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Are your students struggling with genetics? This lesson on environmental and genetics factors is high rigor and standards aligned and is packed with over 45 pages of student activities, questions and notes. This engaging resource comes already differentiated for your students.
Students love these engaging activities. Easy to follow and fun to use and teach with. You don’t have to add anything. This comprehensive Middle School NGSS 5E lesson aligns perfectly with the NGSS Middle School MS-LS1-5 standard “Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms”.
❤️ “Excellent resource and totally aligned with the standards! I found this engaging and informative and it does a wonderful job of concisely laying out the content. Thank you!” Kate D.
Here’s what’s included in this packet:
- Engagement activity including I CAN (editable) objective statement
- Explore – science stations (see below)
- Explain – editable powerpoint
- Elaborate –editable student choice board
- Evaluate – differentiated assessment
- Homework/worksheets
Materials Needed
- Cress or mustard seeds
- Containers (petri dishes are perfect but cress will grow anywhere e.g. egg cartons, plastic cups etc).
- Kitchen roll to act as a substrate
- A little soil (most of the cress will be grown on kitchen roll but it’s good to show them the difference soil can make)
- Water sprayer/mister
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