Appendix: Implementing District Standards
The following is not an exhaustive list of standards and objectives addressed in the unit. It does include standard alignment for the AP Biology framework, Common Core State Standards, and College Readiness Standards.
AP Biology Standards (from the AP Biology Framework created by College Board)
Standards have been condensed for the purpose of space. An expanded version of these skills can be found in the AP Biology Curriculum Framework.
Big Idea 1: Enduring Understanding 1.A.
Essential knowledge 1.A.4.b.3
Big Idea 2: Enduring Understanding 2.D
Essential knowledge 2.D.4.a; 2.D.4.b.1-6
Big Idea 3: Enduring understanding 3.A
Essential knowledge 3.A.1.a.5; 3.C.3.a.1-6; 3.C.3.b.1-2;
Learning Objectives: 3.29-30
Common Core State Standards
CCSS.ELA.RST.11-12: 1, 2, 4, 7, 9, 10
College Readiness Standards (Developed by ACT)
SIN24-27.2 Understand a complex experimental design
SIN24-27.3 Predict the results of an additional trial or measurement in an experiment
EMI24-27.6 Select a data presentation or a model that supports or contradicts a hypothesis, prediction, or conclusion
EMI28-32.1 Select a complex hypothesis, prediction, or conclusion that is supported by a data presentation or model.
EMI 28-32.2 Use new information to make a prediction based on a model.
The AP Biology standards focus on the content that is taught through the unit. The Common Core State Standards and College Readiness Skills are literacy and scientific thinking skills whose development is supported through the instructional strategies presented.
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