Projects & Materials

This unit was designed for students in grades 3 by Susane Dunne and Chairta McCarty.

This unit is designed to introduce students to the characteristics and life cycles of different types of organisms. Students will create graphic representations, and provide evidence from data analysis of inherited traits of plants and animals. Students will distinguish between those traits that are inherited from those traits that are affected by the environment. At the end of the unit the students will complete a curriculum embedded performance assessment (CEPA) to demonstrate an understanding and application of these standards: NGSS 3-LS1-1, 3-LS3-1, 3-LS3-2