Standard SCI.LS4: Students use science and engineering practices, crosscutting concepts, and an understanding of biological evolution to make sense of phenomena and solve problems. Performance Indicators (By Grade Band) Learning K-2 3-5 6-8 9-12 Element SCI.LS4.A.3 SCI.LS4.A.m SCI.LS4.A.h Some living organisms resemble The fossil record documents the The ongoing branching that SCI.LS4.A: organisms that once lived on existence, diversity, extinction, produces multiple lines of Evidence of Earth. Fossils provide evidence and change of many life forms descent can be inferred by Common about the types of organisms and and their environments through comparing DNA sequences, Ancestry and environments that existed long The fossil record amino acid sequences, and Earth’s history. ago. and comparisons of anatomical anatomical and embryological Diversity similarities between organisms evidence of different organisms. enables the inference of lines of evolutionary descent. SCI.LS4.B.3 SCI.LS4.B.m SCI.LS4.B.h Differences in characteristics Both natural and artificial Natural selection occurs only if between individuals of the same selection result from certain traits there is variation in the genes SCI.LS4.B: species provide advantages in giving some individuals an and traits between organisms in Natural Selection surviving and reproducing. advantage in surviving and a population. Traits that positively reproducing, leading to affect survival can become more predominance of certain traits in common in a population. a population. SCI.LS4.C.3 SCI.LS4.C.m SCI.LS4.C.h Particular organisms can only Species can change over time in Evolution results primarily from survive in particular response to changes in genetic variation of individuals in environments. environmental conditions through a species, competition for adaptation by natural selection resources, and proliferation of SCI.LS4.C: acting over generations. Traits organisms better able to survive Adaptation that support successful survival and reproduce. Adaptation and reproduction in the new means that the distribution of environment become more traits in a population, as well as common. species expansion, emergence, or extinction, can change when conditions change.
Standard SCI.LS4: Students use science and engineering practices, crosscutting concepts, and an understanding of biological evolution to make sense of phenomena and solve problems. Learning Element Performance Indicators (By Grade Band) K-2 3-5 6-8 9-12 SCI.LS4.A: Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity SCI.LS4.A.3 Some living organisms resemble organisms that once lived on Earth. Fossils provide evidence about the types of organisms and environments that existed long ago. SCI.LS4.A.m The fossil record documents the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of many life forms and their environments through Earth’s history. The fossil record and comparisons of anatomical similarities between organisms enables the inference of lines of evolutionary descent. SCI.LS4.A.h The ongoing branching that produces multiple lines of descent can be inferred by comparing DNA sequences, amino acid sequences, and anatomical and embryological evidence of different organisms. SCI.LS4.B: Natural Selection SCI.LS4.B.3 Differences in characteristics between individuals of the same species provide advantages in surviving and reproducing. SCI.LS4.B.m Both natural and artificial selection result from certain traits giving some individuals an advantage in surviving and reproducing, leading to predominance of certain traits in a population. SCI.LS4.B.h Natural selection occurs only if there is variation in the genes and traits between organisms in a population. Traits that positively affect survival can become more common in a population. SCI.LS4.C: Adaptation SCI.LS4.C.3 Particular organisms can only survive in particular environments. SCI.LS4.C.m Species can change over time in response to changes in environmental conditions through adaptation by natural selection acting over generations. Traits that support successful survival and reproduction in the new environment become more common. SCI.LS4.C.h Evolution results primarily from genetic variation of individuals in a species, competition for resources, and proliferation of organisms better able to survive and reproduce. Adaptation means that the distribution of traits in a population, as well as species expansion, emergence, or extinction, can change when conditions change.
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