7th Grade Life Science Objectives

ABACUS 01-SC07-35
PASS CS7.3.1

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PASS Strand:
3. Reproduction and Heredity

Objectives:

1. Characteristics of an organism result from inheritance and from interactions with the environment.
   Local extension: Students learn to manipulate Punnett's square to chart possible combinations that can result from a genetic cross.

Time Range:
4th Quarter

Suggested Teaching Strategies:

• Participate in activities derived from probability of genetic variations.
• Complete Ninsect worksheets.
• Discuss Mendel's experiments with pea plants and the genetic principles derived from them.
• Practice Punnett squares for several different mono-hybrid crosses.
• Class survey of visible human genetic traits.

Aligned Resources:

• Core Lab 10: Designing an Ecosystem
• Core Lab 16: Genetics (option 1 and 2)
• Textbook: Genetics, section - The Science of Heredity, Modern Genetics, Changes Over Time, Viruses and Bacteria, Protists and Fungi

Revision Date:
June 2005