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Inherited characteristics

CONCEPTUAL
Science›Organisms & Life Processes|Ages 8—9|ID: mt_1wxwg782yX

Analyse and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms

Mastery Evidence

  • Define inherited traits as characteristics passed from parents to offspring
  • Collect or interpret data showing variation within a group (e.g. different heights, colours, sizes)
  • Explain that while traits are inherited, there is natural variation among individuals of the same species

Assessment Prompt

“If [child] measures the height of all the sunflowers in the garden, can they see that they're all sunflowers but each one is a slightly different height?”

Curriculum Standards1 alignment

3-LS3-1Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) K-5codes only
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Prerequisites1

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  • Inheritance Vocabulary hard

    Analysing data about inherited traits requires 'inherited characteristic', 'variation', and 'offspring' vocabulary

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