7th Grade Science Guide

7.4: Reproduction & Inheritance 3 Dimensions & Progressions

Unit 5

■ Variety of clause types to establish relationships (as a result of, therefore, to be more clear, instead of, however, on the other hand) ■ Diagram or graphic to support claim

DIFFERENTIATION IN ACTION

● Students can view different organisms, read about them, and then determine if the organism reproduces asexually, sexually, or both. Learn.Genetics: Asexual vs. Sexual reproduction activity. ● Create a graphic organizer for students to write down what they learned from their exploration. ● Students read about Ant colonies and how they reproduce both sexually and asexually. Students should record things they learned in a graphic organizer.

Skill Building

Extension

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT ● SEEd 7.4.1 Formative Assessment ELA CONNECTIONS

● RST.6-8.1: Cite specifc textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts. ● RST.6-8.4: Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specifc words and phrases as they are used in a specifc scientifc or technical context relevant to grades 6-8 texts and topics. ● RST.6-8.7: Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually (e.g., in a fowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table).

MATH CONNECTIONS

● MP.4 : Model with mathematics.