Energy Transformations
H.B.2: The student will demonstrate the understanding that the essential functions of life take place within cells or systems of cells.
H.B.2A.1 Construct explanations of how the structures of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids (including DNA and RNA) are related
to their functions in organisms.
H.B.3: The student will demonstrate the understanding that all essential processes within organisms require energy which in most ecosystems is
ultimately derived from the Sun and transferred into chemical energy by the photosynthetic organisms of that ecosystem.
H.B.3A.2 Develop and revise models to describe how photosynthesis transforms light energy into stored chemical energy.
H.B.3A.3 Construct scientific arguments to support claims that chemical elements in the sugar molecules produced by photosynthesis may
interact with other elements to form amino acids, lipids, nucleic acids or other large organic molecules.
H.B.3A.4 Develop models of the major inputs and outputs of cellular respiration (aerobic and anaerobic) to exemplify the chemical process in
which the bonds of molecules are broken, the bonds of new compounds are formed and a net transfer of energy results.
H.B.3A.5 Plan and conduct scientific investigations or computer simulations to determine the relationship between variables that affect the
processes of fermentation and/or cellular respiration in living organisms and interpret the data in terms of real-world phenomena.
