Living Earth: Integrating Life Science and Earth and Space Science
Living Earth: Integrating Life Science and Earth and Space Science
Your Pacing Guide for 3-Dimensional Teaching
Turn to labs that can help you lead students to succeed. Carolina Kits 3D® investigations engage students in scientific and engineering practices while applying core ideas and crosscutting concepts—experiences that are key to thriving with the NGSS and phenomena-based learning.
Address phenomena throughout the school year with this week-by-week lab activity guide.
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| Ecosystem Interactions and Energy | ||
|---|---|---|
| Week | PE | Lab Activity |
| 1 | Introduction, math review, lab skills, and lab safety | |
| 2 | HS-LS2-1 | Carrying Capacity and Algal Blooms |
| 3 | HS-LS2-2 | Climate Patterns and Species Distribution |
| 4 | HS-LS2-4 | Food Chains and Energy Flow |
| 5 | HS-LS2-8 | Group Behavior and Social Insects |
| Photosynthesis and Respiration: History of Earth’s Atmosphere | ||
|---|---|---|
| Week | PE | Lab Activity |
| 6 | HS-LS1-5 | Algae Bead Photosynthesis |
| 7 | HS-LS1-7 | Investigating Aerobic and Anaerobic Respiration in Yeast Beads |
| 8 | HS-LS2-3 | Carolina STEM Challenge®: Biofuels |
| 9 | HS-LS2-5 | Contributors to the Carbon Cycle |
| 10 | HS-ESS1-6 | Modeling Radiometric Dating |
| 11 | HS-ESS2-6, HS-ESS3-6 | Modeling the Carbon Cycle |
| 12 | HS-ESS2-7 | Coevolution of Earth's Systems |
| Evidence of Evolution |
|---|
| Week | PE | Lab Activity |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | HS-LS4-1 HS-LS4-1 |
Genetic Kinship: Following the Globin Gene Through Time Cladograms and Evolution |
| 14 | HS-LS4-2 | Evolution in Real Time: Bacteria and Antibiotic Resistance |
| 15 | HS-LS4-4 | Antibiotic Sensitivity |
| 16 | HS-LS4-5 | Endangered Species |
| 17 | HS-ESS1-5 | Seafloor Spreading and Crustal Rocks |
| 18 | HS-ESS2-5 | Transformative Properties of Water |
| Inheritance of Traits | ||
|---|---|---|
| Week | PE | Lab Activity |
| 19 | HS-LS3-1 | Exploring Electrophoresis Using Forensic DNA Evidence |
| 20 | HS-LS3-2 | DNA Damage: Studying the Impact of UV Light |
| 21 | HS-LS3-3 | Wisconsin Fast Plants® 72-Hour Monohybrid Genetics |
| 22 | HS-LS3-3, HS-LS4-2 | Modeling Population Genetics and Evolution |
| 23 | HS-LS4-2 | Evolution in Real Time: Bacteria and Antibiotic Resistance |
| 24 | HS-LS4-3 | Natural Selection |
| Structure, Function, and Growth | ||
|---|---|---|
| Week | PE | Lab Activity |
| 25 | HS-LS1-1 HS-LS1-1 |
Gene to Protein: Green Fluorescent Protein Necklace Modeling DNA to Protein |
| 26 | HS-LS1-2 HS-LS1-2 |
Carolina® Forensic Dissection Carolina STEM Challenge®: Circulatory System |
| 27 | HS-LS1-3 | Homeostasis in Animals |
| 28 | HS-LS1-4, HS-LS1-4 | Planaria Regeneration Chromosome Simulation |
| Ecosystem Stability and the Response to Climate Change | ||
|---|---|---|
| Week | PE | Lab Activity |
| 29 | HS-LS2-6 | Changing Ecosystems |
| 30 | HS-LS2-6 | Succession in a Hay Infusion |
| 31 | HS-LS2-7 | Coliform Contamination |
| 32 | HS-LS4-5 | Endangered Species |
| 33 | HS-LS4-6 | Oil Spill Bioremediation |
| 34 | HS-ESS3-5 | Analyzing Patterns in Climate Change |
| 35 | HS-ESS3-6 | Earth Systems and Climate Change |
| 36 | HS-ESS3-6 | Assessment, Remediation, and Exams |
