Performance expectationMake and defend a claim based on evidence that inheritable genetic variations may result from: (1) new genetic combinations through meiosis, (2) viable errors occurring during replication, (3) mutations caused by environmental factors and/or (4) genetic engineering.
Emphasis is on using data to support arguments for the way variation occurs including the relevant processes in meiosis and advances in biotechnology.
Assessment does not include recalling the specific details of the phases of meiosis or the biochemical mechanisms of the specific phases in the process.
Every item written to HS-LS3-2 has to assess all three dimensions together, not the content alone. This is the structural change that made older practice material stop matching the exam.
Engaging in Argument from Evidence
Phenomenon stimulus, connected items across the required types, answer key, rubric and figures drawn deterministically from a structured spec — in the format your students will sit.