Standard Area - MST:
Math, Science & Technology
- Standard - MST4: Students will understand and apply scientific concepts, principles, and theories pertaining to the physical setting and living environment and recognize the historical development of ideas in science.
- Key Idea Code - MST4.LE:
- Key Idea - MST4.LE4: The continuity of life is sustained through reproduction and development.
- Academic Level - MST4.C.LE4:
- Performance Indicator - MST4.C.LE4A: Students explain how organisms, including humans, reproduce
their own kind.
- Major Understandings - 4.1a : Reproduction and development are necessary for the continuation of any species.
- Major Understandings - 4.1b : Some organisms reproduce asexually with all the genetic information coming from
one parent. Other organisms reproduce sexually with half the genetic information typically contributed by each parent. Cloning is the production of identical genetic copies.
- Major Understandings - 4.1c : The processes of meiosis and fertilization are key to sexual reproduction in a wide
variety of organisms. The process of meiosis results in the production of eggs and sperm
which each contain half of the genetic information. During fertilization, gametes unite to
form a zygote, which contains the complete genetic information for the offspring.
- Major Understandings - 4.1d : The zygote may divide by mitosis and differentiate to form the specialized cells,
tissues, and organs of multicellular organisms.
- Major Understandings - 4.1e : Human reproduction and development are influenced by factors such as gene
expression, hormones, and the environment. The reproductive cycle in both males and
females is regulated by hormones such as testosterone, estrogen, and progesterone.
- Major Understandings - 4.1f : The structures and functions of the human female reproductive system, as in
almost all other mammals, are designed to produce gametes in ovaries, allow for internal fertilization, support the internal development of the embryo and fetus in the uterus,
and provide essential materials through the placenta, and nutrition through milk for the
newborn.
- Major Understandings - 4.1g : The structures and functions of the human male reproductive system, as in other
mammals, are designed to produce gametes in testes and make possible the delivery of
these gametes for fertilization.
- Major Understandings - 4.1h : In humans, the embryonic development of essential organs occurs in early stages
of pregnancy. The embryo may encounter risks from faults in its genes and from its
mother's exposure to environmental factors such as inadequate diet, use of
alcohol/drugs/tobacco, other toxins, or infections throughout her pregnancy.
