La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § XI-9776

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 8, August 20, 2024

Section XI-9776 - From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

A. Relate DNA molecules to the way cells store and use information to guide their functions.

B. Relate groups of specialized cells (e.g., heart cells, nerve cells, muscle cells, epithelial cells, fat cells, blood cells) within organisms to the performance of essential functions of life.

C. Identify evidence supporting an explanation of how a substance called DNA carries genetic information in all organisms which codes for the proteins that are essential to an organism.

D. Using model(s), identify that different systems of the body carry out essential functions (e.g., digestive system, respiratory system, circulatory system, nervous system).

E. Using model(s), identify the hierarchical organization of systems that perform specific functions within multicellular organisms.

F. Identify how different organisms react (e.g., heart rate, body temperature) to changes in their external environment.

G. Identify examples of how organisms use feedback mechanisms to maintain dynamic homeostasis.

H. Identify how growth and/or maintenance (repair/replacement) occurs when cells multiply (i.e., mitosis) using a model.

I. Identify model of photosynthesis, which shows the conversion of light energy to stored chemical energy.

J. Using a model(s), identify how organisms take in matter and rearrange the atoms in chemical reactions to form different products allowing for growth and maintenance.

K. Using a model(s), identify respiration as the transfer of stored energy to the cell to sustain lifes processes (i.e., energy to muscles or energy for maintaining body temperature).

L. Identify the process by which a virus uses a host cell's functions to make new viruses.

M. Recognize that most bacteria reproduce asexually resulting in two cells exactly like the parent cell.

N. Identify ways to protect against infectious diseases to maintain a body's health (e.g., eat nutritious food, washing hands, rest, exercise, etc.).

O. Identify treatments and/or prevention of viral and/or bacterial infections (e.g., antibiotics and vaccines).

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § XI-9776

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 441435 (8/1/2018).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:24.4.