Living Earth · Week 20 · Inheritance and Variation
Traits and Family Stories
Asking questions about chromosomes and inherited traits while using respectful norms for discussing family differences.
- Students will
- Students ask questions about how chromosomes from parents combine to produce differences among offspring, using hypothetical plant families.
- SEL skill
- Use respectful language when talking about differences in families
- What it looks like
- Students practice empathy and perspective with respectful norms for talking about differences in families.
- Content focus
- Chromosomes and inherited traits
- Format
- Structured discussion
Social awareness
Social awareness means understanding the perspectives of other people and empathizing with them, including people from different backgrounds. More social awareness activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- HS-LS3-1: High School Life Science performance expectation
- Science and engineering practice: SEP1 Asking questions and defining problems
- Crosscutting concept: CCC2 Cause and effect
- Literacy in science: RST.9-10.4 Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and domain specific words in a scientific context.
- Traditional course: Biology
Fits these textbook chapters
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More social awareness activities for Living Earth
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- Partners in the Desert Social awarenessExplaining the partnership between the yucca and the yucca moth and noticing the quiet partnerships that hold a classroom together.
- Cycling Carbon Social awarenessModeling the carbon cycle through photosynthesis and respiration and tracing how one person's choices cycle through a community.
- Earth Shapes Life Social awarenessArguing how Earth's surface and life changed together over time and recognizing how surroundings shape people's stories.
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