Anchored Science by Mi-STAR is a comprehensive middle school science curriculum driven by a bold vision for the future, where science isn’t just a subject but a powerful, integrated body of knowledge that equips students to tackle today’s pressing societal challenges. This curriculum harnesses the full potential of the Next Generation Science Standards, empowering students to actively engage with science and engineering practices. They’ll move beyond the classroom, using their skills to solve real-world problems, making learning both impactful and deeply relevant to their lives and the world around them.
Each unit delivers a NGSS-aligned assessment package that fully integrates tools to measure student progress and deepen their engagement with science. The Professional Learning program provides a dynamic range of flexible, ongoing opportunities, enabling teachers to not only master the unit content but also continually enhance their skills, while motivating and challenging their students.
Unit 7.6: Inheritance of Traits “The Popsicle Vandal”
In this unit, students investigate how individuals can have traits, such as red-green colorblindness, that their family members do not have. They develop evidence-based models to explain this phenomenon using ideas of genetics and inheritance.
Included with this purchase is a printed, perfect bound student workbook. The digital license for the Student eBook and digital resources is sold separate.
Lesson 1 The Popsicle Vandal
Lesson 2 Introduction to Sense Systems
Lesson 3 Protein Powers
Lesson 4 Build Me Up Buttercup
Lesson 5 Where are genes?
Lesson 6 Thanks, Mom and Dad
Lesson 7 Culminating Experience
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