HS-LS3-2: Inheritable Genetic Variation

Make and defend a claim based on evidence that inheritable genetic variations may result from: (1) new genetic combinations through meiosis, (2) viable errors occurring during replication, and/or (3) mutations caused by environmental factors. (Cause and Effect)

Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on using data to support arguments for the way variation occurs.

Assessment Boundary: Assessment does not include the phases of meiosis or the biochemical mechanism of specific steps in the process.


Disciplinary Core Ideas
LS3.B: Variation of Traits

Crosscutting Concepts
Cause and Effect



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Common Core Connections

ELA/Literacy

  • RST.11-12.1 - Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to important distinctions the author makes and to any gaps or inconsistencies in the account. 

  • WHST.9-12.1 - Write arguments focused on discipline-specific content.

Mathematics

  • MP.2 - Reason abstractly and quantitatively.


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