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Apply concepts of statistics and probability to support explanations that organisms with an advantageous heritable trait tend to increase in proportion to organisms lacking this trait.
Performance Expectation
Grade: High School (9-12)
Construct an explanation based on evidence for how natural selection leads to adaptation of populations.
Performance Expectation
Grade: High School (9-12)
Evaluate the evidence supporting claims that changes in environmental conditions may result in (1) increases in the number of individuals of some species, (2) the emergence of new species over time, and (3) the extinction of other species.
Performance Expectation
Grade: High School (9-12)
Create or revise a simulation to test a solution to mitigate adverse impacts of human activity on biodiversity.*
Performance Expectation
Grade: High School (9-12)
DCI Arrangements
Grade: High School (9-12)