Living+Forms

**Describe the similarities and differences that characterize diverse living things.**
 * Living Forms **
 * Performance Standard: Describe how the structures of living things help them function in unique ways. **


 * **What will student achievement of this performance standard look like?** || Students will complete a Venn diagram comparing organisms from various kingdoms ||  ||   ||   ||
 * **How will you assess student achievement of this performance standard?** || culminating assessment, word web, collaborative project, lab simulation ||
 * **What prior knowledge do students need to have to learn this performance standard?** || basic needs of organisms ||
 * **What instructional activities can be used effectively to teach this performance standard?** || role-playing, lab demostration, lecture, facilitate student inquiry ||
 * **How long will it take your students to achive this performance standard?** || 2 weeks ||
 * **How will you ensure all students achieve this performance standard?** || assessment and remediation as required ||
 * **In which unit(s) will you teach this performance standard?** || Living forms ||

** Performance Standard: Explain how to use a dichotomous key to identify plants and animals. **


 * **What will student achievement of this performance standard look like?** || Students will sucessfully use a key to identify an unknown organism and create a key to help others identify unknown organisms ||
 * **How will you assess student achievement of this performance standard?** || use a key to identify unknown organisms correctly and create a key for others to use ||
 * **What prior knowledge do students need to have to learn this performance standard?** || how to accurately describe physical traits and scientific name ||
 * **What instructional activities can be used effectively to teach this performance standard?** || demonstrations of key use and informational handout on creating keys ||
 * **How long will it take your students to achive this performance standard?** || 2 weeks ||
 * **How will you ensure all students achieve this performance standard?** || assessment and remediation if needed ||
 * **In which unit(s) will you teach this performance standard?** || Living Forms ||

**Performance Standard: Account for adaptations among organisms that live in a particular environment.**


 * ** What will student achievement of this performance standard look like? ** || Students will give a presentation to their peers accurately explaining adaptations that make an organism best suited to its environment ||
 * ** How will you assess student achievement of this performance standard? ** || research paper, presentation, culminating assesment ||
 * ** What prior knowledge do students need to have to learn this performance standard? ** || organism structure and function ||
 * ** What instructional activities can be used effectively to teach this performance standard? ** || survey of the kingdoms, jigsaw project, library research ||
 * ** How long will it take your students to achive this performance standard? ** || 2 weeks ||
 * ** How will you ensure all students achieve this performance standard? ** || assessment and remediation as required ||
 * ** In which unit(s) will you teach this performance standard? ** || Living Forms ||