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The purpose of this lab is to introduce students to the process of meiosis at the chromosomal level to determine ”How Does the Process of Meiosis Re...
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The purpose of this lab is to give students an opportunity to apply what they know about the inheritance of traits to solve a problem ”Are All of Mr...
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The purpose of this lab is to give students an opportunity to apply what they know about the inheritance of traits to determine “Which Model of Inh...
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Biodiversity and the Fossil Record
The purpose of this lab is to introduce students to the history of life on Earth and to help them discover “How Has Biodiversity on Earth Changed O...
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The purpose of this lab is to introduce students to the effects of predation and explain “Why Will the Characteristics of a Bug Population Change in...
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The purpose of this lab is for students to apply what they have learned about the theory of descent with modification to explain “Does Mammalian Br...
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The purpose of this lab is to have students apply what they know about natural selection to explain the process of allopatric speciation and to discov...
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The purpose of this lab is for students to apply their understanding of evolutionary relationships or phylogeny to determine ”How Are Humans Related...
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The purpose of this lab is for students to apply their understanding of protein synthesis, descent with modification, and cladograms to identify “H...
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The activities in this chapter provide an introduction to the NGSS. Activity 1 allows educators to explore the progressions of NGSS to begin understa...
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Facilitating Professional Development Using This Book
This chapter discusses how to use the book to plan professional development. It includes a description of two “strands” of work that schools need ...
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This chapter identifies a series of challenging questions and issues that arise frequently during professional development related to the Next Generat...
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This chapter provides suggestions for administrators as they consider how to lead and support implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards ...
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Exploring the Practices and Crosscutting Concepts
This chapter provides a series of activities to help science teachers understand the three dimensions of the Framework for K–12 Science Education—...
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Supporting Science Learning for All Students
This chapter includes activities that explore the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Appendix D, “All Standards, All Students” and the case ...