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Grade 6-8 - Inheritance and Variation of Traits (Heredity) - Downloadable Only

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This bundle includes 21 resources including: Reading, Color Diagrams, Activities, Performance Tasks, and Assessment (39 pages total) for the following NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas:

LS1.B: Growth and Development of Organisms,
LS3.A: Inheritance of Traits
LS3.B: Variation of Traits

Resources included in this Next Generation Science Standards Bundle include:
• Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits Next Generation Science Standards (2 pages)
• Rubric Building NGSS Resources (2 pages)
1)  Where is our DNA and Genes? Reading with Small Diagram (1 page)
2) Where is our DNA and Genes? Diagram (1 page)
3) Your Chromosomes Reading and Diagram (1 page)
4) Inheritance and Variation of Traits Reading (2 page)
5) Inheritance and Variation of Traits - Short Answer Quiz with Key (2 pages)
6) Inheritance of Traits in Humans - Critical Thinking with Possible Solutions (2 pages)
7) Traits and Characteristics - Critical Thinking with Possible Solutions (2 pages)
8) Create the Kids Activity Worksheet with Possible Solutions (2 pages)
9) Mendelian Genetics Reading (1 page)
10) Mendelian Genetics Diagram (1 page)
11) Punnett Squares Activity - Pea Plant Genetics with Key (2 pages)
12) Variation of Traits in Pea Plants - Matching with Possible Solutions (2 pages)
13) Sexual Reproduction vs. Asexual Reproduction Reading and Diagram (1 page)
14) Researching Asexual Reproduction - Worksheet with Possible Solutions (2 pages)
15) Asexual Reproduction - A Forest of Clones Reading (1 page)
16) Sexual vs. Asexual Reproduction Offspring - Punnett Square Activity with Possible Solutions (2 pages)
17) How DNA Makes the Organism Diagram (1 page)
18) DNA Coding Process - Labeling with Key (2 pages)
19) Mutations Reading and Diagram (2 pages)
20) Mutations Illustrated Diagram (Model for Describing Structural Changes in Genes) (1 page)
21) Mutations - Short Answer Quiz with Key (2 pages)