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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 | 9-12 | | Standard | 1 | The fundamental life processes of plants and animals depend on a variety of chemical reactions that occur in specialized areas of the organism’s cells. | | Benchmark | a | Students know cells are enclosed within semipermeable membranes that regulate their interaction with their surroundings. |
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | 1 | The fundamental life processes of plants and animals depend on a variety of chemical reactions that occur in specialized areas of the organism’s cells. | | Benchmark | e | Students know the role of the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus in the secretion of proteins. |
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | 1 | The fundamental life processes of plants and animals depend on a variety of chemical reactions that occur in specialized areas of the organism’s cells. | | Benchmark | j | Students know how eukaryotic cells are given shape and internal organization by a cytoskeleton or cell wall or both. |
Colorado...
| 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 | 9-10 | | 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. |
Delaware...
| Grade | 9-10 | | 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 have distinct and separate structures (organelles) which perform and monitor processes essential for survival of the cell (e.g., energy production, waste disposal, synthesis of new molecules, storage of genetic material). The highly specific function of each organelle is directly related to its structure. |
| Grade | 9-10 | | 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 | 9-12 | | Standard | 2 | Each student observes and investigates organisms, their characteristics, life cycles and environments. | | Benchmark | Performance Standard | Demonstrates an understanding of cells as the basic structure of all living things and have specialized parts that perform specific functions. |
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. |
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | 1 | The student describes patterns of structure and function in living things. | | Benchmark | SC.F.1.4.5 | Knows that complex interactions among the different kinds of molecules in the cell cause distinct cycles of activity governed by proteins. |
Georgia...
| 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 | 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 | 11-12 | | Standard | A | Know and apply concepts that explain how living things function, adapt and change. | | Benchmark | 12.A.5a | Explain changes within cells and organisms in response to stimuli and changing environmental conditions (e.g., homeostasis, dormancy). |
| 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 | 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. |
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | 3.1 | Students will demonstrate an understanding of the structure and function of the cell. | | Benchmark | 2 | Most cell functions involve specific chemical reactions. |
Kentucky...
| Grade | 8-11 | | 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 | | |
| Grade | 8-11 | | Standard | SC-H-3.1.2 | Most cell functions involve chemical reactions. Food molecules taken into cells react to provide the chemical constituents needed to synthesize other molecules. Both breakdown and synthesis are made possible by a large set of protein catalysts, called enzymes. The breakdown of some of the food molecules enables the cell to store energy in specific chemicals that are used to carry out the many functions of the cell. | | Benchmark | | |
Louisiana...
| 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 | 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 | 9-12 | | 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 | 2 | Compare and contrast ways in which selected cells are specialized to carry out particular life functions. |
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | III.2.3 | All students will investigate and explain how living things obtain and use energy: | | Benchmark | 3 | Explain the process of food storage and food use in organisms. |
Minnesota...
| 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 | Characteristics and interactions of living organisms. | | Benchmark | | |
Montana...
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | 3 | Students demonstrate knowledge of characteristics, structures and function of living things, the process and diversity of life, and how living organisms interact with each other and their environment. | | Benchmark | 1 | Investigate and use appropriate technology to demonstrate that all cells have common features as well as differences that determine function and that they are composed of common building blocks (e.g., proteins, carbohydrates, nucleic acids, lipids). |
Nebraska...
| 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 | 9-12 | | 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 | 6.12.4 | Investigate and describe how every cell is covered by a cell membrane and most cells also have specialized parts for the transport of materials, energy, transfer, protein building, waste disposal, information feedback, and movement. |
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 |
New Jersey...
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | 5.5 | All students will gain an understanding of the structure, characteristics, and basic needs of organisms and will investigate the diversity of life. | | Benchmark | A1 | Relate the structure of molecules to their function in cellular structure and metabolism. |
New Mexico...
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | III | Understand the characteristics, structures, and functions of cells. | | Benchmark | 2 | Know that specialized structures inside cells in most organisms carry out different functions, including: parts of a cell and their functions (e.g., nucleus, chromosomes, plasma, and mitochondria); storage of genetic material in DNA; similarities and differences between plant and animal cells; prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. |
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | III | Understand the characteristics, structures, and functions of cells. | | Benchmark | 3 | Describe the mechanisms for cellular processes (e.g., energy production and storage, transport of molecules, waste disposal, synthesis of new molecules). |
| 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). |
New York...
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | 1 | Living things are both similar to and different from each other and nonliving things. | | Benchmark | Performance Indicator | Describe and explain the structures and functions of the human body at different organizational levels (e.g., systems, tissues, cells, organelles). |
North Carolina...
| 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. |
Oklahoma...
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | 1 | Cells are the fundamental unit of life, composed of a variety of structures that perform functions necessary to maintain life. | | Benchmark | 1 | Cells are composed of a variety of structures such as the nucleus, cell membrane, cell wall, cytoplasm, ribosomes, mitochondria, and chloroplasts. |
Oregon...
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | Content Standard | Describe the characteristics, structure, and functions of organisms. | | Benchmark | Benchmark | Explain the role of the cell membrane in cell transport. |
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | Content Standard | Describe the characteristics, structure, and functions of organisms. | | Benchmark | Benchmark | Describe, explain, and compare the structure and functions of cells in organisms. |
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | Content Standard | Describe the characteristics, structure, and functions of organisms. | | Benchmark | Benchmark | Identify cell organelles and state how their activities contribute to a particular type of cell carrying out its functions. |
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | Content Standard | Describe the characteristics, structure, and functions of organisms. | | Benchmark | Benchmark | Distinguish between active and passive transport, including diffusion and osmosis, explaining the mechanics of each. |
Pennsylvania...
| Grade | 11-12 | | Standard | 3.3.12.A | Explain the relationship between structure and function at all levels of organization. • Identify and explain interactions among organisms (e.g., mutually beneficial, harmful relationships). • Explain and analyze the relationship between structure and function at the molecular, cellular and organ-system level. • Describe and explain structural and functional relationships in each of the five (or six) kingdoms. Explain significant biological diversity found in each of the biomes. | | Benchmark | | |
| Grade | 9-10 | | Standard | 3.3.10.A | Explain the structural and functional similarities and differences found among living things. • Identify and characterize major life forms according to their placement in existing classification groups. • Explain the relationship between structure and function at the molecular and cellular levels. • Describe organizing schemes of classification keys. • Identify and characterize major life forms by kingdom, phyla, class and order. | | Benchmark | | |
| 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 | 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 | 9-12 | | Standard | 4 | Relate cellular functions to specialized structures within cells. (example: transport of materials, protein synthesis, energy capture release). | | Benchmark | | |
Tennessee...
| 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 | 1.3 | Probe the composition of the cell membrane and it significance to homeostasis. |
| 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 | 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 | Investigate the structure and function of cells and cell parts. Describe how the transport of materials in and out of cells enables cells to maintain homeostasis (i.e., osmosis, diffusion, active transport). |
| 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 | 3d | Describe the relationship between the organelles in a cell and the functions of that cell. |
Vermont...
| Grade | 9-12 | | Standard | 7.13 | Students understand the characteristics of organisms, see patterns of similarity and differences among living organisms, understand the role of evolution, and recognize the interdependence of all systems that support life. | | Benchmark | aaa | Demonstrate understanding of the uniqueness of the cell in different organisms (plants, animals, microorganisms) and the structures and functions of the cell (e.g., chemical reactions, diffusion of materials, direction by DNA of the synthesis of proteins, regulation, differentiation). |
| 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 | 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 | 9-12 | | Standard | 1.3 | Understand how interactions within and among systems cause changes in matter and energy. | | Benchmark | 8 | Explain how organisms and ecosystems can sustain life by obtaining, transporting, transforming, and releasing, matter and energy, and eliminating matter. |
West Virginia...
| Grade | 11-12 | | 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 | AB.4.4 | Analyze the chemistry and structure of the cell membrane as it relates to import and export of molecules necessary for life, exploring osmosis, diffusion, active and passive transport and dialysis. |
Wisconsin...
| 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 |
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Visualizing Cell Processes 