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Major themes or topics: Adaptations, biomes, climate, plants
Big Question: How do plants survive in different biomes?
Virtual Destination(s): U.S. Botanic Garden, Amazon Rainforest, Saguaro National Park
Session 1: Students compare and contrast the different environments of rainforests and deserts and explore how plants have adapted to thrive in both biomes.
Session 2: Students take a virtual field trip to the U.S. Botanic Garden to get up close and personal with fascinating plants from all over the world growing in Washington, DC.
Academic Standards Referenced:
NGSS 4-LS1-1.
Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/4-ls1-1-molecules-organisms-structures-and-processesNGSS 3-LS4-3.
Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
https://www.nextgenscience.org/pe/3-ls4-3-biological-evolution-unity-and-diversityPage updated
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