Georgia Performance Standards for the Bio-Bus Microbes and You Module

7^th grade

S7L2. Students will describe the structure and function of cells, tissues, organs, and organ

systems.

a. Explain that cells take in nutrients in order to grow and divide and to make needed

materials.

b. Relate cell structures (cell membrane, nucleus, cytoplasm, chloroplasts, mitochondria)

to basic cell functions.

High School: Biology

SB1. Students will analyze the nature of the relationships between structures and functions

in living cells.

a. Explain the role of cell organelles for both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, including

the cell membrane, in maintaining homeostasis and cell reproduction.

SB3. Students will derive the relationship between single-celled and multi-celled organisms

and the increasing complexity of systems.

a. Relate the complexity and organization of organisms to their ability for obtaining,

transforming, transporting, releasing, and eliminating the matter and energy used to

sustain the organism.