Science Heredity and Genetics June 23, 2009
Six Step
Vocabulary
/Target
Words
Complex
K
-behavior
-appearance
1
-living
-nonliving
-mature
-immature
-growth
2
-life cycle
-mammal
-trait
-inherit
3
-extinct
4
-adaptation
-generation(s)
-characteristic(s)
5
-birth
-development
-reproduction
-death
6
-evolve
-evolution
7
-chromosome
-gene
-sexual
reproduction
-asexual
reproduction
-egg
-sperm
-heredity
-DNA
-meiosis
8
-molecule
While
engaged in
tasks that
address
heredity and
genetics, the
student
demonstrates
an
understanding
of important
information,
such as:
-similarities
and differences
in appearance
and behavior
of living
organisms
While
engaged in
tasks that
address
heredity and
genetics, the
student
demonstrates
an
understanding
of important
information,
such as:
-differences
between living
and nonliving
things
While
engaged in
tasks that
address
heredity and
genetics, the
student
demonstrates
an
understanding
of important
information,
such as:
-the stages of
the life cycle
are different
for different
animals
While
engaged in
tasks that
address
heredity and
genetics, the
student
demonstrates
an
understanding
of important
information,
such as:
-identify how
living things
cause changes
to the
environments
in which they
live and that
some of these
changes are
detrimental to
the organism
and some are
beneficial
While engaged
in tasks that
address
heredity and
genetics, the
student
demonstrates
an
understanding
of important
information,
such as:
-characteristics
develop from
generation to
generation
which improve
chances of
survival
While engaged
in tasks that
address
heredity and
genetics, the
student
demonstrates
an
understanding
of important
information,
such as:
-characteristics
are learned or a
result of
interaction with
the environment
While
engaged in
tasks that
address
heredity and
genetics, the
student
demonstrates
an
understanding
of important
information,
such as:
-understand
that the fossil
record
provides data
for how living
organisms
have evolved
While
engaged in
tasks that
address
heredity and
genetics, the
student
demonstrates
an
understanding
of important
information,
such as:
-understand the
process of
natural
selection
While
engaged in
tasks that
address
heredity and
genetics, the
student
demonstrates
an
understanding
of important
information,
such as:
-understand
that living
organisms are
made mostly of
molecules
consisting of a
limited number
of elements
-understand the
differences
between
mature and
immature
plants and
animals (i.e.
tree/seedling,
dog/puppies,
-many
characteristics
of the offspring
of living
organisms
(plants and
animals) are
inherited from
-heredity is the
process by
which traits are
passed from one
generation to
another
-explain how
species adapt
to changes in
the
environment or
become extinct
-know that
heredity
information is
contained in
genes that are
located in
chromosomes
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cats/kittens)
Simple
(Recall and
Recognize)
Recognizing
and recalling
specific
terminology
such as:
-behavior
-appearance
Recognizing
and recalling
specific
terminology
such as:
-living
-nonliving
-mature
-immature
-growth
parents
-environmental
influences
living things
(i.e. amount of
sunlight
required for
plant growth)
Recognizing
and recalling
specific
terminology
such as:
-life cycle
-mammal
-trait
-inherit
and that
extinction of
species is
common in the
history of
living things
Recognizing
and recalling
specific
terminology
such as:
-extinct
Recognizing
and recalling
specific
terminology
such as:
-adaptation
-generation(s)
-characteristic(s)
Recognizing
and recalling
specific
terminology
such as:
-birth
-development
-reproduction
-death
Recognizing
and recalling
specific
terminology
such as:
-evolve
-evolution
Recognizing
and recalling
specific
terminology
such as:
-chromosome
-gene
-sexual
reproduction
-asexual
reproduction
-egg
-sperm
-heredity
-DNA
-meiosis
Recognizing
and recalling
specific
terminology
such as:
-molecule
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Recognizing
and recalling
isolated
details such
as:
-living
organisms
resemble their
parents
Recognizing
and recalling
isolated
details such
as:
-living things
need food, air
and water
-nonliving
things don’t
need food, air
and water
-know
everything
changes as it
grows older
Recognizing
and recalling
isolated
details such
as:
-specific
details of
various life
cycles
Recognizing
and recalling
isolated
details such
as:
-know that
some kinds of
organisms that
once lived on
Earth have
become extinct
(i.e. dinosaurs)
and that others
resemble those
that live today
(i.e. alligators,
sharks)
Recognizing
and recalling
isolated details
such as:
plants and
animals adapt to
their
environment or
perish
Recognizing
and recalling
isolated details
such as:
-traits are
distinctive
features or
characteristics
of an organism
Recognizing
and recalling
isolated
details such
as:
-describe how
species have
responded to
changing
environmental
conditions over
time
Recognizing
and recalling
isolated
details such
as:
-know that
reproduction is
a characteristic
of all living
things and is
essential to the
continuation of
a species
-DNA is
involved in
heredity in
living
organisms
Recognizing
and recalling
isolated
details such
as:
-describe the
widespread
role of carbon
in the
chemistry of
living systems