Inheritance+7


 * Grade 7 Inheritance **


 * 3.3.7.C Know that every organism has a set of genetic instructions that determines its inherited traits **
 * Performance Standard 3.3.7.C.1 Identify and explain inheritable characteristics**
 * **What will student achievement of this performance standard look like?** || Successfully complete a project comparing nature versus nuture and an objective assessment ||
 * **How will you assess student achievement of this performance standard?** || A) objective assessment and rubric for project ||
 * **What prior knowledge do students need to have to learn this performance standard?** || A) Cell structure and function ||
 * **What instructional activities can be used effectively to teach this performance standard?** || A) Lecture B) Group collaboration C) Multimedia D) Laboratory ||
 * **How long will it take your students to achieve this performance standard?** || 1 week ||
 * **How will you ensure all students achieve this performance standard?** || A) Remedial Activities and assessment ||
 * **In which unit(s) will you teach this performance standard?** || A) Heredity and inheritance ||


 * Performance Standard 3.3.7.C.2 Identify that the gene is the basic unit of inheritance **
 * **What will student achievement of this performance standard look like?** || Research Gregor Mendel and evaluate his experiments on pea plants. Share findings in a report graded with a rubric. Objective assessment ||
 * **How will you assess student achievement of this performance standard?** || report and objective assessment ||
 * **What prior knowledge do students need to have to learn this performance standard?** || scientific method ||
 * **What instructional activities can be used effectively to teach this performance standard?** || A) Lecture B) Multimedia C) Lab Activities D) Group collaboration ||
 * **How long will it take your students to achieve this performance standard?** || 1 week ||
 * **How will you ensure all students achieve this performance standard?** || A) Remedial Activities and assessment ||
 * **In which unit(s) will you teach this performance standard?** || heredity and inheritance ||


 * Performance Standard 3.3.7.C.3 Identify basic patterns of inheritance (e.g. dominance, recessive, codominant) **
 * **What will student achievement of this performance standard look like?** || Students will successfully demonstrate knowledge of genetics terms by predicting outcomes of crosses. ||
 * **How will you assess student achievement of this performance standard?** || Objective test and genetics problem solving ||
 * **What prior knowledge do students need to have to learn this performance standard?** || Basic knowledge of Gregor Mendel's experiments ||
 * **What instructional activities can be used effectively to teach this performance standard?** || A) Lecture B) Multimedia C) Problem solving practice ||
 * **How long will it take your students to achieve this performance standard?** || 1 Week ||
 * **How will you ensure all students achieve this performance standard?** || A) Remedial Activities and assessment ||
 * **In which unit(s) will you teach this performance standard?** || A) heredity and inheritance ||


 * Performance Standard 3.3.7.C.4 Describe how traits are inherited **
 * **What will student achievement of this performance standard look like?** || Students will successfully demonstrate knowledge of how traits are inherited by predicting outcomes of crosses ||
 * **How will you assess student achievement of this performance standard?** || Objective test and genetics problem solving ||
 * **What prior knowledge do students need to have to learn this performance standard?** || Basic knowledge of Gregor's Mendel's experiments ||
 * **What instructional activities can be used effectively to teach this performance standard?** || A) lecture B) multimedia C) problem solving practice ||
 * **How long will it take your students to achieve this performance standard?** || 1 week ||
 * **How will you ensure all students achieve this performance standard?** || A) Remediation Activiites and assessment ||
 * **In which unit(s) will you teach this performance standard?** || A) Inheritance and heredity ||


 * Performance Standard 3.3.7.C.5 Distinguish how different living things reproduce (e.g. vegetative budding, asexual) **
 * **What will student achievement of this performance standard look like?** || Students will research each type of reproduction and give examples of organisms that utilize each method. Students will create a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the methods. ||
 * **How will you assess student achievement of this performance standard?** || Research and diagram assesed by rubric, objective test ||
 * **What prior knowledge do students need to have to learn this performance standard?** || reproduction ||
 * **What instructional activities can be used effectively to teach this performance standard?** || A) lecture B) multimedia C) modelling ||
 * **How long will it take your students to achieve this performance standard?** || 1 week ||
 * **How will you ensure all students achieve this performance standard?** || remediation activites ad assessment ||
 * **In which unit(s) will you teach this performance standard?** || heredity and inheritance ||


 * Performance Standard 3.3.7.C.6 Recognize that mutations can alter a gene **
 * **What will student achievement of this performance standard look like?** || Students will make models ||
 * **How will you assess student achievement of this performance standard?** || rubric to assess model ||
 * **What prior knowledge do students need to have to learn this performance standard?** || Basic inheritance ||
 * **What instructional activities can be used effectively to teach this performance standard?** || A) lecture B) demonstration C) multimedia ||
 * **How long will it take your students to achieve this performance standard?** || 1 week ||
 * **How will you ensure all students achieve this performance standard?** || remediation activites and assessment ||
 * **In which unit(s) will you teach this performance standard?** || inheritance and heredity ||


 * Performance Standard 3.3.7.C.7 Describe how selective breeding, natural selection, and genetic technologies can change genetic makeup of organisms **
 * **What will student achievement of this performance standard look like?** || Students will create a movie describing the processes involved in changing an organism's genetic makeup. ||
 * **How will you assess student achievement of this performance standard?** || Outline, movie, and peer evaluation will be graded by rubric ||
 * **What prior knowledge do students need to have to learn this performance standard?** || Basic inheritance ||
 * **What instructional activities can be used effectively to teach this performance standard?** || A) lecture B) multimedia C) research D) modelling ||
 * **How long will it take your students to achieve this performance standard?** || 1 week ||
 * **How will you ensure all students achieve this performance standard?** || remediation activities and assessment ||
 * **In which unit(s) will you teach this performance standard?** || heredity and inheritance ||