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Unit 4: Inherited Traits and the Life Cycle
Unit 4: Inherited Traits and the Life Cycle
Key Essential Questions:
How do organisms vary in their inherited traits?
How can traits be influenced by the environment?
What are the similarities and differences between the life cycles of different organisms?
Transfer Goals - Students will be able to use their learning to:
Analyze and interpret data to observe differences and similarities in patterns [in inherited traits among groups of similar organisms.
Construct explanations of cause and effect relationships that are used to explain [that traits can be influenced by the environment.
Develop and use models to show patterns in the life cycles of different organisms.
March 16 - 20
March 16 - 20
Inherited Traits and the Life Cycles - "How do organisms vary in their inherited traits?"
Inherited Traits and the Life Cycles - "How do organisms vary in their inherited traits?"
This is a new unit for us so let's start from the beginning! What is an inherited trait? You'll want to check out the video "What is a Trait?" before starting the Mystery Science lesson. It will explain what inherited traits are.
This is a new unit for us so let's start from the beginning! What is an inherited trait? You'll want to check out the video "What is a Trait?" before starting the Mystery Science lesson. It will explain what inherited traits are.
Next Generation Science Standard: 3-LS4-2. Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing.
Next Generation Science Standard: 3-LS4-2. Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing.
March 23 - 27
March 23 - 27
Engineering Design Challenge
Engineering Design Challenge
With last week's lesson, you learned about inherited traits and how these traits can vary even within the same organism. With this week's STEM challenge, you'll see how new organisms can be created. You'll also gain an understanding of how inventors can tweak or adapt existing inventions in subtle ways that improve their use and function.
With last week's lesson, you learned about inherited traits and how these traits can vary even within the same organism. With this week's STEM challenge, you'll see how new organisms can be created. You'll also gain an understanding of how inventors can tweak or adapt existing inventions in subtle ways that improve their use and function.
Next Generation Science Standard: 3-LS3-2. Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.
Next Generation Science Standard: 3-LS3-2. Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.
March 30 - April 3
March 30 - April 3
Take this week to catch up on your lessons and make sure you check out the links to the Mystery Science Mini-Lessons. Mystery Doug is waiting for you! Don't forget to stay curious over spring break!
Take this week to catch up on your lessons and make sure you check out the links to the Mystery Science Mini-Lessons. Mystery Doug is waiting for you! Don't forget to stay curious over spring break!
April 17 - Unified Arts Enrichment Friday
April 17 - Unified Arts Enrichment Friday
April 24 - Unified Arts Enrichment Friday
April 24 - Unified Arts Enrichment Friday
May 1 - Unified Arts Enrichment Friday
May 1 - Unified Arts Enrichment Friday
May 4 - 13
May 4 - 13
Unit 5: Changes in Environments
Unit 5: Changes in Environments
Key Essential Questions:
● What do fossils teach us about the past?
● What happens to organisms when their environment changes?
Transfer Goals - Students will be able to use their learning to:
● Analyze and interpret data about the scale, proportion and quantity of fossils to learn about the past.
● Engage in an argument from evidence about the cause and effect relationship between environmental changes and the effect on the organisms in that environment.
What do fossils teach us about our past?
What do fossils teach us about our past?
Now that we've learned about inherited traits and how some species have adapted in order to survive and how some have not, we're going to focus on the past and how we've come to figure out these adaptions.
Now that we've learned about inherited traits and how some species have adapted in order to survive and how some have not, we're going to focus on the past and how we've come to figure out these adaptions.
Fossils
Fossils
Fossils provide evidence about the types of organisms that lived long ago and also about the nature of their environments. The Great Lakes are deep, cold, and composed of fresh water. This is the complete opposite of millions of years ago. Scientists have learned that Michigan was under a salty, tropical sea millions of years ago in part, from finding Petoskey stones. They most likely asked themselves, "How could an ocean living organism live near the Great Lakes?"
Fossils provide evidence about the types of organisms that lived long ago and also about the nature of their environments. The Great Lakes are deep, cold, and composed of fresh water. This is the complete opposite of millions of years ago. Scientists have learned that Michigan was under a salty, tropical sea millions of years ago in part, from finding Petoskey stones. They most likely asked themselves, "How could an ocean living organism live near the Great Lakes?"
Next Generation Science Standard: 3-LS4-1. Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.
Next Generation Science Standard: 3-LS4-1. Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.
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