MS-LS1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
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MS-LS1-1 Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.Microscopes: Making a Hay Infusion video, free, learnalong, checked Microscopes: Making a Wet Mount video, learnalong, checked Microscopes: Making a Dry Mount video, learnalong, checked 901 photo challenge, free -
MS-LS1-2 Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways parts of cells contribute to the function.Osmosis video, checked Review Cells-1 practice Review Cells-2 practice Review Cells-3 practice Review Cells-4 practice -
MS-LS1-3 Use argument supported by evidence for how the body is a system of interacting subsystems composed of groups of cells.Bird Bones video, free Bendable Bones video, checked Reaction Time video Reading a Skeleton video, free, checked Review Anatomy-1 practice Review Anatomy-2 practice Review Anatomy-3 practice -
MS-LS1-4 Use argument based on empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors and specialized plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.Flowers video, ClosedCaptions Onion Crystals video A Walk in the Park video, checked Nature Watching video, checked Calling a Woodpecker video, checked Selective Smelling video, checked Pumpkin Guts video, free, ClosedCaptions, checked Seed Search video, ClosedCaptions, checked Orange Slices video, ClosedCaptions Bacteria and Antibiotics video, ClosedCaptions How Does a Butterfly Fly? text page, free Thoughts on an Exoskeleton text page, free Review Plants-4 practice Review Adaptation-4 practice Review Adaptation-5 practice Review Adaptation-6 practice Review Plants-8 practice Review Adaptation-3 practice Review Plants-2 practice -
MS-LS1-5 Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms.Yeast and Sugar, part 2 video, checked Yeast and Sugar, part 1 video, checked Measuring Photosynthesis video, checked Color Changing Flowers video, checked Who Evolved on First? text page, free, checked Review Plants-1 practice -
MS-LS1-6 Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms.Producers video, free, Updated, checked Measuring Photosynthesis video, checked Measuring Calories video, ClosedCaptions, checked Testing a Leaf for Starch video, ClosedCaptions Thoughts on Trees text page -
MS-LS1-7 Develop a model to describe how food is rearranged through chemical reactions forming new molecules that support growth and/or release energy as this matter moves through an organism.Finding Fat in Foods video, ClosedCaptions, checked Yeast and Sugar, part 2 video, checked Yeast and Sugar, part 1 video, checked Secondary Consumers video, free, ClosedCaptions, Updated, checked Primary Consumers video, ClosedCaptions, Updated, checked Testing a Leaf for Starch video, ClosedCaptions Feeding Bread to Birds text page Calories: Measuring the Energy text page, free -
MS-LS1-8 Gather and synthesize information that sensory receptors respond to stimuli by sending messages to the brain for immediate behavior or storage as memories.Kneesy, Earsy, Nosey video, checked Just a Suggestion video When Sugar Isn't Sweet video Reaction Time video Feeling a Point (or two) text page
MS-LS2 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
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MS-LS2-1 Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.Quadrats and Population Sampling video, ClosedCaptions Feeding Bread to Birds text page -
MS-LS2-2 Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.A Walk in the Park video, checked Review Food Web-11 practice Review Food Web-12 practice -
MS-LS2-3 Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.Scavengers and Decomposers video, free, ClosedCaptions, Updated Why We Sweat video, checked Secondary Consumers video, free, ClosedCaptions, Updated, checked Producers video, free, Updated, checked Primary Consumers video, ClosedCaptions, Updated, checked Measuring Calories video, ClosedCaptions, checked Food Web Tag text page -
MS-LS2-4 Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.Quadrats and Population Sampling video, ClosedCaptions Food Web Tag text page -
MS-LS2-5 Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.
MS-LS3 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
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MS-LS3-1 Develop and use a model to describe why structural changes to genes (mutations) located on chromosomes may affect proteins and may result in harmful, beneficial, or neutral effects to the structure and function of the organism.Extracting Your Own DNA video Fact checking GMOs text page -
MS-LS3-2 Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation.Extracting Your Own DNA video Review Plants-3 practice Review Plants-4 practice
MS-LS4 Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
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MS-LS4-1 Analyze and interpret data for patterns in the fossil record that document the existence, diversity, extinction, and change of life forms throughout the history of life on Earth under the assumption that natural laws operate today as in the past.Imagining Geologic Time video -
MS-LS4-2 Apply scientific ideas to construct an explanation for the anatomical similarities and differences among modern organisms and between modern and fossil organisms to infer evolutionary relationships. -
MS-LS4-3 Analyze displays of pictorial data to compare patterns of similarities in the embryological development across multiple species to identify relationships not evident in the fully formed anatomy. -
MS-LS4-4 Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals’ probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment.Extracting Your Own DNA video Who Evolved on First? text page, free, checked Review Plants-3 practice -
MS-LS4-5 Gather and synthesize information about the technologies that have changed the way humans influence the inheritance of desired traits in organisms.Extracting Your Own DNA video Fact checking GMOs text page -
MS-LS4-6 Use mathematical representations to support explanations of how natural selection may lead to increases and decreases of specific traits in populations over time.Quadrats and Population Sampling video, ClosedCaptions