Evolution+7


 * Grade 7 Natural Selection **


 * 3.3.7.D Explain the basic concepts of natural selection. **
 * Performance Standard 3.3.7.D.1 Identify adaptations that allow organisms to survive in their environment**
 * **What will student achievement of this performance standard look like?** || Students will demonstrate knowledge by making a movie about an organism and its adaptations ||
 * **How will you assess student achievement of this performance standard?** || A) Rubric for project ||
 * **What prior knowledge do students need to have to learn this performance standard?** || A) 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) Natural selection ||


 * Performance Standard 3.3.7.D.2 Describe how an environmental change can affect the survival of organisms and entire species **
 * **What will student achievement of this performance standard look like?** || Research global warming and explain its affects on species ||
 * **How will you assess student achievement of this performance standard?** || report graded by rubric ||
 * **What prior knowledge do students need to have to learn this performance standard?** || structure and function, habitats ||
 * **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?** || natural selection ||


 * Performance Standard 3.3.7.D.3 Know that differences in individuals of the same species may give some advantage in suviving and reproducing **
 * **What will student achievement of this performance standard look like?** || Students will participate in a discussion ||
 * **How will you assess student achievement of this performance standard?** || Summation of discussion assessed by rubric ||
 * **What prior knowledge do students need to have to learn this performance standard?** || Inheritance, habitats ||
 * **What instructional activities can be used effectively to teach this performance standard?** || A) Lecture B) 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?** || A) Remedial Activities and assessment ||
 * **In which unit(s) will you teach this performance standard?** || natural selection ||


 * Performance Standard 3.3.7.D.4 Recognize that populations of organisms can increase rapidly **
 * **What will student achievement of this performance standard look like?** || Students will culture bacteria successfully ||
 * **How will you assess student achievement of this performance standard?** || Lab report ||
 * **What prior knowledge do students need to have to learn this performance standard?** || cell division ||
 * **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) Natural selection ||


 * Performance Standard 3.3.7.D.5 Describe the roles that fossils play in studying the past **
 * **What will student achievement of this performance standard look like?** || Students will complete a web tutorial about fossils ||
 * **How will you assess student achievement of this performance standard?** || assess completion of tutorial ||
 * **What prior knowledge do students need to have to learn this performance standard?** || fossil formation, sedimentation ||
 * **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 and assessment ||
 * **In which unit(s) will you teach this performance standard?** || natural selection ||


 * Performance Standard 3.3.7.D.6 Explain how biologic extinction is a natural process **
 * **What will student achievement of this performance standard look like?** || Students create a news report comparing the mass extinctions that have occurred over time to the extictions that are occurring today ||
 * **How will you assess student achievement of this performance standard?** || rubric to assess news report ||
 * **What prior knowledge do students need to have to learn this performance standard?** || causes of extinction ||
 * **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?** || natural selection ||