Your Life Science Pacing Guide for 3-Dimensional Teaching
Successfully address phenomena throughout the school year with this week-by-week lab activity guide. Pick and choose from a growing selection of kits to perform the lab activities and put your 3-dimensional teaching plan into action.
| DCI 1: From Molecules to Organisms | ||
|---|---|---|
| Week | PE | Lab Activity |
| 1 | Administrative, Safety, and Lab Skills | |
| 2 | HS-LS1-1 | Gene to Protein: Green Fluorescent Protein Necklace |
| 3 | HS-LS1-1 | Modeling DNA to Protein |
| 4 | HS-LS1-3 | Homeostasis in Animals |
| 5 | HS-LS1-2 | Carolina® Forensic Dissection |
| 6 | HS-LS1-2 | Carolina STEM Challenge®: Circulatory System |
| 7 | HS-LS1-4 | Planaria Regeneration Kit |
| 8 | HS-LS1-4 | Chromosome Simulation |
| 9 | HS-LS3-5 | Algae Bead Photosynthesis |
| 10 | HS-LS1-6 | Food Nutrient Analysis |
| 11 | HS-LS1-7 | Investigating Aerobic and Anaerobic Respiration in Yeast Beads |
| 12 | HS-LS1-3 | Carolina STEM Challenge®: Biofuels |
| 13 | Review/Evaluation/Remediation | |
| DCI 2: Ecosystems and Interactions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Week | PE | Lab Activity |
| 14 | HS-LS2-2 | Climate Patterns and Species Distribution |
| 15 | HS-LS2-1 | Carrying Capacity and Algal Blooms with Spectroscopy Chambers |
| 16 | HS-LS2-5 | Contributors to the Carbon Cycle |
| 17 | HS-LS2-4 | Food Chains and Energy Flow |
| 18 | HS-LS2-6 | Changing Ecosystems |
| 19 | HS-LS2-6 | Succession in a Hay Infusion |
| 20 | HS-LS4-6 | Oil Spill Bioremediation |
| 21 | HS-LS2-7 | Human Impacts on Water Quality: Coliform Contamination |
| 22 | HS-LS2-8 | Group Behavior and Social Insects |
| 23 | Review/Evaluation/Remediation | |
| DCI 3: Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits | ||
|---|---|---|
| Week | PE | Lab Activity |
| 24 | HS-LS3-1 | Exploring Electrophoresis Using Forensic DNA Evidence Kit |
| 25 | HS-LS3-2 | DNA Damage: Studying the Impact of UV Light Kit |
| 26 | HS-LS3-3 | Wisconsin Fast Plants® 72-Hour Monohybrid Genetics Kit |
| 27 | Review/Evaluation/Remediation | |
| DCI 4: Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity | ||
|---|---|---|
| Week | PE | Lab Activity |
| 28 | HS-LS4-1 | Genetic Kinship: Following the Globin Genes Through Time |
| 29 | HS-LS4-1 | Cladograms and Evolution |
| 30 | HS-LS4-3 | Natural Selection |
| 31 | HS-LS4-2 | Natural Selection with Drosophila |
| 32 | HS-LS4-2 | Evolution in Real Time: Bacteria and Antibiotic Resistance |
| 33 | HS-LS4-4 | Antibiotic Sensitivity |
| 34 | HS-LS4-5 | Endangered Species |
| 35 | Review/Evaluation/Remediation | |
| 36 | Review and Final Exams | |
