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 * =LS4- Humans are similar to other species in many ways, and yet are unique among Earth's life forms. =

//Click on the GSE numbers, e.g PS1 (K-2) - POC - 2, in the table below to reach additional information about each GSE. // || Grade Span Expectations (5-8) ||  || Grade Span Expectations (HS) ||   || **Students demonstrate an understanding of human heredity by …** 9a observing and comparing their physical features with those of parents, classmates and other organisms. 9b identifying that some behaviors are learned. || LS4 (3-4) - 9 **Students demonstrate an understanding of human heredity by …** 9a __identifying similarities that are inherited from a biological parent.__ 9b identifying that __some behaviors are learned and some behaviors are instinctive.__ || LS4 (5-6) - 11 **Students demonstrate an understanding of human heredity by …** 11a __differentiating between inherited and acquired traits__. 11b __observing, recording and comparing differences in inherited traits (e.g. connected earlobe, tongue rolling).__ || LS4 (7-8) - 11 **Students demonstrate an understanding of human heredity by …** 11a __recognizing that characteristics of an organism result from inherited traits of one or more genes from the parents and others result from interactions with the environment.__ 11b __tracing a genetic characteristic through a given pedigree (e.g., genealogical chart, Queen Victoria – hemophilia or hypothetical example) to demonstrate the passage of traits.__ 11c __identifying that genetic material (i.e. chromosomes and genes) is located in the cell’s nucleus.__ || LS4 (9-11) - 10 **Students demonstrate an understanding of human body systems by …** 10a explaining __how the roles of the immune, endocrine, and nervous systems work together to maintain homeostasis.__ 10b __investigating the factors that affect homeostasis (e.g. positive and negative feedback).__ || Example Extension(s) LS4 (Ext) - 10 **Students demonstrate an understanding of human body systems by …** 10bb investigating and reporting on a human dise and its consequential disruption of homeostasis (e.g. diabetes, cancer, AIDS). ||
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 * || LS4 (K-2) - 9