HS-LS3-1 - Performance Expectation
Ask questions to clarify relationships about the role of DNA and chromosomes in coding the instructions for characteristic traits passed from parents to offspring.
High School · Next Generation Science Standards · NGSS Lead States 2013
Standard Unwrapping
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questionsrelationshipsroleDNAchromosomescodinginstructionscharacteristic traitsparentsoffspring
Skills
- ask questions (to clarify relationships) #dok2
- explain (role of DNA and chromosomes in coding instructions) #dok3
- analyze (how DNA and chromosomes determine traits) #dok3
- distinguish (between DNA, chromosomes, and their roles) #dok2
Learning Targets
- I can recall what DNA and chromosomes are. #dok1
- I can define characteristic traits inherited from parents. #dok1
- I can ask questions to clarify how DNA and chromosomes code instructions for traits. #dok2
- I can distinguish between the roles of DNA and chromosomes in heredity. #dok2
- I can explain the process of passing traits from parents to offspring through DNA and chromosomes. #dok3
- I can analyze how specific instructions in DNA result in characteristic traits. #dok3
Big Ideas
- The structure and function of DNA and chromosomes are central to inheritance of traits from parents to offspring.
- Clarifying the roles of DNA and chromosomes helps us understand how genetic information is coded and transferred across generations.
Essential Questions
- How do DNA and chromosomes determine the traits that are inherited by offspring?
- What is the relationship between DNA, chromosomes, and traits?
- How do the instructions coded in DNA result in specific characteristic traits?
- In what ways can questions help clarify how traits are passed from parents to offspring?
- Why is it important to understand the coding and transmission of genetic information?
