Cancer risks
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A lesson plan for Grades 9–12 Advanced Placement Biology, Advanced Placement Earth and Environmental Science, and Biology
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- Appropriate grades
- 9–12
- Subjects
- science (biology and life science, environmental science)
- Provider
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
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The purpose of this lesson is to describe environmental and hereditary factors that increase the chance of developing cancer. Using online resources, students answer questions that help guide their investigation. Science NetLinks provides student and teacher activity sheets, several links to helpful web resources, and detailed instructions for completing the lesson.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Science (2005)
Grades 9–12 — Advanced Placement Biology
- Goal 2: The learner will develop an understanding of cells as the structural and functional units of life.
- Objective 2.04: Analyze the continuity and diversity provided by the cell cycle.
- Mechanisms of mitosis and cytokinesis.
- Regulation.
- Possible aberrations.
- Objective 2.05: Examine past and present research on cells, their structure and function.
- Objective 2.04: Analyze the continuity and diversity provided by the cell cycle.
- Goal 4: The learner will develop an understanding of the basis of heredity and the role of molecular genetics.
- Objective 4.03: Interpret and use the principal patterns of inheritance.
- Objective 4.06: Analyze the ways in which mutations can occur and the possibility of genetic variation.
- Goal 7: The learner will develop an understanding of basic ecological principles.
- Objective 7.03: Assess current global issues.
- Analyze affects of human population.
- Analyze affects of technology.
- Examine causes.
- Assess consequences.
- Objective 7.03: Assess current global issues.
Grades 9–12 — Advanced Placement Earth and Environmental Science
- Goal 6: The learner will build an understanding of global changes and their consequences.
- Objective 6.01: Investigate human effects and consequences on the atmosphere.
- Stratospheric Ozone: chemistry, historical aspects and legislation.
- Greenhouse gases and global warming.
- Objective 6.01: Investigate human effects and consequences on the atmosphere.
Grades 9–12 — Biology
- Goal 2: The learner will develop an understanding of the physical, chemical and cellular basis of life.
- Objective 2.03: Investigate and analyze the cell as a living system including:
- Maintenance of homeostasis.
- Movement of materials into and out of cells.
- Energy use and release in biochemical reactions.
- Objective 2.04: Investigate and describe the structure and function of enzymes and explain their importance in biological systems.
- Objective 2.03: Investigate and analyze the cell as a living system including:
- Goal 4: The learner will develop an understanding of the unity and diversity of life.
- Objective 4.04: Analyze and explain the interactive role of internal and external factors in health and disease:
- Genetics.
- Immune response.
- Nutrition.
- Parasites.
- Toxins.
- Objective 4.04: Analyze and explain the interactive role of internal and external factors in health and disease:
- Goal 5: The learner will develop an understanding of the ecological relationships among organisms.
- Objective 5.03: Assess human population and its impact on local ecosystems and global environments:
- Historic and potential changes in population.
- Factors associated with those changes.
- Climate change.
- Resource use.
- Sustainable practices/stewardship.
- Objective 5.03: Assess human population and its impact on local ecosystems and global environments:
