UP:SC15.3.8
Vocabulary
- Engage
- Argument
- Evidence
- Justify
- Traits
- Influenced
- Environment
- Cause
- Effect
- Claim
Knowledge
Students know:
- Characteristics result from individuals' interactions with the environment, which can range from diet to learning. Many characteristics involve both inheritance and environment.
- The environment also affects the traits that an organism develops.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Support explanations about environmental influences on inherited traits in organisms.
- Use evidence to support an explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- Cause and effect relationships are routinely identified and used to explain change such as the possibility that environmental factors may influence an organism's traits.
Scientific and Engineering Practices
Engaging in Argument from Evidence
Crosscutting Concepts
Cause and Effect
