Understandings: Essential Questions: Students will understand that…….. How do organisms grow, develop, and the environment and genetic factors reproduce? determine the growth of an individual organism. the genetic implications for sexual and asexual reproduction. there are structures and behaviors that increase the likelihood of successful reproduction by organisms. the ways humans can select for specific traits, the role of technology, genetic modification, and the nature of ethical responsibilities related to selective breeding (Please note that students are only beginning to understand this concept.) how selected structures, functions, and behaviors of organisms change in predictable ways as they progress from birth to old age. Knowledge: Skills: Students will know…… Students will be able to….. animals engage in characteristic behaviors use argument based on empirical evidence that increase the odds of reproduction. and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures plants reproduce in a variety of ways, affect the probability of successful sometimes depending on animal behavior reproduction of animals and plants and specialized features for reproduction. respectively. (MS-LS1-4) construct a scientific explanation on genetic factors as well as local conditions evidence for how environmental and genetic affect the growth of the adult plant. factors influence the growth of organisms. develop and use a model to describe why structural changes to genes (mutations) construct a scientific explanation based on located on chromosomes may affect proteins evidence for how environmental and genetic and may result in harmful, beneficial, or factors influence the growth of organisms. neutral effects to the structure and function of (MS-LS3-1) the organism. develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic genes are located in the chromosomes of variation. cells, with each chromosome pair containing gather and synthesize information about the two variants of each of many distinct genes. technologies that have changed the way humans influence the inheritance of desired Each distinct gene chiefly controls the traits in organisms. production of specific proteins, which in turn affects the traits of the individual. Changes (mutations) to genes can result in changes to proteins, which can affect the structures and functions of the organism and thereby change traits. (MS-LS3-1)
Understandings: Students will understand that…….. the environment and genetic factors determine the growth of an individual organism. the genetic implications for sexual and asexual reproduction. there are structures and behaviors that increase the likelihood of successful reproduction by organisms. the ways humans can select for specific traits, the role of technology, genetic modification, and the nature of ethical responsibilities related to selective breeding (Please note that students are only beginning to understand this concept.) how selected structures, functions, and behaviors of organisms change in predictable ways as they progress from birth to old age. Essential Questions: How do organisms grow, develop, and reproduce? Knowledge: Students will know…… animals engage in characteristic behaviors that increase the odds of reproduction. plants reproduce in a variety of ways, sometimes depending on animal behavior and specialized features for reproduction. (MS-LS1-4) genetic factors as well as local conditions affect the growth of the adult plant. construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms. (MS-LS3-1) genes are located in the chromosomes of cells, with each chromosome pair containing two variants of each of many distinct genes. Each distinct gene chiefly controls the production of specific proteins, which in turn affects the traits of the individual. Changes (mutations) to genes can result in changes to proteins, which can affect the structures and functions of the organism and thereby change traits. (MS-LS3-1) Skills: Students will be able to….. use argument based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively. construct a scientific explanation on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms. develop and use a model to describe why structural changes to genes (mutations) located on chromosomes may affect proteins and may result in harmful, beneficial, or neutral effects to the structure and function of the organism. develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation. gather and synthesize information about the technologies that have changed the way humans influence the inheritance of desired traits in organisms.
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