Standards Referenced on a Learning Label

Standard: NGSS - MS-LS3 - MS-LS3-2
Short Description: Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
Long Description: Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation.
Base Skill: Applied Science
Target Audience: Middle School

Standard: NGSS - MS-LS3 - MS-LS3-1
Short Description: Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
Long Description: Develop and use a model to describe why structural changes to genes (mutations) located on chromosomes may affect proteins and may result in harmful, beneficial, or neutral effects to the structure and function of the organism.
Assessment Boundary: [Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include specific changes at the molecular level, mechanisms for protein synthesis, or specific types of mutations.]
Clarification Statement: [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on conceptual understanding that changes in genetic material may result in making different proteins.]
Base Skill: Applied Science
Target Audience: Middle School