LS3 - Standard
Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
3rd Grade · Next Generation Science Standards · NGSS Lead States 2013
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dataevidenceplantsanimalstraitsparentsvariationgroupsimilar organismsenvironment
Skills
- analyze (data about plant and animal traits) #dok3
- interpret (data to find evidence of inherited traits) #dok3
- support (explanations about environmental influences using evidence) #dok3
Learning Targets
- I can identify traits that plants and animals inherit from their parents. #dok1
- I can recognize differences (variation) among members of the same species. #dok1
- I can describe ways traits can be influenced by the environment (such as sunlight, soil, or food). #dok2
- I can analyze and interpret data to provide evidence of inherited traits and trait variation in organisms. #dok3
- I can use evidence to explain how the environment can affect the traits of plants and animals. #dok3
Big Ideas
- Traits of living things are passed from parents to offspring, but can also be affected by the environment.
- Within a group of similar organisms, variations in traits exist and are important for understanding heredity and differences.
Essential Questions
- What are traits, and how do living things get them?
- How do inherited traits differ from traits influenced by the environment?
- Why do plants and animals in the same species look or act differently from each other?
- How can we use data to show if traits are inherited or influenced by the environment?
- How does the environment affect the traits that we observe in living things?
