Year+10+2012+Life+and+Living+Term+1

|| || Use of Quadrats, Transects Investigating Tuart Forests Field Trip to Henderson. Teaching Agreements Ideal Classroom Word game ||  DEC Ecoeducation  || Consequences of disruptions to matter cycles and energy flows in ecosystems //(eg eutrophication, phytoplankton as a carbon sink)// ||  Case study on the Peel Inlet, Swan River  ||  Family Camp Trek – Instead each group is going to set up a Biome and need to discuss what things they will need to set up a particular ecosystem || CLICKVIEW: An Introduction to Biodiversity || Revision of Cell structure Prokaryotes vs Eukaryotes Structure and function of DNA || Microscope activities Magnification calculations Drawing cells Make a DNA Model DNA Extraction ||  ||  Science 4 WA 10 Chapter 4 [|http://www.biotechnologyonline.gov.au] Science Quest 10 – Australian Curriculum Edition Chapter 2 || Respiration and photosynthesis occur as a cellular chemical reaction Growth at the cellular level occurs through mitosis || Extraction of Chlorophyll and Separation on Chromatograph. Investigating Factors affecting the rate of Photosynthesis ||   ||  Science 4 WA 10 Chapter 5 http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/practical-biology/investigating-factors-affecting-rate-photosynthesis || Mitosis is a cell division process that allows organisms to grow, repair and reproduce asexually; it produces cells which are identical to the parent cell (students do not need to know the stages of this process) sexual reproduction requires the fusion of a male gamete and a female gamete (fertilisation), each containing genetic information that influences the offspring’s characteristics sexual reproduction produces variety (diversity) in offspring due to the many possible combinations of the parents’ genes meiosis is a cell division process which produces cells that have half the number of chromosomes of a normal cell and are known as gametes (students do not need to know stages of this process) explore the concept of extinction using human impacts, natural events, natural selection and the theory of evolution || DET Mitosis and DNA Resources || Find the Word – can be used as a revision or a way to discover the depth of vocabulary. || Science 4 WA 10 Chapter 4 Science Quest 10 – Australian Curriculum Edition Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 ||  · dominant and recessive characteristics  · phenotype and genotype  · use punnet-square diagrams to determine the proportions of genotype and phenotype of offspring · mutations cause unexpected variations in offspring. || Fruit Fly Investigation  ||   ||  Science Quest 10 – Australian Curriculum Edition Chapter 2  || assisted reproduction techniques //(eg In Vitro Fertilisation [IVF], cloning)//, genetic modification (GM) and other techniques are human interventions which can alter ecosystems scientific progress can be affected by current social issues //(eg bans on cloning or stem cell research can affect progress in biotechnology)// || Research Assignment || Current Events Debate  ||  Science 4 WA 10 Chapter 5 [|http://www.biotechnologyonline.gov.au] Science Quest 10 – Australian Curriculum Edition Chapter 2 ||
 * Week ||   Content   ||   Activities/Assessments   ||   Tribes Activities   ||   Resources   ||
 * 1-3  || ** Interdependence of living things ** || ** Monitoring ecosystems **  ||
 * Field techniques used to gather data on ecosystems //(eg quadrat sampling)// ||
 * Explore issues related to ecological sustainability, rehabilitation and retention of biodiversity
 * Career Choices
 * 4  || ** Changes to matter cycles and energy flow **
 * 5-7  || ** Structure at the cellular level **
 * 8  || ** Life processes at the cellular level **
 * 9-10  || ** Reproduction and change **
 * 11-12  || ** Genetics and Inheritance: (Investigation) **
 * 13  || ** Biotechnology (Research Assignment) **
 * 14  ||  REVISION for EXAM  ||   ||   ||   ||