Crosscutting Concept: Patterns Science and Engineering Practices: Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information Performance Expectation: Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 1 Students who demonstrate understanding can: Students will: Student’s applications In Construct explanations for evolution based on common ancestry and Recognize or recall specific vocabulary such as: addition homologous structures, analogous structures, vestigial communicate how multiple lines of evidence support these structures, evolution, species knowledge. explanations performance Describe how commonalities between DNA sequences or acid to that Students will score sequences support the idea of a common ancestry Identify commonalities between DNA sequences go Create inferences of possible lines of evolutionary descent based that support the idea of a common ancestry 3.0 beyond on the fossil record reflects Identify similarities of the patterns of amino acid performance, Compare and contrast anatomical and embryological structures to sequences, even when the DNA sequences are suggest evolutionary relationships what slightly different. insufficient Identify patterns in the fossil record (e.g., was presence, location, and inferences of possible the taught. lines of evolutionary descent for multiple progress student specimens) Describe patterns of anatomical and embryological similarities between species demonstrates towards foundational in-depth skills inferences and and Topic: Natural Selection
Crosscutting Concept: Patterns Science and Engineering Practices: Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information Performance Expectation: Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 1 In addition to score 3.0 performance, the student demonstrates in-depth inferences and applications that go beyond what was taught. Students who demonstrate understanding can: Construct explanations for evolution based on common ancestry and communicate how multiple lines of evidence support these explanations Describe how commonalities between DNA sequences or acid sequences support the idea of a common ancestry Create inferences of possible lines of evolutionary descent based on the fossil record Compare and contrast anatomical and embryological structures to suggest evolutionary relationships Students will: Recognize or recall specific vocabulary such as: homologous structures, analogous structures, vestigial structures, evolution, species Students will Identify commonalities between DNA sequences that support the idea of a common ancestry Identify similarities of the patterns of amino acid sequences, even when the DNA sequences are slightly different. Identify patterns in the fossil record (e.g., presence, location, and inferences of possible lines of evolutionary descent for multiple specimens) Describe patterns of anatomical and embryological similarities between species Student’s performance reflects insufficient progress towards foundational skills and knowledge. Topic: Natural Selection