Natural Selection Launch

True or False: It's still 2024.

• True

• False

Kulshan Middle School stands on the traditional homelands of the Nooksack Tribe and the Lummi Nation.

• True

• False

What caused Brittany to get sick?

• Moldy chicken poisoned her.

• Harmful bacteria reproduced in her gut.

• Too much Fortnite

• COVID-19

Brittany and her sister Destiny are both amazing sprinters.

• False

• True

Genes are instructions for proteins.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Different proteins cause our different traits for eye, hair, and skin color.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

What will happen to Brittany next?

• She probably becomes an astronaut. No path is closed to KMS students!

• Something that defies logic, but is verfied by fact!

• Who can say? Our teacher's twisted imagination knows no bounds.

• Whatever it is, science will explain it!

What questions do you have about our new unit on natural selection?

• How and why do groups of ANIMALS CHANGE over time?

• How and why do some TRAITS become MORE COMMON?

• How fast do changes happen?

• How and why do NEW TRAITS appear?

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What key idea about natural selection do you already understand?

• Organisms have AMAZING traits that help them survive.

• It's hard to SURVIVE, and not all organisms do!

• Sometimes NEW TRAITS can appear in a group of organisms.

• Living things VARY--no organism is exactly the same as another.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-4