Nature and nurture
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A lesson plan for Grade 7 Science
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- Appropriate grades
- 7
- Subjects
- science (biology and life science)
- Provider
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
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In this lesson from Science NetLinks, students begin to develop an understanding of the role played by nature (our genes) and nurture (the environment in which we live and the things that happen to us) in defining who we are and what it means to be human.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Science (2005)
Grade 7
- Goal 5: The learner will conduct investigations and utilize appropriate technologies and information systems to build an understanding of heredity and genetics.
- Objective 5.01: Explain the significance of genes to inherited characteristics:
- Genes are the units of information.
- Parents transmit genes to their offspring.
- Some medical conditions and diseases are genetic.
- Objective 5.04: Analyze the role of probability in the study of heredity:
- Role of each parent in transfer of genetic traits.
- Analysis of pedigrees.
- Objective 5.06: Evaluate evidence that human characteristics are a product of:
- Inheritance.
- Environmental factors.
- Lifestyle choices.
- Objective 5.01: Explain the significance of genes to inherited characteristics:
