Iowa Classrooms
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Life Sciences
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Understands the basic concepts of the evolution of the species
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5-8 Knows species extinction, fossil evidence, and rate of extinction
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To understand this Interval Benchmark, a sixth grade student:
• . Understands the concept of extinction and its importance in biological evolution
• . Knows natural selection leads to organisms that are well suited for survival in particular environments, so that when an environment changes, some inherited characteristics become more or less advantageous for survival
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Instructional Resources
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Vocabulary, Information, Skills
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Best Practices, Strategies, Discovery
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General Resources
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.  Curriculum Planning
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Create Grade 6 planning worksheets
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Select supporting knowledge to:
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. . Examine key vocabulary, terms, and phrases unique to the content area that students should know
. . Determine what information student should understand (Declarative Knowledge)
. . Determine what skills student are able to do (Procedural Knowledge)
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Learning requires students to know declarative knowledge (vocabulary and information). Using or applying information (declarative knowledge) results in procedural knowledge, referred to as skills.
 
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Select instructional strategies to:
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. . Examine research-based best practices or links to other web-sites and resources
. . Identify appropriate strategies matched to student needs
. . Discover ongoing compilation of teacher-developed strategies
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