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The Biology-Last Course

The NGSS Capstone Biology course story line shown below builds on the chemistry content knowledge students would have acquired in an earlier course.

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Sample Materials

Follow this link for sample materials from Unit 1 – Characteristics of Life. Note that this sample unit does NOT contain any quizzes or tests

In accord with the Next Generation Science Standards:

  • This unit helps students to prepare for Performance Expectation HS-LS1-2. “Develop and use a model to illustrate the hierarchical organization of interacting systems that provide specific functions within multicellular organisms.”
  • Students learn the Disciplinary Core Idea A. “Systems of specialized cells within organisms help them perform the essential functions of life. … Multicellular organisms have a hierarchical structural organization, in which any one system is made up of numerous parts and is itself a component of the next level.”
  • Students engage in the Scientific Practice, “Developing and Using Models. Develop, revise, and/or use a model based on evidence to illustrate and/or predict the relationships between systems or between components of the system.”
  • This unit helps students to understand the Crosscutting Concept, “Systems and System Models. Systems may interact with other systems; they may have subsystems and be part of larger complex systems.”

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