MS- LS4 - 5-Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity states that students who demonstrate an understanding can construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population and gather and synthesize information about technologies that have changed the way humans influence the inheritance of desired traits.
MS-LS4-2-Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity states that students will apply scientific ideas to construct an explanation for the anatomical similarities and differences among modern organisms and between modern and fossil organisms to infer evolutionary relationships.” The performance expectations for Growth, Development and Reproduction of Organisms as well as for Natural Selection and Adaptations allows students to formulate answers to questions like, “How genetic factors determine the growth of an organism and how genetic variation among these organisms affect their growth and development?