Heredity and Ecosystems: NGSS Activities for 3-D and Phenomena-Based Learning
Life Science
Middle/High School
NGSS Science and Engineering Practices and Crosscutting Concepts are applied to the DCIs of Heredity and Ecosystems in two, hands-on activities. Phenomenon-based activities foster generating models and constructing explanations for inheritance patterns in Wisconsin Fast Plants and Spectroscopy Chamber data provide evidence for human impact on ecological relationships.