Growth and Development of Organisms

Grade Level: 3rd

Subject: Science

Time Frame: 4 weeks (quarter 1)

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Essential Questions

 

- what is a life cycle?
- what changes do organisms go through during their life cycle?
- how do plants reproduce?
- how is a plant life cycle similar to an animal's life cycle? How is it different?
- why do organisms reproduce?
- what are different patterns of animal development?

 

 

By the end of the unit, students will know:

 

- the pattern of life cycles include birth, growth, reproduction, and death
- reproduction is essential for a living thing to continue to exist over time
- plant structures involved in plant reproduction 
- the steps of plan reproduction
- the different patterns of animal development: direct development, complete metamorphosis, incomplete metamorphosis

 

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By the end of the unit, students will be able to:

 

- create a model of flowering plant life cycle
- create a model of an animal life cycle, including direct development, incomplete metamorphosis and complete metamorphosis
- compare and contrast the life cycles of plants and animals

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Topics

 

- Plant life cycles
- animal life cycles

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Standards

3-LS1-1