Inheritance of Traits 

Grade Level: 1st

Subject: Science

Time Frame: 2 weeks (quarter 4)

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Essential Questions

 

- how are young animals like their parents?
- how are young plants similar to full grown plants of the same kind?
- what are the similarities and differences between plants and animals of the same kind/breed?
- what characteristics do most plants share?
- what characteristics do animals share?

 

 

By the end of the unit, students will know:

 

- young animals are very much, but not exactly like their parents
- plants are very much, but not exactly, like their parents
- living things can have similarities but also differences 

 

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

 

- describe the difference between and adult animal and a baby animal of the same kind
- describe the different features of plants of the same kind 

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Topics

 

- similarities
- parent/offspring similarities
- differences
- parent/offspring differences
- variation and its importance 

 

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Standards

LS3.A, LS3.B, 1-LS3-1