SINGLE SUBJECT CREDENTIAL

PROGRAM

Revised 7.1.13

UNIT ASSESSMENT PLAN FORMAT

Unit Title: Biological Evolution

Name: Fernando Vargas

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resources as appropriate.

DAY

OBJECTIVE
ASSESSED

HS-LS4-1
Communicate
scientific
information that
common ancestry
and biological
evolution are
supported by
multiple lines of
empirical
evidence

HS-LS42.Construct an
explanation
based on
evidence that the
process of
evolution
primarily results
from four factors:
(1) the potential
for a species to
increase in
number, (2) the
heritable genetic
variation of
individuals...

Entry-Level

TIMING

ASSESSME
NT
FORMAT

SOURCE

Progress
Monitoring

Entry-Level
Progress
Monitoring

HS-LS4-3.Apply
concepts of
statistics and
probability to
support
explanations that
organisms with
an advantageous
heritable trait
tend to increase
in proportion to
organisms
lacking this trait.

HS-LS45.Evaluate the
evidence
supporting claims
that changes in
environmental
conditions may
result in: (1)
increases in the
number of
individuals of
some species, (2)
the emergence of
new species over
time, and (3) the
extinction of
other species.

HS-LS4-6. Create
or revise a
simulation to test
a solution to
mitigate adverse
impacts of
human activity
on biodiversity

Entry-Level
Progress
Monitoring

Entry-Level
Progress
Monitoring

Entry-Level
Progress
Monitoring

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Entry-Level
Progress
Monitoring

Summative

Summative

Summative

Summative

Summative

Summative

Quiz/Exam

Quiz/Exam

Quiz/Exam

Quiz/Exam

Quiz/Exam

Quiz/Exam

Assignment/Project

Assignment/Project

Assignment/Project

Assignment/Project

Assignment/Project

Assignment/Project

Performance

Performance

Performance

Performance

Performance

Performance

Teacher

Teacher

Teacher

Teacher

Teacher

Teacher

Textbook

Textbook

Textbook

Textbook

Textbook

Textbook

School/District

School/District

School/District

School/District

School/District

School/District

State

State

State

State

State

State

Rubric

Rubric

Rubric

Rubric

Rubric

Rubric

Scoring Guide

Scoring Guide

Scoring Guide

Scoring Guide

Scoring Guide

Scoring Guide

Answer Sheet

Answer Sheet

Answer Sheet

Answer Sheet

Answer Sheet

Answer Sheet

Group

Group

Group

Group

Group

Group

ASSESSME

Individual

Individual

Individual

Individual

Individual

Individual

NT
ELEMENTS

Oral

Oral

Oral

Oral

Oral

Oral

Written

Written

Written

Written

Written

Written

Digital

Digital

Digital

Digital

Digital

Digital

GRADING
TOOL

PURPOSE

IMPLEMENTATION

Check for student

understanding
Will collect
assignment and
grade according
to answer sheet

STUDENT
FEEDBACK

Hand back
graded sheet

INFORMIN

Go over
commonly
missed questions

G
INSTRUCTI
ON

Make sure
students
understand
evolutionary
mechanisms
Will collect
assignment and
grade according
to rubric
Discuss each
question as a
class
Reteach
commonly
missed questions

Assess the
students'
knowledge
Will collect
assignment at
end of lab
Discuss each
question at end
of class
Reteach the
questions missed

Assess if students
understand
biological
definitions
Students will
write and draw 510 vocabulary
words
Discuss each
vocab word in
class
Reteach each
vocab word in a
different way

To assess
learning of
material

To assess if
students
understood the
unit

Students will
submit project at
end of class

Multiple choice
using scantran
and short answer

Walk around
class and provide
feedback

When the tests

are handed back

Comment on
student projects

Go over
commonly
missed questions