Genetic Variations, Inheritance, and Natural Selection
by Ashley Marquez
In this lesson on Genetic Variations, Inheritance, and Natural Selection, students will explore how genetic variations occur in offspring through the inheritance of traits or mutations. They will also develop and use a model to explain how natural selection leads to increases and decreases of specific traits in populations over time.
Lesson Grade Level
8th GradeLesson Plan Link/URL
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1v0M3AOteA5P3sqiSjMDGAJy3T4jKaOrT/edit?u…Subject Area
Science Life Science L3: Genetics & Heredity Engineering S4: Apply Science to Engineering English Language Arts (ELA) Speaking & Listening
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