7th Grade Science Guide

7.4: Reproduction & Inheritance 3 Dimensions & Progressions

Unit 5

different species reproduce. ● Quiz: Students should go to the Learn Genetics link and take a quick sexual vs. asexual organism quiz

Activity: Asexual vs. Sexual Informational Text

Objective

Overview

Materials

● I can explain the

● Students read about the differences between sexual and asexual

● asexual vs. sexual reproduction informational text ● Summary Protocol

difference between asexual and sexual reproduction.

reproduction by annotating and summarizing an informational text.

Activity: Gizmos - Inheritance

Objective

Overview

Materials

● The Inheritance Gizmo allows students to investigate several modes of inheritance in an alien life form. Three types of traits are explored: acquired traits, codominant traits, and dominant/recessive traits.

● Gizmo

● I can observe that offspring resemble their parents and Compare the results of sexual and asexual reproduction.

Activity: Investigating Reproductive Strategies

Objective

Overview

Materials

● I can explain that there are both advantages and disadvantages to both sexual and asexual reproduction.

● Students work in pairs to compare fve aspects of an organism that reproduces sexually with

● Lesson Plan

one that reproduces asexually. As a class, students share their comparisons and

generate a list of general characteristics for each mode of reproduction,