Bloom’s Taxonomy Level

Standard, Supporting Skills, and Examples

(Analysis)

9-12.L.1.1.  Students are able to relate cellular functions and processes to specialized structures within cells.

• Transport

• Storage and transfer of genetic information

Bloom’s Taxonomy Level

Standard, Supporting Skills, and Examples

(Application)

9-12.L.2.1.  Students are able to predict inheritance patterns using a single allele. 

• Solve problems involving simple dominance, co-dominance, and sex-linked traits using Punnett squares for F₁ and F₂ generations.

Examples: color blindness, wavy hair

• Discuss disorders resulting from alteration of a single gene.

Example: hemophilia, cystic fibrosis

(Synthesis)

9-12.L.2.2.  Students are able to describe how genetic recombination, mutations, and natural selection lead to adaptations, evolution, extinction, or the emergence of new species.

Examples:  environmental pressures, allele variations,

Bloom’s Taxonomy Level

Standard, Supporting Skills, and Examples

(Synthesis)

9-12.L.3.1A.  Students are able to relate genetic, instinct, and behavior patterns to biodiversity and survival of species. (SYNTHESIS)

• Compare and contrast learned behavior vs instinct.

Example: nature vs nurture

Bloom’s Taxonomy Level

Standard, Supporting Skills, and Examples

(Synthesis)

9-12.L.2.1A.  Students are able to predict the results of complex inheritance patterns involving multiple alleles and genes. (SYNTHESIS)

Examples: human skin color, polygenic inheritance

·        Relate crossing over to genetic variation.

Advanced

High school students performing at the advanced level:

·   predict the function of a given structure;

·   predict how traits are transmitted from parents to offspring;

Proficient

High school students performing at the proficient level:

·   describe the relationship between structure and function (cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, and organisms);

·   explain how traits are transmitted from parents to offspring;

·    predict the impact of genetic changes in populations (mutation, natural selection);

·   predict how life systems respond to changes in the environment;

Basic

High school students performing at the basic level:

·  recognize that different structures perform different functions;

·  identify DNA as the structure that carries the genetic code;

·   identify that genetic traits can be transmitted from parents to offspring;