Grade+Five+Heredity+and+Reproduction


 * Heredity and Reproduction Unit Resources: **


 * Classroom Application Document**- Provides sample lessons, video clips, hands-on and virtual activities aligned to standard 5.3 Life Science.

__**Enduring Understanding: **__ Reproduction is essential to the continuation of every species Predict the long-term effect of interference with normal patterns of reproduction.
 * CPI: 5.3.6.D.1 **

[|Grasslands and Climate Change] The purpose of this Science NetLinks lesson is for students to understand the underlying ecological properties of grassland communities and to distinguish between short- and long-term responses to climate change, which allows the prediction of changes in grassland reproductive mechanisms and community structure. *also supports mastery of concepts in Evolution and Diversity Unit.

Wolves of Yellowstone Resources [|Wolf Wars] National Geographic March 2010- article, illustrations, and interactive map. Details history of wolf recovery program, reintroduction to yellowstone, and present day obstacles with sharing land with a predator.

__**Enduring Understanding: **__ Variations exist among organisms of the same generation (e.g. siblings) and of different generations (e.g. parent to offspring). Explain how knowledge of inhertied variations within and between generations is applied to farming and animal breeding.
 * CPI: 5.3.6.D.2 **

[|Assessing Variation]

[|Variation, Heredity, and Evolution; Exploring with Wisconsin Fast Plants]

[|Nowhere to Hide] The purpose of this Science NetLinks lesson is for students to understand the concept of natural selection.

__**Enduring Understanding: **__ Traits such as eye color in human beings or fruit/flower color in plants are inherited. Distinguish between inherited and acquired traits/characteristics.
 * CPI: 5.3.6.D.3 **

[|Nature and Nurture]The purpose of this Science NetLinks lesson is for students to develop an understanding of the role both nature and nurture play in determining an individual’s traits.

[|Bird Beaks] The purpose of this Science NetLinks lesson is for students to explore the relationship between a bird's beak and its ability to find food and survive in a given environment.