Plant & Animal Addresses

Overview

Grade: 3rd

Topic: Life Science

Standard: L3.LS.1 Offspring resemble their parents and each other.
L3.LS.2: Individuals of the same kind of organism differ in their inherited traits. These differences give some individuals an advantage in surviving and/or reproducing.

In this lesson students will learn that plants and animals have physical features that they associate with the environments in which they live.

Format

• Watch Plant & Animal Addresses presentation (14:01)

• Play a Quiz Game

• Get Outside! Activity

• Extensions

*Option for teachers- Instead of viewing the recorded presentation, you can choose to present this power point to your students yourself during class. Here is the PPTX with presenter notes to download for use. (Can also be opened with Google slides)

Activity

During the presentation, students play a quiz game where they guess which Ohio plant or animal is being described based on life cycle and adaptations clues. Discuss how individuals survive in their environment, and compare and contrast advantages/disadvantages.

Schedule a follow up virtual Q&A with your county educator to answer further student questions!

Get Outside! Activity

Students select a place outside (yard, park, schoolyard) and observe the area for 15 minutes. Create a log of what plants and animals are present. Students can draw the plant/animal and/or describe in words. Think about and discuss why those plants or animals may have been in that area. How is the environment related to the plants and animals present? Use field guides to try to identify any unknown plants or animals.

Extensions

Reading These readings are free with registration on ReadWorks, a nonprofit that provides Common-Core-aligned readings. All readings include comprehension questions.

• Human Changes to the Environment - reading

• Threatened Environments - reading and comprehension questions

Questions

Questions? Please contact your county SWCD educator