Develop and use a model to describe why structural changes to genes (mutations) located on chromosomes may affect proteins and may result in harmful, beneficial, or neutral effects to the structure and function of the organism Video Lesson

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Video Learning Notes

In this lesson, students learned that genes located on chromosomes contain instructions to make proteins, which determine an organism's traits. Mutations are changes in these genes that can alter the proteins produced. These changes may be harmful, beneficial, or neutral, affecting the organism's structure and function in different ways. Using models and evidence, students developed scientific explanations to understand the impact of gene mutations on living organisms.

Learning Goals

• Explain how genes located on chromosomes control the production of specific proteins.
• Describe how mutations (structural changes) in genes can change the proteins produced.
• Use a model to show how mutations can have harmful, beneficial, or neutral effects on an organism's traits.
• Construct scientific explanations using evidence to support how gene mutations affect organism structure and function.

Curriculum Context

Grade: Grade 7

Subject: Science

Curriculum: NGSS