Plant and Animal Environments

Grade Level: Kinder

Subject: Science

Time Frame: 2 weeks (quarter 2)

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Essential Questions

 

- what is the relationship between animals and what they eat, and how does that determine where they live?
- What features help plants and animals survive in different environments?
- How are these features used?
- How do plants and animals depend on the land, air, and water to survive?
- How do plants and animals change the environment to meet their needs?

 

 

By the end of the unit, students will know:

 

- how plants and animals can change their environment
- living things need water, air, resources from land to survive
- humans use natural resources from the environment
- plants, animals, and their surroundings make a system. They work together to meet needs

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

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- diagram/explain how plants and animals can change their environment to meet their needs
- diagram/explain the relationship between the needs of different plans or animals and the places they live
- diagram/explain what features animals and plans have to survive in different environments
- sketch/explain how humans use resources in different environments 

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Topics

- environment
- ecosystem transfer of energy
- food chain
- ecosystems- wet lands, forest, desert
- food chain
- food web
- changing environment
- winter survival- hibernation, migration, etc.
- human effects
- changes in the environment

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Standards

ESS2.E, ESS3.A, K-ESS2-2, K-ESS3-1