MS-LS3-1 - Performance Expectation
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.
Middle School · Next Generation Science Standards · NGSS Lead States 2013
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modelstructural changesgenesmutationschromosomesproteinseffectsstructurefunctionorganism
Skills
- develop (models) #dok3
- use (models) #dok2
- describe (effects of genetic mutations) #dok2
- explain (how genetic changes can affect organisms) #dok3
Learning Targets
- I can define genes, mutations, chromosomes, proteins, structure, and function. #dok1
- I can identify examples of structural changes to genes and their association with mutations. #dok1
- I can describe possible effects of gene mutations on proteins and organism traits. #dok2
- I can use a model to explain how mutations can be harmful, beneficial, or neutral for an organism. #dok2
- I can develop and use a model to show the relationship between genes, mutations, proteins, and organism traits. #dok3
- I can explain how structural changes in genes may impact the structure and function of an organism. #dok3
Big Ideas
- Changes to genes (mutations) can affect the structure and function of proteins, which may have significant effects on an organism.
- Mutations may be harmful, beneficial, or neutral, impacting the organism in different ways depending on the change.
Essential Questions
- What are genes, and why are they important to living things?
- How can mutations in genes affect proteins and, in turn, the structure and function of an organism?
- In what ways can mutations be harmful, beneficial, or have no effect on an organism?
- How can models help us understand the connection between genetic changes and an organism’s traits?
- What is the significance of mutations for the diversity and adaptation of organisms?