Grade 07 Science - EC: S7.B.2.2.1
Grade 07 Science - EC: S7.B.2.2.1
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 an inherited trait. List 2 examples.
- Define an acquired trait. List 2 examples.
- How are instincts similar to inherited traits? How are they different?
- How are instincts similar to acquired trait? How are they different?
- You friend, Dominic, loves to cook. He says that he inherited this trait from his father. Is he correct? Explain why or why not.
Answer Key/Rubric
- An inherited trait is a gene that is passed down from a parent to its offspring.
Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- Hair color
- Tongue rolling
- Attached earlobes
- Dimples
- Eye color
- Skin color
- An acquired trait is a characteristic or learned behavior that an organism develops after its birth.
Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- Riding a bike
- Writing
- Scars
- Learning to walk
- Bird learning to fly
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- An inherited trait is a gene that is passed down from a parent to its offspring.
- An animal is born with instincts necessary to survive.
- An instinct is not a learned behavior.
- Instincts are not controlled by genes.
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- An acquired trait is a characteristic or learned behavior that an organism develops after its birth.
- Instincts are behaviors an animal exhibits to survive.
- An animal is born with instincts.
- An instinct is not a learned behavior.
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- Inherited traits are passed down from parents to offspring through genes.
- Cooking abilities are not controlled by genes.
- Dominic learned how to cook by watching his father.
- Dominic enjoys cooking because he bonds with his father.
- Dominic’s cooking skills continue to improve because he enjoys practicing and learning new techniques.
