Welcome to Living Environment Class! Dr. Sellito email:[email protected]

LIVING ENVIRONMENT COURSE OVERVIEW
Living Environment is designed as a one-year course. The nine units are tied together through a set of enduring topics* that spiral in the course. The sequence of units below is designed to introduce the new three-dimensional learning standards, while still preparing students for the LE Regents Exam.

⬤ STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION:

How do the structures of organisms enable life’s functions?

⬤ MATTER AND ENERGY IN ORGANISMS AND ECOSYSTEMS:

How do organisms obtain and use energy

they need to live and grow? How do matter and energy move through ecosystems?

⬤ INTERDEPENDENT RELATIONSHIPS IN ECOSYSTEMS:

How do organisms interact with the living and non-living environment to obtain matter and energy?

⬤ INHERITANCE AND VARIATION OF TRAITS:

How are the characteristics from one

generation related to the previous generation?

⬤ NATURAL SELECTION AND EVOLUTION:

How can there be so many similarities among organisms yet so many different plants, animals, and microorganisms? How does biodiversity affect humans?

*See the High School Life Science storylines in NGSS for more information.

UNIT 1:

Characteristics of Life

UNIT 2:

Nutrients, Energy, & Biochemical Processes

UNIT 3:

Homeostasis in Human Body Systems

UNIT 4:

Disease & Disruption of Homeostasis

UNIT 5:

Comparative Reproduction

UNIT 6:

Genetics, Biotech, & Decision Making

UNIT 7:

Ecosystems and Invasive Species

UNIT 8:

Climate Change & Human Impact

UNIT 9:

Review of Major Topics

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