Grade 07 Science - EC: S7.B.1.2.2
Grade 07 Science - EC: S7.B.1.2.2
Continuum of Activities
The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.
This continuum of activities offers:
- Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
- Questions/activities that grow in complexity
- Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance
Grade Levels
7th Grade
Course, Subject
Science
Related Academic Standards / Eligible Content
Activities
- Define sexual reproduction. List two organisms that reproduce sexually.
- Define asexual reproduction. List two organisms that reproduce asexually.
- List and describe 3 methods of sexual reproduction.
- How are sexual and asexual reproduction similar? How are they different?
- Do you think it is more beneficial to a species to reproduce sexually or asexually? Use facts to explain your reasoning.
Answer Key/Rubric
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
Definition:
- Sexual reproduction requires two parents.
- The offspring of sexual reproduction has genetic characteristics from both parents.
List may include:
- Humans
- Dogs
- Cats
- Horses
- Orchids
- sunflowers
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
Definition:
- Asexual reproduction requires one parent.
- The offspring of asexual reproductions has genes identical to the parent.
- Offspring are produced from mitosis.
List may include:
- Sea stars
- Sea anemones
- Bacteria
- Spider plant (chlorophytum)
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- Fission – parent cells divides into two or more offspring
- Budding – a new organism develops from a growth due to cell division at a specific spot on the parent organism
- Vegetative reproduction – plants reproduce by forming plantlets, bulbs, or tubers
- Spores – plant uses spores to reproduce
- Fragmentation – new organism grows from a fragment of a parent
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- Both produce offspring.
- Both occur in plants and animals.
- Asexual reproduction requires one parent.
- Sexual reproduction requires two parents.
- The offspring of asexual reproductions has genes identical to the parent.
- The offspring of sexual reproduction has genetic characteristics from both parents.
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- Asexual reproduction requires only one parent.
- Asexual reproduction can produce multiple offspring at one time.
- A species can reproduce more rapidly with asexual reproduction.
- Sexual reproduction requires two parents.
- Offspring receives genetic material from both parents.
- DNA from both parents may beneficial for natural selection and/or evolution.
- Some species that reproduce sexually take a long time period to produce offspring (i.e. gestation periods)
