Yr+9+Biological+Sciences+Program+2012


 * Atwell College 2012 Year 9 Biological Sciences Program **


 * Australian Curriculum Requirements **

· explaining how body systems work together to maintain a functioning body using models, flow diagrams or simulations · identifying responses using nervous and endocrine systems · investigating the response of the body to changes as a result of the presence of microorganisms · investigating the effects on humans of exposure to electromagnetic radiations such as X-rays and microwaves || · reasons why co-ordination is required · systems required to maintain temperature/water in a variety of plants and animals · optimum conditions · tolerance limits · stimulus - response model · homeostasis - stable internal environment in a changing external environment · nervous vs endocrine systems · reaction times - different stimuli/organisms/conditions · hormones in plants · plant responses to light/gravity/daylength · disruptions to nerves and hormones || · examining factors that affect population sizes such as seasonal changes, destruction of habitats, introduced species · considering how energy flows into and out of an ecosystem via the pathways of food webs, and how it must be replaced to maintain the sustainability of the system · investigating how ecosystems change as a result of events such as bushfires, drought and flooding || · abiotic components of a range of ecosystems · communities as groups of populations · structure of communities · nature of interdependence between organisms · cycling of matter - role of decomposer · flow of energy - trophic levels and loss of energy during transfer · photosynthesis and respiration · balance in ecosystems - population size, density, annual variations ||
 * ** 9 Biological Science Content Descriptor ** || ** Elaborations ** || ** Content/Concept ** ||
 * Multi-cellular organisms rely on coordinated and interdependent internal systems to respond to changes to their environment || · describing how the requirements for life (for example oxygen, nutrients, water and removal of waste) are provided through the coordinated function of body systems such as the respiratory, circulatory, digestive, nervous and excretory systems
 * Ecosystems consist of communities of interdependent organisms and abiotic components of the environment; matter and energy flow through these systems || · exploring interactions between organisms such as predator/prey, parasites, competitors, pollinators and disease


 * Yr 9 Biological Science Program **


 * Lessons || Content || Resources || Pracs || Strategies || Outcomes/ Key Questions || Literacy/ Numeracy Strategies ||
 * 1-4 || Digestive system || Clickview video: Cataylst - Digestion

Organs of digestive system [|http://highered.mcgraw-] [|hill.com/sites/0072495855/student_view0/chapter26/animation__organs_of_digestion.html]

Build a digestive system []

Digestion and enzymes [] || Butcher paper activity (Draw the system) Food testing? || Story board Card clusters ||  || Write a story about a journey through the digestive system (Assessment) Vocabulary list || (make a model of the lung) ||  ||   || Teacher assessment? Diorama ||
 * 5 || Excretory ||  ||   || Send Gill around to talk about transplants ||   ||   ||
 * 6-9 || Respiratory || Cataylst programs || Coke bottle lungs.
 * 10-12 || circulatory || Cataylst programs

The circulatory system video []

The circulatory song [] || Heart dissection ||  ||   || Word walls ||
 * 13-15 || nervous || Cataylst programs ||  ||   ||   || Mid unit test ||
 * 16 || Ecosystems || Websites which predict changes.

Ecology Scavenger Hunt [] ||  ||   ||   ||   || revision ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || revision Factors that affect population ||  ||   ||   ||   || Pond life TLF || decomposers ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * 17-18 || Predator Prey
 * 19-21 || Food webs
 * 22-23 || Energy flow
 * 24-26 || external influences in environment ||  ||   ||   ||   || End of unit test ||