Problem solving skills:

A.2.1.1: Experimental design, hypothesis, management & interpretation of data.

A.2.1.3: Use data to draw inference & conclusion. A.3.3.1: Describe or interpret recurring patterns that form the basis of biological classification, chemical periodicity, geological order, or astronomical order.

Predictive skills:

A.3.1.2: Analyze and predict the effect of making a change in one part of a system on the system as a whole.

A.3.2.1: Compare the accuracy of predictions represented in a model to actual observations and behavior.

Content knowledge:

B.1.1.1: Explain how structure determines function at multiple levels of organization (e.g., chemical, cellular, anatomical).

B.1.1.2: Compare and contrast the structural and functional similarities and differences among living things (e.g., classify organisms into classification groups, compare systems).

B.1.1.3: Compare and contrast cellular processes (e.g., photosynthesis and respiration, meiosis and mitosis, protein synthesis and DNA replication).

Problem solving skills

Predictive skills

Content knowledge

A.2.1.1

B.1.1.1

A.2.1.3

A.3.1.2

B.1.1.2

PA Standards

A.3.3.1

A.3.2.1

B.1.1.3

Pretest

6.06

63.64

48.48

Midterm test

45.45

50