Standards: Science
The science standards include both NGSS and Michigan Science Standards.
MS-LS2-1
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Education Level MS
Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
MS-LS2-2
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Education Level MS
Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
MS-LS2-3
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Education Level MS
Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
MS-LS2-4
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Education Level MS
Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
MS-LS2-5
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Education Level MS
Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.
MS-LS3-1
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Education Level MS
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.
MS-LS3-2
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Education Level MS
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.
MS-LS4-1
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Education Level MS
Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence diversity extinction and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth under the assumption that natural laws operate today as in the past.
MS-LS4-2
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Education Level MS
Apply scientific ideas to construct an explanation for the anatomical similarities and differences among modern organisms and between modern and fossil organisms to infer evolutionary relationships.
MS-LS4-3
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Education Level MS
Analyze displays of pictorial data to compare patterns of similarities in the embryological development across multiple species to identify relationships not evident in the fully formed anatomy.
MS-LS4-4
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Education Level MS
Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals' probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment.
MS-LS4-5
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Education Level MS
Gather and synthesize information about the technologies that have changed the way humans influence the inheritance of desired traits in organisms.