Concepts of Structures of Life
Teachers want to keep these ideas in mind throughout the unit to help guide instruction and to emphasize with learners.
Plants:
- Seeds are found in the plant part called a fruit.
- Different kinds of fruits have different kinds and numbers of seeds.
- Seeds have a variety of properties.
- Seeds undergo changes in the presence of water.
- A Seed is an organism, a living thing.
- Seeds store food and provide protection for the young plant.
- Germination is the onset of a seed’s growth.
- Plants need water, light, and nutrients to grow.
- Hydroponics is the technique of growing plants in water.
- The life cycle is the process of a seed growing into a mature plant, which in turns produces seeds.
Animals:
- Crayfish have observable structures.
- Crayfish require clean, cool water, food, and space.
- Behavior is what an animal does.
- Habitat is where an animal lives.
- Some animals claim a territory that they protect from other animals.
- Bess beetles are insects, with six legs, three body parts, antennae, and a variety of other structures.
- Bess beetles need water, food, air and space.
- The structures found on different kinds of organisms show some similarities and some differences.
- An organism’s structures have functions that help it survive in its habitat.
- We must take care not to harm animals as we learn about them.
Inquiry Skills
Inquiry skills are those skills students use to make sense of their science investigations. They tell what the students will actually be doing in science. The Inquiry Skills for Air and Weather are:
Ask Questions
Investigate
Data Collection
Interpret Data
Communicate
Describe
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Predict
Observe
Infer
Collaborate
Discuss
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