New Haven Standards
DINQ.1: Identify questions that can be answered through scientific investigation.
DINQ.2: Read, interpret, and examine the credibility and validity of scientific claims in different sources of information
DINQ.4: Design and conduct appropriate types of scientific investigations to answer different questions
D.31: Describe the similarities and differences between bacteria and viruses
D.32: Describe how bacterial and viral infectious diseases are transmitted, and explain the roles of sanitation, vaccination, and antibiotic medications in the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases
D.39: Describe the difference between genetic disorders and infectious diseases.
D.45: Explain how technological advances have affected the size and growth rate of human populations throughout history
Common Core State Standards
ELA-Literacy.RST.9-10.1: Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to the precise details of explanations or descriptions
ELA-Literacy.RST.9-10.2: Determine the central ideals or conclusions of a text; trace the text's explanation or depiction of a complex process, phenomenon, or concept provide and accurate summary of text
ELA-Literacy.RST.9-10.3: Follow precisely a complex multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks, attending to special cases or exceptions defined in the text
ELA-Literacy.RST.9-10.7: Translate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text into visual form and translate information expressed visually or mathematically into words
ELA-Literacy.RST.9-10.9: Compare and contrast findings presented in a text to those from other sources, noting when the findings support or contradict previous explanations or accounts
