Educational Standards
The educational standards cited here are from the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Complete information about each performance indicator is available at nextgenscience.org.
Lesson 1
- 8.LS.2 Every organism alive today comes from a long line of ancestors who reproduced successfully every generation.
- 8.LS.3 The characteristics of an organism are a result of inherited traits received from parent(s).
Lesson 2
- 8.LS.1 Diversity of species, a result of variation of traits, occurs through the process of evolution and extinction over many generations. The fossil records provide evidence that changes have occurred in number and types of species.
- 8.LS.3 The characteristics of an organism are a result of inherited traits received from parent(s). Expression of all traits is determined by genes and environmental factors to varying degrees. Many genes influence more than one trait, and many traits are influenced by more than one gene.
Lesson 3
- 6.PS.3 There are two categories of energy: kinetic and potential.
- 7.PS.3 Energy can be transformed or transferred but is never lost.
- 8.PS.1 Objects can experience a force due to an external field such as magnetic, electrostatic, or gravitational fields.
Lesson 4
- 8.LS.2 Every organism alive today comes from a long line of ancestors who reproduced successfully every generation.
Lesson 5
- 8.LS.2 Every organism alive today comes from a long line of ancestors who reproduced successfully every generation.
Lesson 6
- 8.LS.2 Every organism alive today comes from a long line of ancestors who reproduced successfully every generation.
Lesson 7
- 8.LS.2 Every organism alive today comes from a long line of ancestors who reproduced successfully every generation.
Lesson 8
- 8.LS.2 Every organism alive today comes from a long line of ancestors who reproduced successfully every generation.
Lesson 9
- 8.LS.1 Diversity of species, a result of variation of traits, occurs through the process of evolution and extinction over many generations. The fossil records provide evidence that changes have occurred in number and types of species.
- 8.LS.3 The characteristics of an organism are a result of inherited traits received from parent(s). Expression of all traits is determined by genes and environmental factors to varying degrees. Many genes influence more than one trait, and many traits are influenced by more than one gene.
Lesson 10
- 8.LS.3 The characteristics of an organism are a result of inherited traits received from parent(s). Expression of all traits is determined by genes and environmental factors to varying degrees. Many genes influence more than one trait, and many traits are influenced by more than one gene.