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MS.LS4.5: Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about how technological…

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about how technological advances have changed the way humans influence the inheritance of desired traits in organisms.

The South Dakota Science Standards (2024) outcome MS.LS4.5 (Life Sciences) for Grades 6–8 says: “Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about how technological advances have changed the way humans influence the inheritance of desired traits in organisms.” This Fieldbook unit teaches it hands-on, with everyday materials and a printable teacher guide and student sheet for every lesson. Official wording: South Dakota Science Standards (2024).

Natural Selection: How Living Things Change Over Time Grades 6–8 · partly supports this outcome

A peppered moth hunting game over four generations, the Grants' real Galápagos finch data from the 1977 drought, whale fossils in rock-layer order with a forelimb bone comparison, and five case stations on selective breeding and antibiotic resistance. Every lesson runs on printed sheets alone: no materials to buy.

  • How fast can people change a species? 50–60 min

    Teams rotate through five printed case stations: one wild plant that became cabbage, kale, broccoli, cauliflower, kohlrabi and Brussels sprouts; dog breeds; the tame foxes of Siberia; bacteria that make human insulin; and bacteria that beat antibiotics. They graph real fox data and decide, case by case, who did the choosing: people or nature.

Printable practice for MS.LS4.5

These pages practise a closely related idea; the match to MS.LS4.5 is partial.

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Compared with NGSS: MS-LS4-5 (partial).

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