Understandings: Essential Questions: Students will understand that…….. How does genetic variation organisms in a species affect survival and the role of variation in natural selection and reproduction? how this to speciation. How does the environment influence the use of the practices (grade appropriate) of analyzing graphical displays; using genetic traits in populations over multiple mathematical models; and gathering, generations? reading, and communicating information. the crosscutting concept of cause and effect is central to this topic. Knowledge: Skills: Students will know…… Students will be able to….. the collection of fossils and their placement in analyze and interpret data for patterns in the chronological order (e.g., through the location fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms of the sedimentary layers in which they are throughout the history of life on Earth under found or through radioactive dating) is known the assumption that natural laws operate as the fossil record. It documents the today as in the past. existence, diversity, extinction, and change of scientific ideas to construct an many life forms throughout the history of life explanation for the anatomical similarities and on Earth. (MS-LS4-1) differences among modern organisms and between modern and fossil organisms to infer anatomical similarities and differences evolutionary relationships. between various organisms living and analyze displays of pictorial data to compare between them and organisms in the fossil patterns of similarities in the embryological record, enable the reconstruction of development across multiple species to evolutionary history and the inference of lines identify relationships not evident in the fully of evolutionary descent. (MS-LS4-2) formed anatomy. comparison of the embryological construct an explanation on evidence development of different species also reveals that describes how genetic variations of traits similarities that show relationships not in a population increase some individuals’ evident in the fully-formed anatomy. probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment. natural selection leads to the predominance use mathematical representations to support of certain traits in a population, and the explanations of how natural selection may lead to increases and decreases of specific suppression of others. (MS-LS4-4) traits in populations over time. analyze data from the fossil record to describe evidence of the history of life on Earth and construct explanations for adaptation by natural selection acting over similarities in organisms. generations is one important process by which species change over time in response to changes in environmental conditions. Traits that support successful survival and reproduction in the new environment become more common; those that do not become
Understandings: Students will understand that…….. the role of variation in natural selection and how this to speciation. the use of the practices (grade appropriate) of analyzing graphical displays; using mathematical models; and gathering, reading, and communicating information. the crosscutting concept of cause and effect is central to this topic. Essential Questions: How does genetic variation organisms in a species affect survival and reproduction? How does the environment influence genetic traits in populations over multiple generations? Knowledge: Students will know…… the collection of fossils and their placement in chronological order (e.g., through the location of the sedimentary layers in which they are found or through radioactive dating) is known as the fossil record. It documents the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of many life forms throughout the history of life on Earth. (MS-LS4-1) anatomical similarities and differences between various organisms living and between them and organisms in the fossil record, enable the reconstruction of evolutionary history and the inference of lines of evolutionary descent. (MS-LS4-2) comparison of the embryological development of different species also reveals similarities that show relationships not evident in the fully-formed anatomy. natural selection leads to the predominance of certain traits in a population, and the suppression of others. (MS-LS4-4) adaptation by natural selection acting over generations is one important process by which species change over time in response to changes in environmental conditions. Traits that support successful survival and reproduction in the new environment become more common; those that do not become Skills: Students will be able to….. analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth under the assumption that natural laws operate today as in the past. scientific ideas to construct an explanation for the anatomical similarities and differences among modern organisms and between modern and fossil organisms to infer evolutionary relationships. analyze displays of pictorial data to compare patterns of similarities in the embryological development across multiple species to identify relationships not evident in the fully formed anatomy. construct an explanation on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals’ probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment. use mathematical representations to support explanations of how natural selection may lead to increases and decreases of specific traits in populations over time. analyze data from the fossil record to describe evidence of the history of life on Earth and construct explanations for similarities in organisms.
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