MS-LS3-2 - Performance Expectation
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.
Middle School · Next Generation Science Standards · NGSS Lead States 2013
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modelasexual reproductionsexual reproductionoffspringgenetic informationgenetic variation
Skills
- develop and use a model (reproduction and inheritance) #dok3
- describe (processes of asexual and sexual reproduction) #dok2
- explain (differences in offspring from asexual and sexual reproduction) #dok2
- compare (genetic variation and genetic information in offspring) #dok2
Learning Targets
- I can develop and use a model to represent asexual and sexual reproduction. #dok3
- I can describe how asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information. #dok2
- I can describe how sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation. #dok2
- I can compare the genetic information in offspring resulting from asexual versus sexual reproduction. #dok2
- I can explain why the genetic information differs between asexual and sexual reproduction. #dok2
Big Ideas
- Organisms reproduce either asexually or sexually, and the method of reproduction determines the genetic makeup of their offspring.
- Asexual reproduction produces genetically identical offspring, while sexual reproduction introduces genetic variation.
Essential Questions
- How do asexual and sexual reproduction affect the genetic makeup of offspring?
- In what ways do models help us understand different types of reproduction?
- Why does sexual reproduction result in genetic variation while asexual reproduction does not?
- How does the process of inheritance work in asexual and sexual reproduction?
- What are some advantages and disadvantages of asexual and sexual reproduction?