Global Citizenship: Foster an understanding and empathy for all living things, encouraging actions that support the well-being of the environment.
Responsibility: Teach the importance of taking care of the environment and the living things within it, emphasizing the impact of individual actions.
Critical Thinking: Encourage curiosity and inquiry about the natural world, promoting exploration and discovery of how living things grow and survive.
Think about a specific plant or animal. What does it need to grow and survive? How are these needs met in its environment?
How do the needs of plants differ from the needs of animals?
What happens when living things don’t get what they need?
How can we help take care of the living things around us?
Modeling
Constructing Explanations
Standards: K-LS1 (From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes) - Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
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