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Living systems demonstrate an interdependent relationship between structure and function. All organisms require energy and can transfer and convert it from one form to another. //**TEC.9-12.8.1.12 B.2** - [Progress Indicator] - Exhibit legal and ethical behaviors when using information and technology, and discuss consequences of misuse.//
 * Biochemistry Unit**
 * Manalapan** **High school**
 * New Jersey**
 * Nora Cavaluzzi**
 * Enduring Understandings:**
 * Essential Questions:** - Why do scientists say that everything in biology can be explained with chemistry? - How does energy and matter flow through ecosystems? - What do all organisms need in order to grow and reproduce?
 * Unit Goals: SWBAT:** - Describe the four major categories of organic molecules, their building blocks and their primary functions.
 * Technology standards:**

//**TEC.9-12.8.1.12 A.5** - [Progress Indicator] - Produce a multimedia project using text, graphics, moving images, and sound.//

//**TEC.9-12.8.1.12.A.3** - [Cumulative Progress Indicator] - Participate in online courses, learning communities, social networks, or virtual worlds and recognize them as resources for lifelong learning.//

//** Workplace Readiness Standards: **//

//**WORK.9-12.9.1.12.A.3** - [Cumulative Progress Indicator] - Assess how a variety of problem-solving strategies are being used to address solutions to global problems by participating in online discussions with peers from other countries.//

//**WORK.9-12.9.1.12.B.3** - [Cumulative Progress Indicator] - Assist in the development of innovative solutions to an onsite problem by incorporating multiple perspectives and applying effective problem-solving strategies during structured learning experiences, service learning, or volunteering.//

//** New Jersey 2009 Core Curriculum Standards: **//


 * 2009 || Science || Grades: 9-12 || SCI.9-12.5.3.12.A.a || Cells are made of complex molecules that consist mostly of a few elements. Each class of molecules has its own building blocks and specific functions. ||
 * 2009 || Science || Grades: 9-12 || SCI.9-12.5.3.12.A.1 || Represent and explain the relationship between the structure and function of each class of complex molecules using a variety of models. ||
 * 2009 || Science || Grades: 9-12 || SCI.9-12.5.3.12.A.b || Cellular processes are carried out by many different types of molecules, mostly by the group of proteins known as enzymes. ||
 * 2009 || Science ||  ||   ||   ||

//** 21st century Learning Standards: **//


 * 2009 || 21st Century Life and Careers || Grades: 9-12 || WORK.9-12.9.1.12.1 || Collaboration and teamwork enable individuals or groups to achieve common goals with greater efficiency. ||
 * 2009 || 21st Century Life and Careers || Grades: 9-12 || WORK.9-12.9.1.12.2 || Leadership abilities develop over time through participation in groups and/or teams that are engaged in challenging or competitive activities. ||
 * 2009 || 21st Century Life and Careers || Grades: 9-12 || WORK.9-12.9.1.12.1 || The nature of the 21st-century workplace has shifted, demanding greater individual accountability, productivity, and collaboration. ||

• Apply a variety of advanced mechanical and electronic drafting methods to communicate a solution to a specific problem. • Apply and analyze advanced communication techniques to produce an image that effectively conveys a message (e.g., desktop publishing, audio and/or video production).
 * Pennsylvania Tehnology Standards**
 * 3.10.6.B** Apply knowledge of information technologies of encoding, transmitting,receiving, storing, retrieving and decoding.

• I dentify legal restrictions in the use of software and the output of data. • Apply advanced graphic manipulation and desktop publishing techniques. • Apply basic multimedia applications. • Apply advanced word processing, database and spreadsheet skills • Describe and demonstrate how two or more software applications can be used to produce an output. • Select and apply software designed to meet specific needs.
 * 3.7.10.D** Utilize computer software to solve specific problems.

· Use various forms of media to elicit information, to make a student presentation and to complete class assignments and projects. Create a multi-media (e.g., film, music, computer-graphic) presentation for display or transmission that demonstrates an understanding of a specific topic or issue or teaches others about it.
 * Pennsylvania Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening Standards**
 * .6.1.11.F** Use media for learning purposes.

=Rania Sweigart (Pennsylvania)=
 * __ Pennsylvania State Standards for Assessment: __**
 * __ Science and Technology and Engineering Education __**


 * 3.1. Biological Sciences **
 * 3.1.A. Organisms and Cells: Common Characteristics of Life**
 * 3.1.B.A1. ** Describe the common characteristics of life.
 * 3.1.C.A1. ** Explain the chemistry of **metabolism.**


 * 3.1.A. Organisms and Cells: Energy Flow**
 * 3.1.B.A2. ** Explain why many biological macromolecules such as ATP and lipids contain high energy bonds.
 * 3.1.12.A2. ** Evaluate how **organisms** must derive energy from their environment or their food in order to survive.


 * 3.1.A. Organisms and Cells: Form and Function**
 * 3.1.12.A5. ** Analyze how structure is related to function at all levels of biological organization from **molecules** to **organisms**.


 * 3.1.A. Organisms and Cells: Organization**
 * 3.1.12.A6. ** Analyze how cells in different tissues/organs are specialized to perform specific functions.

Compare and contrast the functions and structures of proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, and nucleic acids.
 * 3.1.A. Organisms and Cells: Molecular Basis of Life**
 * 3.1.B.A7. ** Analyze the importance of carbon to the structure of biological macromolecules.


 * 3.1.A. Organisms and Cells: Unifying Themes**
 * 3.1.B.A8. ** Demonstrate the repeating patterns that occur in biological polymers.


 * __ Keystone Exams: Biology __**

**BIO.A.2.2.2** Describe how biological macromolecules form from monomers. **BIO.A.2.2.3** Compare the structure and function of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids in organisms.
 * BIO.A.2 The Chemical Basis for Life **
 * BIO.A.2.2 ** Describe and interpret relationships between structure and function at various levels of biochemical organization (i.e., atoms, molecules, and macromolecules).