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| Type of Product: | SciGuide |
| Average Rating: | 
based on 6 reviews |
| Publication Date: | 4/1/2005 |
| Grade Level: | Middle School |
Description
SciGuides are a collection of thematically aligned lesson plans, simulations, and web-based resources for teachers to use with their students centered on standards-aligned science concepts.
As older students enter the prepubescent years, they start to ask complex and sometimes sensitive questions. How does the egg become an organism? Do plants reproduce the same way as animals? Teaching about reproduction and heredity in these years is important since inaccuracies and misconceptions are easily developed. Whether you are teaching elementary students about characteristics and life cycles, or middle school students about reproduction and heredity, this web guide is an excellent resource for locating some of the best web sites to help develop student understanding from kindergarten through eighth grade.
This web guide has multiple sites to help students and teachers develop an understanding of themes. Some sites are interactive and allow for student exploration into a deeper understanding of the theme. Others are good for core content, career information, or data sources. Use the icons associated with each site to select those that will meet your instructional needs. If you are looking for something specific, such as assessment, you can use the icons at the top as a filter to help you locate the resources you need.
The content contained here also reminds teachers of the sensitive issues that arise when investigating human pedigrees, and offers alternative investigations into all characteristics -- whether genetic or environmental.
Additional Info
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Science Discipline:
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DNA
Genes
Reproductive system
Asexual reproduction
Sexual reproduction
Biodiversity
Growth and development
Life cycles
Plants
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| Intended User Role: | Elementary-Level Educator, Learner, Middle-Level Educator, New Teacher, Professional Development Provider, Teacher |
| Educational Issues: | Achievement, Assessment of students, Careers, Curriculum, Inquiry learning, Instructional materials, Integrating technology, Professional development, Teacher content knowledge, Teacher preparation, Teaching strategies |
Technical
| Resource Format: | application/msword, application/pdf, application/x-shockwave-flash, audio/mp3, image/gif, image/jpeg, text/html, video/quicktime |
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National Standards Correlation
This resource has 16 correlations with the National Standards.
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- Life Science
- The characteristics of organisms
- Each plant or animal has different structures that serve different functions in growth, survival, and reproduction. For example, humans have distinct body structures for walking, holding, seeing, and talking. (K-4)
- Reproduction and heredity
- Reproduction is a characteristic of all living systems; because no individual organism lives forever, reproduction is essential to the continuation of every species. (5-8)
- Some organisms reproduce asexually (5-8)
- Some organisms reproduce sexually. (5-8)
- In many species, including humans, females produce eggs and males produce sperm. (5-8)
- An egg and sperm unite to begin development of a new individual. That new individual receives genetic information from its mother (via the egg) and its father (via the sperm). (5-8)
- Every organism requires a set of instructions for specifying its traits (5-8)
- Heredity is the passage of these instructions from one generation to another. (5-8)
- An inherited trait of an individual can be determined by one or by many genes, and a single gene can influence more than one trait. (5-8)
- Hereditary information is contained in genes, located in the chromosomes of each cell. (5-8)
- The characteristics of an organism can be described in terms of a combination of traits. (5-8)
- Some traits are inherited and others result from interactions with the environment. (5-8)
- Diversity and adaptations of organisms
- Millions of species of animals, plants, and microorganisms are alive today. (5-8)
- Process Standards for Professional Development
- Design
- Introduce teachers to scientific literature, media, and technological resources that expand their science knowledge and their ability to access further knowledge. (NSES)
- Content Standards
- Quality Teaching
- Deepens educators’ content knowledge, provides them with research-based instructional strategies to assist students in meeting rigorous academic standards, and prepares them to use various types of classroom assessments appropriately. (NSDC)
- Teaching Standards
- Teachers provide students with the time, space, and resources needed to learn science.
- Make the available science tools, materials, media, and technological resources accessible to students.
Customer Reviews
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Another Great Pack of Resources. |
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Reviewed by: Michael L on November 30, 2012 |
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I found this Sci-Guide to be ver insightful and helpful to my class and I when learning about Heredity. While I knew I had a basic understanding of how traits were passed down genetically his Sci-guide provided many great lessons and ideas which benefited my teaching. In Addition, the Sci-Guide gave many useful resources like links to other websites and resources which provided even more support for my students. The baby building lesson went right with what I wanted to teach my students about why we have the eye and hair color we do in addition to other traits we are born with. I also found the student samples to very helpful with assessments for myself and the students. I know that I will use this resource again in the future if it is available to add just a little more to my lessons. |
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Reproduction and Heredity |
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Reviewed by: Ricki Luster on November 8, 2012 |
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The Reproduction and Heredity SciGuide was a great assistance to me. Although I have been teaching for many years, this year thanks to the SciGuide I went a little further into my lessons/discussions on reproduction and traits. My students got a greater understanding of the reason why reproduction is important in order for a species to continue. The theme Every Organism Requires a Set of Instructions for Specific Traits, went right along with my "Baby Building" lesson. From this SciGuide I was able to see lesson plan ideas and actual student samples. These resources are very helpful, learning from each other is one of the things that keep us getting stronger as educators. I strongly recommend this SciGuide to anyone who teaches Reproduction and Heredity. |
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My SciGuide Review |
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Reviewed by: Monica Chavez (Kailua-Kona, HI) on September 9, 2012 |
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I like how the SciGuide provides an overview for each focus. In this case, I reviewed the "Reproduction and Heredity" SciGuide. The SciGuide map outlines the themes and keywords for the two specific themes. Each keywords had resources for teachers and students that each listed the features for that specific resource. The resources provided are reliable sources, but some sources did not work (http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/whodidit/ ). I like the "Do-It-Yourself: Strawberry DNA" activity because it provides visuals and a hands-on inquiry lesson for students to concretely understand that DNA is in all living things. This will work perfectly with all my students, especially my ELL students. The videos provided by PBS and Nova will also provide another source of visualization to help my students. |
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Reproduction and Heredity Review |
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Reviewed by: Loren Nomura on September 8, 2012 |
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The SciGuide features two main sections, "Every Organism requires a set of instructions for specific traits" and "Reproduction is the characteristic of all living things."
In the unit plan given in this section, it has videos on the journey of the sperm as it reaches the egg, mouse genetics, and passing on DNA. Parts of the lesson rely upon the students viewing the video prior to conducting the lesson - so like all lessons it's wise to make sure you have enough time to view these videos as well as the logistics like having a projector. Doing this lesson would undoubtedly be a bit more difficult if you are floating and don't have your own classroom. This SciGuide is also meant mostly for 6-8 graders but for teachers like me who have many ELL students the difficulty level of this SciGuide may actually be more appropriate for 9th graders, especially if you have an integrated science class.
All the links that I clicked on worked, which is good, since other SciGuides in the past have had outdated links. Would recommend using this SciGuide. |
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Fantastic |
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Reviewed by: Ogechi Uwaga on February 28, 2012 |
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Fantastic Images! |
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My Review of Reproduction and Heredity |
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Reviewed by: Ronaldo Relador (Bowie, MD) on January 17, 2012 |
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This sci-guide introduces two of the most important bases of life: reproduction and heredity. Reproduction being the mode of how living organisms are set apart from the non-living in the sense of making their copies with both extrinsic and intrinsic characteristics of the parent organisms. These are called offspring. The pattern by which these reproduction process happen are dictated by some codes found in the domain of heredity. This is very exciting array of lessons that can establish the foundations of life in young learners. |
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