Quarter 3
Unit 5~ Body Systems
Essential Questions:
How can one explain the ways in which cells contribute to the function of living organisms?
• How do the structures of organisms contribute to life’s functions?
Standards:
* MS-LS1-3, MS-LS1-8
Driving Question 1:
How are cells organized into systems and subsystems that make up the body?
Driving question 2:
How do sensory receptors respond to stimuli and what is the result of this response?
Essential Questions:
How can one explain the ways in which cells contribute to the function of living organisms?
• How do the structures of organisms contribute to life’s functions?
Standards:
* MS-LS1-3, MS-LS1-8
Driving Question 1:
How are cells organized into systems and subsystems that make up the body?
Driving question 2:
How do sensory receptors respond to stimuli and what is the result of this response?
Unit 6~ Inheritance and Variations of Traits
Essential question:
• How do living organisms pass traits from one generation to the next?
Standards:
* MS-LS3-1, MS-LS3-2.
Driving question 1:
How do structural changes to genes (mutations) located on chromosomes affect proteins or
affect the structure and function of an organism?
Driving question 2:
How do asexual reproduction and sexual reproduction affect the genetic variation of offspring?
Essential question:
• How do living organisms pass traits from one generation to the next?
Standards:
* MS-LS3-1, MS-LS3-2.
Driving question 1:
How do structural changes to genes (mutations) located on chromosomes affect proteins or
affect the structure and function of an organism?
Driving question 2:
How do asexual reproduction and sexual reproduction affect the genetic variation of offspring?
Unit 7~Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms
Essential questions:
• How do organisms obtain and use matter and energy?
• How do matter and energy move through an ecosystem?
Standards:
* MS-LS1-6, MS-LS1-7
Driving question 1:
What is the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of an
organism?
Driving question 2:
How is food rearranged through chemical reactions to form new molecules that support growth
and/or release energy as this matter moves through an organism?
Essential questions:
• How do organisms obtain and use matter and energy?
• How do matter and energy move through an ecosystem?
Standards:
* MS-LS1-6, MS-LS1-7
Driving question 1:
What is the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of an
organism?
Driving question 2:
How is food rearranged through chemical reactions to form new molecules that support growth
and/or release energy as this matter moves through an organism?