.VI.B.2
- Describe la estructura y la función de las enzimas.
- S.VI.B.3
- Describe las principales características y eventos químicos de la fotosíntesis.
- S.VI.B.4
- Describe las principales características y eventos químicos de la respiración celular.
- S.VI.B.5
- Conoce cómo responden los organismos a la presencia y ausencia de oxígeno, incluyendo los mecanismos de fermentación.
Social Studies:
- SS.I.F.1
- Usa una variedad de herramientas analíticas y de investigación para explorar exhaustiva e imparcialmente preguntas o temas.
- SS.I.F.2
- Analiza temas éticos en contextos históricos, culturales y sociales.
- SS.IV.A.1
- Identifica y analiza las ideas principales y los puntos de vista en las fuentes.
- SS.IV.A.2
- Ubica una fuente informativa en su contexto apropiado.
- SS.IV.A.3
- Evalúa fuentes desde múltiples perspectivas.
- SS.IV.A.4
- Entiende las diferencias entre una fuente primaria y una secundaria y usa cada una de manera apropiada para conducir una investigación y para elaborar argumentos.
- SS.IV.A.6
- Lee críticamente datos de investigación.
- SS.IV.B.1
- Usa metodologías de investigación establecidas.
- SS.IV.B.2
- Explica cómo los historiadores y otros científicos sociales desarrollan percepciones nuevas y contrapuestas de fenómenos del pasado.
- SS.IV.B.3
- Reúne, organiza y muestra los resultados de los datos y la investigación.
- SS.IV.B.4
- Identifica y reúne fuentes.
- SS.IV.C.1
- Comprende e interpreta críticamente presentaciones.
- SS.IV.D.1
- Elabora una tesis apoyada en evidencias.
- SS.IV.D.2
- Reconoce y evalúa contraargumentos.
- SS.V.A.1
- Usa técnicas apropiadas de comunicación oral según el contexto o la naturaleza de la interacción.
- SS.V.A.2
- Usa las reglas convencionales de la lengua inglesa escrita.
- SS.V.B.1
- Acredita las ideas y la información a los materiales de referencia y a los autores.
Cross-Disciplinary Standards:
- CDS.I.A.1
- Participa en el diálogo y la investigación académica.
- CDS.I.A.2
- Acepta la crítica constructiva y cambia las opiniones personales cuando la evidencia válida lo justifique.
- CDS.I.B.1
- Considera los argumentos y conclusiones propias y los de los demás.
- CDS.I.B.2
- Elabora argumentos con un razonamiento sólido para explicar fenómenos, convalida conjeturas o apoya posturas.
- CDS.I.B.3
- Reúne evidencias para apoyar argumentos, hallazgos o líneas de razonamiento.
- CDS.I.B.4
- Apoya o clarifica aseveraciones basadas en los resultados de una investigación.
- CDS.I.D.1
- Autoevalúa sus necesidades de aprendizaje y busca ayuda cuando es necesario.
- CDS.I.D.2
- Usa hábitos de estudio necesarios para cumplir metas y requisitos académicos.
- CDS.I.D.3
- Se esfuerza por ser exacto y preciso.
- CDS.I.D.4
- Persevera hasta completar y dominar las tareas.
- CDS.I.E.1
- Trabaja de forma independiente.
- CDS.I.F.1
- Acredita ideas e información a las fuentes de referencia y a las personas.
- CDS.I.F.2
- Evalúa las fuentes en función de la calidad de su contenido, validez, credibilidad y relevancia.
- CDS.I.F.3
- Incluye las ideas de otros y las complejidades del debate, tema o problema.
- CDS.I.F.4
- Entiende y adopta códigos de conducta.
- CDS.II.A.1
- Usa estrategias efectivas de preparación.
- CDS.II.A.2
- Usa una variedad de estrategias para comprender el significado de palabras nuevas.
- CDS.II.A.3
- Identifica el propósito del texto y el público al que se dirige.
- CDS.II.A.4
- Identifica la información principal y los detalles de apoyo.
- CDS.II.A.5
- Analiza críticamente la información textual.
- CDS.II.A.6
- Comenta, resume, parafrasea y describe textos cuando sea apropiado.
- CDS.II.A.7
- Adapta estrategias de lectura acordes con la estructura de los textos.
- CDS.II.A.8
- Adapta estrategias de lectura acordes con la estructura de los textos.
- CDS.II.B.1
- Escribe clara y coherentemente usando las reglas convencionales de la escritura.
- CDS.II.B.2
- Escribe en una variedad de formas para varios públicos y propósitos.
- CDS.II.B.3
- Redacta y revisa borradores.
- CDS.II.C.1
- Entiende cuáles temas o preguntas deben investigarse.
- CDS.II.C.2
- Explora un tema de investigación.
- CDS.II.C.3
- Afina el tema de investigación con base en una investigación preliminar y establece un calendario para terminar el trabajo.
- CDS.II.C.4
- Evalúa la validez y confiabilidad de las fuentes.
- CDS.II.C.5
- Sintetiza y organiza la información de manera efectiva.
- CDS.II.C.6
- Diseña y presenta un producto efectivo.
- CDS.II.C.7
- Integra las referencias.
- CDS.II.C.8
- Presenta un producto final.
- CDS.II.D.1
- Identifica patrones o divergencias de los patrones entre los datos.
- CDS.II.D.2
- Usa destrezas estadísticas y probabilísticas necesarias para planear una investigación y recaba, analiza e interpreta datos.
- CDS.II.D.3
- Presenta datos analizados y comunica los hallazgos en una variedad de formatos.
- CDS.II.E.1
- Usa tecnología para reunir información.
- CDS.II.E.2
- Usa tecnología para organizar, manejar y analizar información.
- CDS.II.E.3
- Usa tecnología para comunicar y mostrar hallazgos de una manera clara y coherente.
- CDS.II.E.4
- Usa la tecnología apropiadamente.
English Language Arts:
- ELA.I.A.5
- Edit writing for audience, purpose, context, and style, assuring that it conforms to Standard American English, when appropriate.
- ELA.I.A.4
- Review feedback and revise each draft by organizing it more logically and fluidly, refining key ideas, and using language more precisely and effectively.
- ELA.I.A.2
- Generate ideas, gather information, and manage evidence relevant to the topic and purpose.
- ELA.I.A.1
- Determine effective approaches, genres, rhetorical techniques, and media that demonstrate understanding of the writer’s purpose and audience.
- ELA.I.A.3
- Evaluate relevance, quality, sufficiency, and depth of preliminary ideas and information; organize material generated; and formulate a thesis or purpose statement.
- ELA.II.A.8
- Identify, analyze, and evaluate similarities and differences in how multiple texts present information, argue a position, or relate a theme.
- ELA.II.A.5
- Analyze and evaluate implicit and explicit arguments in a variety of texts for the quality and coherence of evidence and reasoning.
- ELA.II.A.4
- Make evidence-based inferences about a text’s meaning, intent, and values.
- ELA.II.A.1
- Use effective reading strategies to determine a written work’s purpose and intended audience.
- ELA.II.A.2
- Use text features to form an overview of content and to locate information.
- ELA.II.A.3
- Identify explicit and implicit textual information including main ideas and author’s purpose.
- ELA.II.B.4
- Make inferences about the denotative and connotative meanings of unfamiliar words using context clues.
- ELA.II.B.3
- Use reference guides to confirm the meanings of new words or concepts.
- ELA.II.B.2
- Apply knowledge of roots and affixes to infer the meanings of new words.
- ELA.II.B.1
- Identify new words and concepts acquired through study of their relationships to other words and concepts.
- ELA.III.A.5
- Plan and deliver focused, coherent presentations that convey clear and distinct perspectives and demonstrate sound reasoning.
- ELA.III.A.4
- Adjust delivery, vocabulary, and length of message for particular audiences, purposes, and contexts.
- ELA.III.A.2
- Engage in reasoned dialogue, including with people who have different perspectives.
- ELA.III.A.1
- Participate actively, effectively, and respectfully in one-on-one oral communication as well as in group discussions.
- ELA.III.A.3
- Understand how style, register, and content of spoken language vary in different contexts and influence the listener’s understanding.
- ELA.V.C.1
- Integrate and organize material effectively.
- ELA.V.C.3
- Follow relevant rules governing attribution.
- ELA.V.C.2
- Use and attribute source material ethically.
- ELA.V.B.3
- Assess the relevance and credibility of sources.
- ELA.V.B.1
- Explore and collect a range of potential sources.
- ELA.V.A.1
- Articulate and investigate research questions.
- ELA.V.A.2
- Explore and refine a research topic.
- ELA.V.A.3
- Devise a plan for completing work on time.
- ELA.V.B.2
- Distinguish between and among primary and secondary sources.
Mathematics:
- M.V.C.4
- Identify and explain misleading uses of data.
- M.V.C.3
- Make predictions using summary statistics.
- M.V.C.2
- Analyze relationships between paired data using spreadsheets, graphing calculators, or statistical software.
- M.V.C.1
- Analyze data sets using graphs and summary statistics.