Curriculum Source
Curriculum Series: BSCS Middle School Science &
Technology Program
Chapter Title: Level C: Systems and Change, Unit 2: Change
Through Time, Chapter 10: How Do Living Systems Change?
Content Area of Chapter: Life Science
Developer: Biological Sciences Curriculum Studies (BSCS)
at http://www.bscs.org
Publisher: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company at http://www.kendallhunt.com
View a [pdf] profile of the BSCS
Middle School Science & Technology Program
View a brief [pdf] overview of Chapter 10: How
Do Living Systems Change?
Purpose of this "Open-Ended Question"
To gauge students’ emerging understandings of natural selection, and to inform future instruction.
View the Assessment
Student Materials [pdf]
Scoring Guide from Teacher Materials
[pdf]
Next Steps
Following the assessment, a teacher might:
- Provide further targeted instruction on natural selection.
- Provide opportunities for students to review and revise responses that do not meet standards.
Excerpts from the BSCS Middle School
Science & Technology Program reprinted with permission
from Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company.
