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title: "SMI6: Prokaryotic Growth Control (Georgia Science standard)"
code: SMI6
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subject: science
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# SMI6: Prokaryotic Growth Control

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to determine parameters affecting prokaryotic microbial growth, ways of controlling microbial growth and how microorganisms respond to control mechanisms.

- Subject: Science
- Appears in: High School, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/science/high-school.md

## Expectations

- **SMI6.a**: Use mathematics and computational thinking to predict and model the growth phases of microbial populations and the factors that influence these phases.
- **SMI6.b**: Construct an argument based on evidence on how nutritional requirements and environmental factors can influence microbial growth.
- **SMI6.c**: Analyze and interpret data to compare various physical and chemical methods used to control microbial growth. (Clarification statement: “Control” should include increasing, decreasing, and/or preventing the growth of microorganisms.)
- **SMI6.d**: Construct an argument using multiple forms of evidence regarding the modes of actions of antimicrobials (antibiotics, antifungals, and other pharmaceuticals) in preventing the growth of microorganisms.
- **SMI6.e**: Ask questions and define problems related to how the use of antimicrobials influences the evolution of resistant pathogens via genetic changes in the population (e.g., the evolution of multi-drug resistant bacteria, treatment resistant HIV, or viral recombination).

## Georgia Milestones coverage

No Georgia Milestones blueprint cites this standard.

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.