Students who demonstrate understanding can: Students will: Student’s and In Evaluate evidence to create a logical argument that changes in Recognize or recall specific vocabulary such as: addition speciation, mass and extinction, abiotic, applications environmental conditions may result in the change, development, or knowledge. biotic, adaptation, biodiversity extinction of species over time performance Create or revise a solution to mitigate adverse impacts of to Students will score activity (overpopulation, overexploitation, adverse habitat Identify and describe specific situations where a that alterations, pollution, invasive species, and changes in climate) on change in the environment causes the number of 3.0 biodiversity. go reflects individuals in a species to change (increases vs performance, Construct an explanation that identifies the cause and effect beyond extinction) relationship between natural selection and adaptation. Identify and describe specific situations where a insufficient what change in the environment may cause the development of a new species the was Describe how biotic and abiotic differences in progress student ecosystems can contribute to changes in gene taught. frequency over time through natural selection Discuss how traits, that provide a competitive demonstrates towards advantage in a population, increase the frequency of the gene resulting in an adaptation to a particular environment foundational in-depth skills inferences and
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: Evaluate evidence to create a logical argument that changes in environmental conditions may result in the change, development, or extinction of species over time Create or revise a solution to mitigate adverse impacts of activity (overpopulation, overexploitation, adverse habitat alterations, pollution, invasive species, and changes in climate) on biodiversity. Construct an explanation that identifies the cause and effect relationship between natural selection and adaptation. Students will: Recognize or recall specific vocabulary such as: speciation, mass and extinction, abiotic, biotic, adaptation, biodiversity Students will Identify and describe specific situations where a change in the environment causes the number of individuals in a species to change (increases vs extinction) Identify and describe specific situations where a change in the environment may cause the development of a new species Describe how biotic and abiotic differences in ecosystems can contribute to changes in gene frequency over time through natural selection Discuss how traits, that provide a competitive advantage in a population, increase the frequency of the gene resulting in an adaptation to a particular environment Student’s performance reflects insufficient progress towards foundational skills and knowledge.
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