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Alabama...
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | 17 | Relate cellular functions to specialized structures within cells: active and passive transport of materials (osmosis, diffusion), energy capture and release, protein synthesis, waste disposal, information feedback, movement. | | Benchmark | | |
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | 20 | Relate cellular functions to specialized structures within cells: active and passive transport of materials (osmosis, diffusion), energy capture and release, protein synthesis, waste disposal, information feedback, movement. | | Benchmark | | |
Alaska...
| Grade | K-12 | | Standard | A | A student should understand scientific facts, concepts, principles, and theories. | | Benchmark | 10 | Understand that living things are made up mostly of cells and that all life processes occur in cells. (Cells). |
Arizona...
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | 1 | Understand the role of the cell and cellular processes. | | Benchmark | PO4 | Analyze mechanisms of transport of materials (e.g., water, ions, macromolecules) into and out of cells: passive transport; active transport. |
Arkansas...
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | 2 | Students will explore, demonstrate, communicate, apply and evaluate the knowledge of life systems. | | Benchmark | LS.2.2 | Investigate and identify cellular processes, including homeostasis, permeability, energy production, transportation of molecules, disposal of wastes, function of cellular parts, synthesis of new molecules, and cell division. |
California...
| Grade | 7 | | Standard | 1 | All living organisms are composed of cells, from just one to many trillions, whose details usually are visible only through a microscope. | | Benchmark | a | Students know cells function similarly in all living organisms. |
Colorado...
| Grade | 5-8 | | Standard | 3.3 | Students know and understand how the human body functions, factors that influence its structures and functions, and how these structures and functions compare with those of other organisms. | | Benchmark | Grade Level Expectation | Describing the observable components and functions of a cell (for example, cell membrane, nucleus, cytoplasm, chloroplasts; movement of molecules into and out of cells). |
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | 3.3 | Students know and understand how the human body functions, factors that influence its structures and functions, and how these structures and functions compare with those of other organisms. | | Benchmark | Grade Level Expectation | Describing cellular organelles and their function |
Connecticut...
| Grade | 10 | | Standard | 10.1 | The fundamental life processes depend on the physical structure and the chemical activities of the cell. | | Benchmark | D30 | Explain the role of the cell membrane in maintaining a constant internal environment. |
| Grade | 7 | | Standard | 7.2 | Many organisms, including humans, have specialized organ systems that interact with each other to maintain dynamic internal balance. | | Benchmark | C15 | Describe the basic structures of an animal cell, including nucleus, cytoplasm, mitochondria and cell membrane, and how they function to support life. |
Delaware...
| Grade | 6-8 | | Standard | 6 | The natural world is defined by organisms and life processes which conform to the principles regarding conservation and transformation of matter and energy. Students will learn how living organisms use matter and energy to build their structures and conduct their life processes. They will learn the mechanisms and behaviors used by living organisms to regulate their internal environments and to respond to changes in their surroundings. Students will also study how knowledge about life processes can be applied to improving human health and well being. | | Benchmark | 2 | Cells contain a set of observable structures called organelles (e.g., cell wall, cell membrane, nucleus, chloroplast, and vacuole) that control the various functions of the cell such as structural support, exchange of materials, photosynthesis, and storage of essential materials. |
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | 6 | The natural world is defined by organisms and life processes which conform to the principles regarding conservation and transformation of matter and energy. Students will learn how living organisms use matter and energy to build their structures and conduct their life processes. They will learn the mechanisms and behaviors used by living organisms to regulate their internal environments and to respond to changes in their surroundings. Students will also study how knowledge about life processes can be applied to improving human health and well being. | | Benchmark | 3 | The cell membrane defines the boundary of the cell and regulates the passage of materials into and out of the cell. Transport mechanisms across the membrane are dependent on membrane structure and concentration gradients. |
District of Columbia...
| Grade | 6-8 | | Standard | 2 | Observe, investigate, describe and classify living things; explain life cycles, diversity, adaptations, structure and function of cells and systems reproduction, heredity, interdependence, behavior, flow of energy and matter and changes over time. | | Benchmark | Performance Standard | Observe and understand that all plant and animal tissues are composed of cells with specialized structures and functions. |
| Grade | 9-11 | | Standard | 2 | Observe, investigate, describe and classify living things; explain life cycles, diversity, adaptations, structure and function of cells and systems reproduction, heredity, interdependence, behavior, flow of energy and matter and changes over time. | | Benchmark | Performance Standard | Understand the functions of the cell and the specialized parts that perform them. |
Florida...
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | 1 | The student describes patterns of structure and function in living things. | | Benchmark | SC.F.1.4.3 | Knows that membranes are sites for chemical synthesis and essential energy conversions. |
Georgia...
| Grade | 7 | | Standard | S7L2 | Students will describe the structure and function of cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems. | | Benchmark | a | Explain that cells take in nutrients in order to grow and divide and to make needed materials. |
| Grade | 7 | | Standard | S7L2 | Students will describe the structure and function of cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems. | | Benchmark | b | Relate cell structures (cell membrane, nucleus, cytoplasm, chloroplasts, mitochondria) to basic cell functions. |
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | SB1 | Students will analyze the nature of the relationships between structures and functions in living cell | | Benchmark | a | Explain the role of cell organelles for both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, including the cell membrane, in maintaining homeostasis and cell reproduction. |
Hawaii...
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | 9 | Students explain the structure, functions, and reproduction of living cells. | | Benchmark | Grade Cluster Benchmark | Describe and explain the structure and functions of cells. |
Idaho...
| Grade | 7-8 | | Standard | 636.01 | Understand the cell is the basis of form and function for all living things and how living things carry out their life functions. | | Benchmark | b | Know the parts of plant and animal cells and the functions of the various cell structures. |
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | 651.01 | Understand the cell is the basis of form and function for all living things and how living things carry out their life functions. | | Benchmark | a | Know that cells have particular structures that underlie their functions. |
Illinois...
| Grade | 9-10 | | Standard | A | Know and apply concepts that explain how living things function, adapt and change. | | Benchmark | 12.A.4b | Describe the structures and organization of cells and tissues that underlie basic life functions including nutrition, respiration, cellular transport, biosynthesis and reproduction. |
Indiana...
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | 1 | Students work with the concepts, principles, and theories that enable them to understand the living environment. They recognize that living organisms are made of cells or cell products that consist of the same components as all other matter, involve the same kinds of transformations of energy, and move using the same kinds of basic forces. Students investigate, through laboratories and fieldwork, how living things function and how they interact with one another and their environment. | | Benchmark | B.1.2 | Explain that every cell is covered by a membrane that controls what can enter and leave the cell. Recognize that in all but quite primitive cells, a complex network of proteins provides organization and shape. In addition, understand that flagella and/or cilia may allow some Protista, some Monera, and some animal cells to move. |
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | 1 | Students work with the concepts, principles, and theories that enable them to understand the living environment. They recognize that living organisms are made of cells or cell products that consist of the same components as all other matter, involve the same kinds of transformations of energy, and move using the same kinds of basic forces. Students investigate, through laboratories and fieldwork, how living things function and how they interact with one another and their environment. | | Benchmark | B.1.3 | Know and describe that within the cell are specialized parts for the transport of materials, energy capture and release, protein building, waste disposal, information feedback, and movement. In addition to these basic cellular functions common to all cells, understand that most cells in multicellular organisms perform some special functions that others do not. |
Iowa...
| Grade | 10-12 | | Standard | A | Students can understand and apply skills used in scientific inquiry. | | Benchmark | 2 | Students can analyze and interpret scientific information. |
| Grade | 6-9 | | Standard | B | Students can understand concepts and relationships in life science. | | Benchmark | 1 | Students can understand structures of living things. |
| Grade | 6-9 | | Standard | A | Students can understand and apply skills used in scientific inquiry. | | Benchmark | 2 | Students can analyze and interpret scientific information. |
Kansas...
| Grade | 7 | | Standard | 3.1 | The students will model structures of organisms and relate functions to the structures. | | Benchmark | 2 | The student relates the structure of cells, organs, tissues, organ systems, and whole organisms to their functions and concludes that breakdowns in structure or function may be caused by disease, damage, heredity, or aging. |
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | 3.1 | Students will demonstrate an understanding of the structure and function of the cell. | | Benchmark | 1 | Cells are composed of a variety of specialized structures that carry out specific functions. |
Kentucky...
| Grade | 5-7 | | Standard | SC-M-3.1.3 | Cells carry on the many functions needed to sustain life. They grow and divide, thereby producing more cells. This requires that they take in nutrients, which they use to provide energy for the work that cells do and to make the materials that a cell or an organism needs. | | Benchmark | | |
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | SC-H-3.1.1 | Cells have particular structures that underlie their function. Every cell is surrounded by a membrane that separates it from the outside world. Inside the cell is a concentrated mixture of thousands of different molecules that form a variety of specialized structures. These structures carry out specific cell functions. | | Benchmark | | |
Louisiana...
| Grade | 5-8 | | Standard | Standard | The students will become aware of the characteristics and life cycles of organisms and understand their relationships to each other and to their environment. | | Benchmark | LS-M-A1 | Describing the observable components and functions of a cell, such as the cell membrane, nucleus, and movement of molecules into and out of cells. |
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | Standard | The students will become aware of the characteristics and life cycles of organisms and understand their relationships to each other and to their environment. | | Benchmark | LS-H-A1 | Observing cells, identifying organelles, relating structure to function, and differentiating among cell types. |
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | Standard | The students will become aware of the characteristics and life cycles of organisms and understand their relationships to each other and to their environment. | | Benchmark | LS-H-A2 | Demonstrating a knowledge of cellular transport. |
Maine...
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | C | Students will understand that cells are the basic units of life. | | Benchmark | 1 | Relate the parts of a cell to its function. |
Maryland...
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | 3.0 | Students will use scientific skills and processes to explain the dynamic nature of living things, their interactions, and the results from the interactions that occur over time. | | Benchmark | 3.12.2 | The student will be able to discuss factors involved in the regulation of chemical activity as part of a homeostatic mechanism (osmosis, temperature, pH, enzyme regulation). (CLG 3.1.2) The student will describe the flow of matter and energy between living systems and the physical environment (water cycle, carbon cycle, nitrogen cycle, photosynthesis, cellular respiration, chemosynthesis). (CLG 3.1.3) The student will explain the function of structures found in cellular and multicellular organisms (transportation of materials, waste disposal, movement, feedback, asexual and sexual reproduction, control of structures, capture and release of energy, protein synthesis). (CLG 3.2.1) |
Massachusetts...
| Grade | 6-8 | | Standard | 4 | Recognize that within cells, many of the basic functions of organisms (e.g., extracting energy from food and getting rid of waste) are carried out. The way in which cells function is similar in all living organisms. | | Benchmark | | |
| Grade | 9-10 | | Standard | 2 | All living things are composed of cells. Life processes in a cell are based on molecular interactions. | | Benchmark | 2.1 | Relate cell parts/organelles to their functions. |
| Grade | 9-10 | | Standard | 2 | All living things are composed of cells. Life processes in a cell are based on molecular interactions. | | Benchmark | 2.5 | Explain the role of cell membranes as a highly selective barrier (diffusion, osmosis, and active transport). |
Michigan...
| Grade | 6-8 | | Standard | III.1 | All students will apply an understanding of cells to the functioning of multicellular organisms, including how cells grow, develop and reproduce: | | Benchmark | 1 | Demonstrate evidence that all parts of living things are made of cells. |
Minnesota...
| Grade | 7 | | Standard | IV.A | The student will understand that all organisms are composed of cells, which are the fundamental units of life that carry on the many functions needed to sustain life. | | Benchmark | 1 | The student will know that cells are the fundamental units of life. |
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | IV.A | The student will comprehend that all living things are composed of cells, and that the life processes in a cell are based on molecular interactions. | | Benchmark | 1 | The student will relate cellular structures to their functions. |
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | IV.A | The student will comprehend that all living things are composed of cells, and that the life processes in a cell are based on molecular interactions. | | Benchmark | 3 | The student will explain the role of the cell membrane as a highly selective barrier in diffusion, osmosis and active transport. |
Mississippi...
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | 3 | Investigate cell structures, functions, and methods of reproduction. | | Benchmark | e | Relate cell membrane structure to its function in passive and active transport. |
Missouri...
| Grade | K-12 | | Standard | 3 | In Science, students in Missouri public schools will acquire a solid foundation which includes knowledge of characteristics and interactions of living organisms. | | Benchmark | | |
Nebraska...
| Grade | 5-8 | | Standard | 8.4.1 | By the end of eighth grade, students will develop an understanding of the structure and function in living systems. | | Benchmark | Example Indicator | Investigate and explain how cells sustain life through functions (e.g., growth and nutrition). |
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | 12.4.1 | By the end of twelfth grade, students will develop an understanding of the cell. | | Benchmark | Example Indicator | Investigate and describe the form and function of subcellular structures that regulate cell activities. |
Nevada...
| Grade | 8 | | Standard | 6.0 | Students understand that all life forms, at all levels of organization, use specialized structures and similar processes to meet life’s needs. | | Benchmark | 6.8.3 | Investigate and describe how cells, grow, divide, and take in nutrients, which they use to provide energy for cellular functions. |
New Hampshire...
| Grade | 7-10 | | Standard | 3c | Students will demonstrate an increasing ability to understand that organisms are linked to one another and to their physical setting by the transfer and transformation of matter and energy to maintain a dynamic equilibrium. | | Benchmark | Proficiency Standard | Describe how essential materials enter cells and how waste and other materials leave the cell, e.g. diffusion, osmosis |
| Grade | 7-10 | | Standard | 3d | Students will demonstrate an increasing ability to understand fundamental structures, functions, and mechanisms of inheritance found in microorganisms, fungi, protists, plants, and animals. | | Benchmark | Proficiency Standard | Describe the major functions of the living cell and discuss how different groups of cells perform interrelated functions in any organism. |
New Mexico...
| Grade | 7 | | Standard | III | Understand the structure of organisms and the function of cells in living systems. | | Benchmark | 3 | Understand that many basic functions of organisms are carried out in cells, including: growth and division to produce more cells (mitosis); specialized functions of cells (e.g., reproduction, nerve-signal transmission, digestion, excretion, movement, transport of oxygen). |
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | III | Understand the characteristics, structures, and functions of cells. | | Benchmark | 4 | Know how the cell membrane controls which ions and molecules enter and leave the cell based on membrane permeability and transport (i.e., osmosis, diffusion, active transport, passive transport). |
North Carolina...
| Grade | 8 | | Standard | 6 | The learner will conduct investigations, use models, simulations, and appropriate technologies and information systems to build an understanding of cell theory. | | Benchmark | 6.02 | Analyze structures, functions, and processes within animal cells for: Capture and release of energy. Feedback information. Dispose of wastes. Reproduction. Movement. Specialized needs. |
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | 2 | The learner will develop an understanding of the physical, chemical and cellular basis of life. | | Benchmark | 2.03 | Investigate and analyze the cell as a living system including: Maintenance of homeostasis. Movement of materials into and out of cells. Energy use and release in biochemical reactions. |
North Dakota...
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | 4 | Students understand the basic concepts and principles of life science. | | Benchmark | 12.4.1 | Understand the structure and function of cells and their components. |
Ohio...
| Grade | 10 | | Standard | B | Explain the characteristics of life as indicated by cellular processes and describe the process of cell division and development. | | Benchmark | 3 | Explain the characteristics of life as indicated by cellular processes including: a. homeostasis b. energy transfers and transformation. c. transportation of molecules. d. disposal of wastes. synthesis of new molecules. |
Oregon...
| Grade | 9-10 | | Standard | Content Standard | Understand structure, functions, and interactions of living organisms and the environment. | | Benchmark | Benchmark | Explain the role of the cell membrane in cell transport. |
| Grade | 9-10 | | Standard | Content Standard | Understand structure, functions, and interactions of living organisms and the environment. | | Benchmark | Benchmark | Describe, explain, and compare the structure and functions of cells in organisms. |
| Grade | 9-10 | | Standard | Content Standard | Understand structure, functions, and interactions of living organisms and the environment. | | Benchmark | Benchmark | Distinguish between active and passive transport, including diffusion and osmosis, explaining the mechanics of each. |
Pennsylvania...
| Grade | 9-10 | | Standard | 3.3.10.B | Describe and explain the chemical and structural basis of living organisms. Describe the relationship between the structure of organic molecules and the function they serve in living organisms. Identify the specialized structures and regions of the cell and the functions of each. Explain how cells store and use information to guide their functions. Explain cell functions and processes in terms of chemical reactions and energy changes. | | Benchmark | | |
Rhode Island...
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | C1 | Every cell is covered by a membrane that controls what can enter and leave the cell. In all but quite primitive cells, a complex network of proteins provides organization and shape and, for animal cells, movement. | | Benchmark | | |
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | C2 | Within the cell are specialized parts for the transport of materials, energy capture and release, protein building, waste disposal, information feedback, and even movement. In addition to these basic cellular functions common to all cells, most cells in multicellular organisms perform some special functions that others do not. | | Benchmark | | |
South Carolina...
| Grade | 7 | | Standard | II.A.2 | Cells carry on the many functions needed to sustain life. They grow and divide thereby producing more cells. This requires that they take in nutrients, which they use to provide energy for the work that cells do and to make the materials that a cell or an organism needs. | | Benchmark | a | Compare the major components of the cell (nucleus*, cytoplasm*, cell membrane*, cell wall*, vacuole*, mitochondrion, nuclear membrane, and chromosome), and their general functions (e.g., mitochondrion is the site of energy production). [The asterisk indicates that the concept has been taught at a previous grade level]. |
| Grade | 7 | | Standard | II.A.2 | Cells carry on the many functions needed to sustain life. They grow and divide thereby producing more cells. This requires that they take in nutrients, which they use to provide energy for the work that cells do and to make the materials that a cell or an organism needs. | | Benchmark | b | Describe the processes of respiration (aerobic and anaerobic), growth and reproduction (asexual and sexual), removal of wastes, and cellular transport (osmosis and diffusion) in cells. |
| Grade | 7 | | Standard | II.A.2 | Cells carry on the many functions needed to sustain life. They grow and divide thereby producing more cells. This requires that they take in nutrients, which they use to provide energy for the work that cells do and to make the materials that a cell or an organism needs. | | Benchmark | c | Demonstrate diffusion and osmosis. |
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | II.A.1 | Cells have particular structures that underlie their function. Inside the cell is a concentrated mixture of thousands of different molecules which form a variety of specialized structures that carry out such cell functions as energy production, transport of molecules, waste disposal, synthesis of new molecules, and the storage of genetic material. | | Benchmark | b | Identify the cellular structures that are responsible for energy production, waste disposal, molecular synthesis, storage of genetic material, and cell movement. |
South Dakota...
| Grade | 6 | | Standard | 5 | Identify the basic life processes that occur in cells. (example: growth, energy, reproduction, waste elimination). | | Benchmark | | |
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | 4 | Relate cellular functions to specialized structures within cells. (example: transport of materials, protein synthesis, energy capture release). | | Benchmark | | |
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | 5 | Identify the basic life processes that occur in cells. (example: growth, energy, reproduction, waste elimination). | | Benchmark | | |
Tennessee...
| Grade | 7 | | Standard | 1.0 | The student will investigate the structure and function of plant and animal cells. | | Benchmark | 1.4 | Know that materials move into and out of cells. |
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | 1.0 | The student will investigate the structures and functions of the cell membrane, cellular organelles, and component biomolecules related to the major cell processes. | | Benchmark | 1.4 | Analyze the various cell processes. |
Texas...
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | 112.43.c.4 | The student knows that cells are the basic structures of all living things and have specialized parts that perform specific functions, and that viruses are different from cells and have different properties and functions. | | Benchmark | B | Investigate and identify cellular processes including homeostasis, permeability, energy production, transportation of molecules, disposal of wastes, function of cellular parts, and synthesis of new molecules. |
Utah...
| Grade | 7 | | Standard | III | Students will understand that the organs in an organism are made of cells that have structures and perform specific life functions. | | Benchmark | 1b | Observe and distinguish the cell wall, cell membrane, nucleus, chloroplast, and cytoplasm of cells. |
| Grade | 7 | | Standard | III | Students will understand that the organs in an organism are made of cells that have structures and perform specific life functions. | | Benchmark | 1d | Model the cell processes of diffusion and osmosis and relate this motion to the motion of particles. |
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | II | Students will understand that all organisms are composed of one or more cells that are made of molecules, come from preexisting cells, and perform life functions. | | Benchmark | 3c | Describe how the transport of materials in and out of cells enables cells to maintain homeostasis (i.e., osmosis, diffusion, active transport). |
Vermont...
| Grade | 7-8 | | Standard | S7-8:30 | Students demonstrate their understanding of Structure and Function–Survival Requirements by… •??Conducting experiments that investigate how different concentrations of materials (inside vs. outside a cell) will cause water to flow into or out of cells. •??Examining cells under a microscope and identifying cell wall, and chloroplasts and by comparing the function of a common cell structure such as membrane in all cells with the function of a unique structure such as chloroplasts in plant cells. AND •??Examining cells under a microscope, identifying the nucleus and explaining the relationship between genes (located in the nucleus) and traits. | | Benchmark | f | Some materials can pass into and out of cells as concentrations move toward equilibrium (diffusion). |
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | S9-12:30 | Students demonstrate their understanding of Cell Structure and Function—Survival Requirements by •??Predicting the direction of movement of substances across a membrane. AND •??Developing a model that illustrates the interdependence of cellular organelles (mitochondria, ribosomes, lysosomes, endoplasmic reticulum, cytoplasm) in biochemical pathways within the cell (e.g. mitochondria and chloroplasts : cellular respiration and photosynthesis; nucleus and ribosomes : DNA transcription and protein synthesis). AND •??Identifying how the basic (general) shape and structure of each of the four types of organic molecules determine its role in maintaining cell survival (i.e., simple carbohydrates [monosaccharides] can be an energy source as a single molecule and a storage/structural molecule when multiple units are chemically combined—[starch, cellulose, chitin].). AND •??Explaining that a specific sequence of amino acids determines the shape of a protein (i.e., sickle cell hemoglobin). | | Benchmark | c | The molecular structure of a cell membrane allows for elective transfer of substances into and out of the cell. (i.e., diffusion, osmosis, facilitated diffusion, active transport). |
Virginia...
| Grade | 7 | | Standard | LS.2 | The student will investigate and understand that all living things are composed of cells. | | Benchmark | a | Cell structure and organelles (cell membrane, cell wall, cytoplasm, vacuole, mitochondrion, endoplasmic reticulum, nucleus, and chloroplast) |
| Grade | 7 | | Standard | LS.3 | The student will investigate and understand that living things show patterns of cellular organization. | | Benchmark | b | Life functions and processes of cells, tissues, organs, and systems (respiration, removal of wastes, growth, reproduction, digestion, and cellular transport). |
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | BIO.4 | The student will investigate and understand relationships between cell structure and function. | | Benchmark | d | The cell membrane model (diffusion, osmosis, and active transport). |
Washington...
| Grade | 6-8 | | Standard | 1.2 | Understand how components, structures, organizations, and interconnections describe systems. | | Benchmark | 1.2.6 | Understand that specialized cells within multi-cellular organisms form different kinds of tissues, organs, and organ systems to carry out life functions. |
| Grade | 9-10 | | Standard | 1.2 | Understand how components, structures, organizations, and interconnections describe systems. | | Benchmark | 1.2.6 | Understand cellular structures, their functions, and how specific genes regulate these functions. |
West Virginia...
| Grade | 10 | | Standard | SC.S.4 | Students will: demonstrate knowledge, understanding and applications of scientific facts, concepts, principles, theories and models as delineated in the objectives; demonstrate an understanding of the interrelationships among physics, chemistry, biology and the earth and space sciences; and apply knowledge, understanding and skills of science subject matter/concepts to daily life experiences. | | Benchmark | SC.10.4.4 | Students will identify mechanisms for the movement of materials into and out of cells (e.g., active and passive transport, endo- and exocytosis). |
| Grade | 8 | | Standard | SC.S.4 | Students will: demonstrate knowledge, understanding and applications of scientific facts, concepts, principles, theories and models as delineated in the objectives; demonstrate an understanding of the interrelationships among physics, chemistry, biology and the earth and space sciences; and apply knowledge, understanding and skills of science subject matter/concepts to daily life experiences. | | Benchmark | SC.8.4.2 | Students will identify and explain the structures and functions of cell organelles. |
Wisconsin...
| Grade | 5-8 | | Standard | F | Students in Wisconsin will demonstrate an understanding of the characteristics and structures of living things, the processes of life, and how living things interact with one another and their environment. | | Benchmark | F.8.1 | Understand the structure and function of cells, organs, tissues, organ systems, and whole organisms. |
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | F | Students in Wisconsin will demonstrate an understanding of the characteristics and structures of living things, the processes of life, and how living things interact with one another and their environment. | | Benchmark | F.12.1 | Evaluate the normal structures and the general and special functions of cells in single-celled and multiple-celled organisms |
Wyoming...
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | 1 | In the context of unifying concepts and processes, students develop an understanding of scientific content through inquiry. Science is a dynamic process; concepts and content are best learned through inquiry and investigation. | | Benchmark | 1 | Students explain the processes of life, which necessitates an understanding of relationship between structure and function of the cell and cellular differentiation. They identify activities taking place in an organism related to metabolic activities in cells, including growth, regulation, transport, and homeostasis. Students differentiate between asexual and sexual reproduction. |
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