Plants and Animals LS

Plants and Animals

Students compare the ways different animals and plants use their body parts and senses to do the things they need to do to grow and survive, including typical ways parents keep their young safe so they will survive to adulthood. They notice that though there are differences between plants or animals of the same type, the similarities of behavior and appearance are what allow us to identify them as belonging to a group.

Curriculum Map

Unit: Plants and Animals

State Standards

1-LS1-1. Use evidence to explain that (a) different animals use their body parts and senses in different ways to see, hear, grasp objects, protect themselves, move from place to place, and seek, find, and take in food, water, and air, and (b) plants have roots, stems, leaves, flowers, and fruits that are used to take

in water, air, and other nutrients, and produce food for the plant.

1-LS1-2. Obtain information to compare ways in which the behavior of different animal parents and their offspring help the offspring to survive.

1-LS3-1. Use information from observations (first-hand and from media) to identify similarities and differences among individual plants or animals of the same kind.

Essential Questions

• How do young plants and animals survive in their habitat?

• What traits do animals or plants possess to help them survive?

• How can we make a new plant from an old one?

• What structures or behaviors do plants or animals have that help them live in their habitat?

Students will...

• Ask questions and defining problems

• Developing and use models

• Plan and carrying out investigations

• Analyze and interpret data

• Construct explanations and design solutions

• Engage in an argument from evidence

• Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information