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HS-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

LS1.A: Structure and Function LS1.B: Growth and Development of Organisms LS1.C: Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms LS1.D: Information Processing Students who demonstrate understanding can: HS-LS1-1. Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the structure of DNA determines the structure of proteins which carry out the essential functions of life through systems of specialized cells. [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include identification of specific cell or tissue…

HS-PS4 Waves and their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer

PS4.A: Wave Properties PS4.B: Electromagnetic Radiation PS4.C: Information Technologies and Instrumentation Students who demonstrate understanding can: HS-PS4-1. Use mathematical representations to support a claim regarding relationships among the frequency, wavelength, and speed of waves traveling in various media. [Clarification Statement: Examples of data could include electromagnetic radiation traveling in a vacuum and glass, sound waves traveling through air and water, and seismic waves traveling through the Earth.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment…

HS-PS3 Energy

PS3.A: Definitions of Energy PS3.B: Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer PS3.C: Relationship Between Energy and Forces PS3.D: Energy in Chemical Processes and Everyday Life Students who demonstrate understanding can: HS-PS3-1. Create a computational model to calculate the change in the energy of one component in a system when the change in energy of the other component(s) and energy flows in and out of the system are known. [Clarification Statement:…

HS-PS2 Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions

PS2.A: Forces and Motion PS2.B: Types of Interactions PS2.C: Stability and Instability in Physical Systems Students who demonstrate understanding can: HS-PS2-1. Analyze data to support the claim that Newton’s second law of motion describes the mathematical relationship among the net force on a macroscopic object, its mass, and its acceleration. [Clarification Statement: Examples of data could include tables or graphs of position or velocity as a function of time for…

HS-PS1 Matter and its Interactions

Disciplinary Core Topics PS1.A: Structures and Properties of Matter PS1.B: Chemical Reactions PS1.C: Nuclear Processes Students who demonstrate understanding can: HS-PS1-1. Use the periodic table as a model to predict the relative properties of elements based on the patterns of electrons in the outermost energy level of atoms. [Clarification Statement: Examples of properties that could be predicted from patterns could include reactivity of metals, types of bonds formed, numbers of…

Class: 16 | Genetics

MAIN THEME: DNA is underlying information storage and is the hereditary unit of life on Earth. Conceptualize genetic diversity & its relationship to DNA, RNA & proteins Examine genetic and species diversity Recognize gene variability through alleles Define heterozygous, homozygous & epigenetics and their influence on genotype & phenotype Predict inherited genotypes and phenotypes with virus models Epigenetics Listening homework: http://www.radiolab.org/story/251885-you-are-what-your-grandpa-eats/ Virus models and hereditary dominance/recessive worksheet

Sustainable Agriculture: Project Feed 1010 Launches

ISB is crowdfunding for the first time. We are raising money to support high school science teachers and their students to become citizen scientists for Project Feed 1010, our new study that aims to optimize aquaponics and that will impact ‪#‎STEM‬ education. Watch our video: https://www.crowdrise.com/ProjectFeed101024forScience ‪#‎24forScience‬

Cell Phone Simulation

Typically, Cytoscape is used to visualize and integrate molecular interaction networks with various data, such as gene expression profiles.

How to Use Hemocytometer

Video project for the Institute for Systems Biology Baliga Lab interns. Learn how to use hemocytometer.

Interested in Field Testing our New Modeling Curriculum?

Please join us as at NSTA in Chicago on March 13th, 2015!   Two of our team members will be presenting a draft version of our latest modeling curriculum.  We will walk teachers through this cross-disciplinary curriculum  that teaches students how dynamic systems models are developed, evaluated, and applied to understand complex scientific issues such as cancer and the environment. Since 2003, we have been using NSF funds to translate our STEM,…