Species and Reproduction

GRADE BAND THEME: ORDER AND ORGANIZATION
This theme focuses on helping students use scientific inquiry to discover patterns, trends, structures and relationships that may be inferred from simple principles.
These principles are related to the properties or interactions within and between systems.

STRANDS
Strand Connections: Systems can be described and understood by analysis of the interaction of their components. Energy, forces and motion combine to change the physical features of Earth. The changes of the physical Earth and the species that have lived on Earth are found in the rock record. For species to continue, reproduction must be successful.

This topic focuses on continuation of the species.

CONDENSED CONTENT STATEMENTS

8.LS.1 Diversity of species, a result of variation of traits, occurs through the process of evolution and extinction over many generations. The fossil records provide evidence that changes have occurred in number and types of species.

8.LS.2 Every organism alive today comes from a long line of ancestors who reproduced successfully every generation.

8.LS.3 The characteristics of an organism are a result of inherited traits received from parent(s).

EXAMPLE CAREER OPTIONS:

55-3018.00	Special Forces
19-1029.04	Biologists
49-9099.00	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other
55-3019.00	Military Enlisted Tactical Operations and Air/Weapons Specialists and Crew Members, All Other
29-2033.00	Nuclear Medicine Technologists
55-1017.00	Special Forces Officers
13-2023.00	Appraisers and Assessors of Real Estate  Bright Outlook
33-1091.00	First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers
33-1099.00	First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other
47-1011.00	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
19-1013.00	Soil and Plant Scientists
19-1029.03	Geneticists
29-1131.00	Veterinarians
11-9032.00	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary
23-1021.00	Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers
23-1023.00	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates
23-2099.00	Legal Support Workers, All Other
25-2059.00	Special Education Teachers, All Other
43-1011.00	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
55-1015.00	Command and Control Center Officers