Indiana Academic Standard Clarifying Statement Highlighted Vocabulary from the Crosscutting Standard Defined Concept B.5.1 Evaluate anatomical and Emphasis is on a conceptual Anatomical shape, structure and relationship Systems and System – molecular evidence to provide understanding of the role each line of of parts of an organism Models an explanation of how evidence has relating to common Taxonomic categories classification of – organisms are classified and ancestry and biological evolution. organisms in an ordered system to indicate named based on their Examples of evidence could include natural relationships evolutionary relationships into similarities in DNA sequences, taxonomic categories. anatomical structures, and order of appearance of structures in embryological development. B.5.2 Communicate scientific Common ancestry multiple species resulting Systems and System – information that common from one specie variation over many generations Models ancestry and biological Biological evolution descent with modification – evolution are supported by multiple lines of empirical evidence including both anatomical and molecular evidence. B.5.3 Apply concepts of Advantageous helpful or favorable Systems and System – statistics and probability to characteristic/trait that aids in survival Models support a claim that organisms with an advantageous heritable trait tend to increase in proportion to organisms lacking this trait.
Indiana Academic Standard Clarifying Statement Highlighted Vocabulary from the Standard Defined Crosscutting Concept B.5.1 Evaluate anatomical and molecular evidence to provide an explanation of how organisms are classified and named based on their evolutionary relationships into taxonomic categories. Emphasis is on a conceptual understanding of the role each line of evidence has relating to common ancestry and biological evolution. Examples of evidence could include similarities in DNA sequences, anatomical structures, and order of appearance of structures in embryological development. Anatomical – shape, structure and relationship of parts of an organism Taxonomic categories – classification of organisms in an ordered system to indicate natural relationships Systems and System Models B.5.2 Communicate scientific information that common ancestry and biological evolution are supported by multiple lines of empirical evidence including both anatomical and molecular evidence. Common ancestry – multiple species resulting from one specie variation over many generations Biological evolution – descent with modification Systems and System Models B.5.3 Apply concepts of statistics and probability to support a claim that organisms with an advantageous heritable trait tend to increase in proportion to organisms lacking this trait. Advantageous – helpful or favorable characteristic/trait that aids in survival Systems and System Models