Museum Learning Links: SOL Connections

SOL Correlations for Middle School

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Mission: Explore Cells and Genetics

 Very Small Gallery

 Small, Smaller, Smallest

 LS.2  The student will investigate and understand that all living things are composed of cells. Key concepts include

·        cell structure and organelles (cell membrane, cell wall, cytoplasm, vacuole, mitochondrion, endoplasmic reticulum, nucleus and chloroplast);

·        similarities and differences between plant and animal cells;

·        development of cell theory; and

·        cell division (mitosis and meiosis).

 

 

LS.3  The student will investigate and understand that living things show patterns of cellular organization. Key concepts include

·        cells, tissues, organs, and systems; and

·        functions and processes of cells, tissues, organs, and systems (respiration, removal of wastes, growth, reproduction, digestion, and cellular transport).

 

LS.13 The student will investigate and understand that organisms reproduce and transmit genetic information to new generations. Key concepts include,

·        the role of DNA;

·        characteristics that can and cannot be inherited;

·        genetic engineering and its applications; and

·        historical contributions and significance of discoveries related to genetics.

 Engineering Ourselves and The Human Genome Project

 LS.13 The student will investigate and understand that organisms reproduce and transmit genetic information to new generations. Key concepts include,

·        the role of DNA;

·        characteristics that can and cannot be inherited;

·        genetic engineering and its applications; and

·        historical contributions and significance of discoveries related to genetics.

You’re Unique, Generation of Genes and Sex Chromosomes

 LS.3  The student will investigate and understand that living things show patterns of cellular organization. Key concepts include

·        cells, tissues, organs, and systems; and

·        functions and processes of cells, tissues, organs, and systems (respiration, removal of wastes, growth, reproduction, digestion, and cellular transport).

 

LS.13 The student will investigate and understand that organisms reproduce and transmit genetic information to new generations. Key concepts include,

·        the role of DNA;

·        characteristics that can and cannot be inherited;

·        genetic engineering and its applications; and

·        historical contributions and significance of discoveries related to genetics.

 Cells from Cells

 LS.2  The student will investigate and understand that all living things are composed of cells. Key concepts include

·        cell structure and organelles (cell membrane, cell wall, cytoplasm, vacuole, mitochondrion, endoplasmic reticulum, nucleus and chloroplast);

·        similarities and differences between plant and animal cells;

·        development of cell theory; and

·        cell division (mitosis and meiosis).

 

 

LS.3  The student will investigate and understand that living things show patterns of cellular organization. Key concepts include

·        cells, tissues, organs, and systems; and

·        functions and processes of cells, tissues, organs, and systems (respiration, removal of wastes, growth, reproduction, digestion, and cellular transport).

 Cell Explorer and Cells at Work

LS.2  The student will investigate and understand that all living things are composed of cells. Key concepts include

·        cell structure and organelles (cell membrane, cell wall, cytoplasm, vacuole, mitochondrion, endoplasmic reticulum, nucleus and chloroplast);

·        similarities and differences between plant and animal cells;

·        development of cell theory; and

·        cell division (mitosis and meiosis).

 

 

LS.3  The student will investigate and understand that living things show patterns of cellular organization. Key concepts include

·        cells, tissues, organs, and systems; and

·        functions and processes of cells, tissues, organs, and systems (respiration, removal of wastes, growth, reproduction, digestion, and cellular transport).

 Mission: Explore Human Body Systems

My Size Gallery

Rush Delivery, Down the Hatch, From Egg to Infant, Nerve Center and The Pressure’s On

 LS.2  The student will investigate and understand that all living things are composed of cells. Key concepts include

·        cell structure and organelles (cell membrane, cell wall, cytoplasm, vacuole, mitochondrion, endoplasmic reticulum, nucleus and chloroplast);

·        similarities and differences between plant and animal cells;

·        development of cell theory; and

·        cell division (mitosis and meiosis).

 

 

LS.3  The student will investigate and understand that living things show patterns of cellular organization. Key concepts include

·        cells, tissues, organs, and systems; and

·        functions and processes of cells, tissues, organs, and systems (respiration, removal of wastes, growth, reproduction, digestion, and cellular transport).

 

LS.4 The student will investigate and understand that the basic needs of organisms must be met in order to carry out life processes. Key concepts include

·        plant needs (light and energy sources, water, gases, nutrients);

·        animal needs (food, water, gases, shelter, space); and

·        factors that influence life processes.

Toxic Lunch and Pyramid Café

 LS.4 The student will investigate and understand that the basic needs of organisms must be met in order to carry out life processes. Key concepts include

·        plant needs (light and energy sources, water, gases, nutrients);

·        animal needs (food, water, gases, shelter, space); and

·        factors that influence life processes.

 Body Probe

 LS.3  The student will investigate and understand that living things show patterns of cellular organization. Key concepts include

·        cells, tissues, organs, and systems; and

·        functions and processes of cells, tissues, organs, and systems (respiration, removal of wastes, growth, reproduction, digestion, and cellular transport).

Mission: Explore Living Systems

Really Big

Eat or Be Eaten, Friends or Foes and Hirschler Aquarium

 LS.4 The student will investigate and understand that the basic needs of organisms must be met in order to carry out life processes. Key concepts include

·        plant needs (light and energy sources, water, gases, nutrients);

·        animal needs (food, water, gases, shelter, space); and

·        factors that influence life processes.

 

 

LS.6 The student will investigate and understand the basic physical and chemical processes of photosynthesis and its importance to plant and animal life. Key concepts include

·        energy transfer between sunlight and chlorophyll;

·        transformation of water and carbon dioxide into sugar, water, and oxygen; and

·        photosynthesis as the foundation of food webs.

 

LS.7 The student will investigate and understand that organisms within an ecosystem are dependent on one another and on nonliving components of the environment. Key concepts include

·        interactions resulting in a flow of energy and matter throughout the system;

·        complex relationships in terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems; and

·        energy flow in food chains, food webs, and food pyramids.

 

LS.8 The student will investigate and understand that interactions exist among members of a population. Key concepts include

·        competition, cooperation, social hierarchy, territorial imperative; and

·        influence of behavior on population interactions.

 

LS.9 The student will investigate and understand interactions among populations in a biological community. Key concepts include

·        the relationship among producers, consumers, and decomposers in food chains and food webs;

·        the relationship of predators and prey;

·        competition and cooperation;

·        symbiotic relationships and niches; and

·        the role of parasites and their hosts.

 

 

LS.12 The student will investigate and understand the relationships between ecosystem dynamics and human activity. Key concepts include

·        food production and harvest;

·        change in habitat size, quality, and structure;

·        change in species competition;

·        population disturbances and factors that threaten and enhance species survival; and

·        environmental issues (water supply, air quality, energy production, and waste management).

 Evolution and Mutation and Tree of Life

 LS.8 The student will investigate and understand that interactions exist among members of a population. Key concepts include

·        competition, cooperation, social hierarchy, territorial imperative; and

·        influence of behavior on population interactions.

 

LS.9 The student will investigate and understand interactions among populations in a biological community. Key concepts include

·        the relationship among producers, consumers, and decomposers in food chains and food webs;

·        the relationship of predators and prey;

·        competition and cooperation;

·        symbiotic relationships and niches; and

·        the role of parasites and their hosts.

 

LS.10 The student will investigate and understand how organisms adapt to biotic and abiotic factors in a biome. Key concepts include

·        differences between ecosystems and biomes;

·        characteristics of land, marine, and freshwater biomes; and

·        adaptations that enable organisms to survive within a specific biome.

 

LS.11 The student will investigate and understand that ecosystems, communities, populations, and organisms are dynamic and change over time (daily, seasonal, and long term). Key concepts include

·        phototropism, hibernation, and dormancy;

·        factors that increase or decrease population size; and

·        eutrophication, climate change, and catastrophic disturbances.

 

LS.12 The student will investigate and understand the relationships between ecosystem dynamics and human activity. Key concepts include

·        food production and harvest;

·        change in habitat size, quality, and structure;

·        change in species competition;

·        population disturbances and factors that threaten and enhance species survival; and

·        environmental issues (water supply, air quality, energy production, and waste management).

 

LS.13 The student will investigate and understand that organisms reproduce and transmit genetic information to new generations. Key concepts include,

·        the role of DNA;

·        characteristics that can and cannot be inherited;

·        genetic engineering and its applications; and

·        historical contributions and significance of discoveries related to genetics.

 

LS.14 The student will investigate and understand that organisms change over time. Key concepts include

·        the relationships of mutation, adaptation, natural selection, and extinction;

·        evidence of evolution of different species in the fossil record; and

·        how environmental influences, as well as genetic variation, can lead to diversity of organisms.

 Mission: Explore Earth – Past, Present and Future

Really Big Gallery

Biodiversity in Danger and Mass Extinction

 LS.11 The student will investigate and understand that ecosystems, communities, populations, and organisms are dynamic and change over time (daily, seasonal, and long term). Key concepts include

·        phototropism, hibernation, and dormancy;

·        factors that increase or decrease population size; and

·        eutrophication, climate change, and catastrophic disturbances.

 

LS.12 The student will investigate and understand the relationships between ecosystem dynamics and human activity. Key concepts include

·        food production and harvest;

·        change in habitat size, quality, and structure;

·        change in species competition;

·        population disturbances and factors that threaten and enhance species survival; and

·        environmental issues (water supply, air quality, energy production, and waste management).

 

LS.14 The student will investigate and understand that organisms change over time. Key concepts include

·        the relationships of mutation, adaptation, natural selection, and extinction;

·        evidence of evolution of different species in the fossil record; and

·        how environmental influences, as well as genetic variation, can lead to diversity of organisms.

 Go with the Flow

 LS.7 The student will investigate and understand that organisms within an ecosystem are dependent on one another and on nonliving components of the environment. Key concepts include

·        interactions resulting in a flow of energy and matter throughout the system;

·        complex relationships in terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems; and

·        energy flow in food chains, food webs, and food pyramids.

 

LS.11 The student will investigate and understand that ecosystems, communities, populations, and organisms are dynamic and change over time (daily, seasonal, and long term). Key concepts include

·        phototropism, hibernation, and dormancy;

·        factors that increase or decrease population size; and

·        eutrophication, climate change, and catastrophic disturbances.

 

LS.12 The student will investigate and understand the relationships between ecosystem dynamics and human activity. Key concepts include

·        food production and harvest;

·        change in habitat size, quality, and structure;

·        change in species competition;

·        population disturbances and factors that threaten and enhance species survival; and

·        environmental issues (water supply, air quality, energy production, and waste management).

 Population Explosion

 LS.4 The student will investigate and understand that the basic needs of organisms must be met in order to carry out life processes. Key concepts include

·        plant needs (light and energy sources, water, gases, nutrients);

·        animal needs (food, water, gases, shelter, space); and

·        factors that influence life processes.

 

LS.8 The student will investigate and understand that interactions exist among members of a population. Key concepts include

·        competition, cooperation, social hierarchy, territorial imperative; and

·        influence of behavior on population interactions.

 

LS.11 The student will investigate and understand that ecosystems, communities, populations, and organisms are dynamic and change over time (daily, seasonal, and long term). Key concepts include

·        phototropism, hibernation, and dormancy;

·        factors that increase or decrease population size; and

·        eutrophication, climate change, and catastrophic disturbances.

 

LS.12 The student will investigate and understand the relationships between ecosystem dynamics and human activity. Key concepts include

·        food production and harvest;

·        change in habitat size, quality, and structure;

·        change in species competition;

·        population disturbances and factors that threaten and enhance species survival; and

·        environmental issues (water supply, air quality, energy production, and waste management).

 Earth Watcher

 LS.6 The student will investigate and understand the basic physical and chemical processes of photosynthesis and its importance to plant and animal life. Key concepts include

·        energy transfer between sunlight and chlorophyll;

·        transformation of water and carbon dioxide into sugar, water, and oxygen; and

·        photosynthesis as the foundation of food webs.

 

LS.7 The student will investigate and understand that organisms within an ecosystem are dependent on one another and on nonliving components of the environment. Key concepts include

·        interactions resulting in a flow of energy and matter throughout the system;

·        complex relationships in terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems; and

·        energy flow in food chains, food webs, and food pyramids.

 

LS.11 The student will investigate and understand that ecosystems, communities, populations, and organisms are dynamic and change over time (daily, seasonal, and long term). Key concepts include

·        phototropism, hibernation, and dormancy;

·        factors that increase or decrease population size; and

·        eutrophication, climate change, and catastrophic disturbances.

 

LS.12 The student will investigate and understand the relationships between ecosystem dynamics and human activity. Key concepts include

·        food production and harvest;

·        change in habitat size, quality, and structure;

·        change in species competition;

·        population disturbances and factors that threaten and enhance species survival; and

·        environmental issues (water supply, air quality, energy production, and waste management).

 Mission: Explore Life Processes and Biological Clocks

Time of Your Life

Morning Glory and Linnaeus’ Garden Clock

 LS.4 The student will investigate and understand that the basic needs of organisms must be met in order to carry out life processes. Key concepts include

·        plant needs (light and energy sources, water, gases, nutrients);

·        animal needs (food, water, gases, shelter, space); and

·        factors that influence life processes.

 On Schedule and What Makes a Clock?

 LS.3  The student will investigate and understand that living things show patterns of cellular organization. Key concepts include

·        cells, tissues, organs, and systems; and

·        functions and processes of cells, tissues, organs, and systems (respiration, removal of wastes, growth, reproduction, digestion, and cellular transport).

 

LS.11 The student will investigate and understand that ecosystems, communities, populations, and organisms are dynamic and change over time (daily, seasonal, and long term). Key concepts include

·        phototropism, hibernation, and dormancy;

·        factors that increase or decrease population size; and

·        eutrophication, climate change, and catastrophic disturbances.

Jet Lag and Shift Work

 LS.3  The student will investigate and understand that living things show patterns of cellular organization. Key concepts include

·        cells, tissues, organs, and systems; and

·        functions and processes of cells, tissues, organs, and systems (respiration, removal of wastes, growth, reproduction, digestion, and cellular transport).

 

LS.4 The student will investigate and understand that the basic needs of organisms must be met in order to carry out life processes. Key concepts include

·        plant needs (light and energy sources, water, gases, nutrients);

·        animal needs (food, water, gases, shelter, space); and

·        factors that influence life processes.

 Migration and Hibernation

 LS.4 The student will investigate and understand that the basic needs of organisms must be met in order to carry out life processes. Key concepts include

·        plant needs (light and energy sources, water, gases, nutrients);

·        animal needs (food, water, gases, shelter, space); and

·        factors that influence life processes.

 

LS.11 The student will investigate and understand that ecosystems, communities, populations, and organisms are dynamic and change over time (daily, seasonal, and long term). Key concepts include

·        phototropism, hibernation, and dormancy;

·        factors that increase or decrease population size; and

·        eutrophication, climate change, and catastrophic disturbances.

 Feel the Beat and Hear the Beat

 LS.3  The student will investigate and understand that living things show patterns of cellular organization. Key concepts include

·        cells, tissues, organs, and systems; and

·        functions and processes of cells, tissues, organs, and systems (respiration, removal of wastes, growth, reproduction, digestion, and cellular transport).

 

LS.4 The student will investigate and understand that the basic needs of organisms must be met in order to carry out life processes. Key concepts include

·        plant needs (light and energy sources, water, gases, nutrients);

·        animal needs (food, water, gases, shelter, space); and

·        factors that influence life processes.

 

LS.5 The student will investigate and understand classification of organisms. Key concepts include

·        differences in number, color, size, shape, and texture of external and internal structures; and

·        variation in method of locomotion, obtaining nourishment, and reproduction.