Biology - EC: BIO.B.3.1.3
Biology - EC: BIO.B.3.1.3
Continuum of Activities
The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.
This continuum of activities offers:
- Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
- Questions/activities that grow in complexity
- Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance
Related Academic Standards / Eligible Content
Activities
- A random change in the DNA of an organism is known as a ___________.
- An organism is no longer able to produce enzyme x, this is due to a random change in the structure of what molecule?
- In order for a parent to pass a mutation on to their offspring, the mutation must occur in what type of cell?
- A population of rabbits is becoming darker and darker in fur color over many generations. Explain what is occurring in comparison to their genes and the environment.
- The pesticide DDT was found to produce mutations in organisms. Predict what might happen to the variety in a species if farmers continually used DDT?
- In a single celled organism a mutation can lead to evolution, but in a human a mutation in a body cell will not. Explain.
Answer Key/Rubric
- Mutation
- DNA
- A sex cell
- Acceptable answers include, but are not limited to:
- The environment is changing in a way that makes it more advantageous to have darker fur
- The individuals with darker fur have an easier time surviving
- The individuals that survive will reproduce and pass their genes on to future generations
- Acceptable answers include, but are not limited to:
- There could be more variation in the ecosystem because genes are changing.
- There could be less biodiversity in the ecosystem because species are dying.
- Acceptable answers include, but are not limited to:
- The single celled organism will pass that mutation on to future offspring but in a human, the body cell mutation will not be passed on to future offspring.