New Life
	Reproduction, Heredity, Change: -Plants and animals closely resemble their parents (K-4) -Characteristics of organisms are inherited from parents (K-4) -Inherited characteristics may include color, number of limbs, ability to move, and learn. (K-4) -Reproduction is a characteristic of all living things. (5-8) -No individual organism lives forever (5-8) -Every organism requires a set of instructions for specifying its traits (5-8) -Heredity information in contained in genes. (5-8) -All instructions for specifying characteristics is carried in DNA (9-12) -Changes in DNA (mutations) occur spontaneously at low rates. (9-12) -Species evolve over time (9-12) -Natural selection and its evolutionary consequences explain the fossil record (9-12) -The millions of different species of living things are related by descent from common ancestors (9-12)