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Content Standard 3.1 - Level 2
An organism (plant, animal) is a living thing that has physical characteristics that help it to survive.
Standard in Kid Friendly Language
I know the three ways seeds travel.
I can name three signs an animal was present.
I know the three parts of a habitat.
I can show three parts of the ear.
I can show three parts of the eye.
Standard Unwrapped
KNOW
Students will know three ways seeds are dispersed.
Students will know the signs an animal has been in the area.
Students will know the necessities of a habitat.
Students will know the parts of the ear and their functions.
Students will know the parts of the eye and their functions.
ABLE TO DO
Students will be able to name three ways seeds are dispersed.
Students will be able to name the three signs an animal has been in the area.
Students will be able to name three necessities of a a habitat.
Students will be able to name at least three parts of the ear and their functions.
Students will be able to name at least three parts of the eye and their functions.
Instructional Strategies
- Plants and Seeds
- Strategies and Misconceptions of Teaching Plants
- Animated newsbreak What plants need
- Tracks and Traces
- Information about the great horned owl, commonly found in Morgan County
- Owl often found near the Brush area
- Fox commonly found in Brush area information
- Rattlesnake information
- Habitats
- Habitat and information on a variety of animals found in Colorado
- Variety of animal and habitat pictures
- Ear
- Ear Resources, Lessons, and Activities
- Eye
- Eye Information and Teaching Strategies
- Nutrition
- Ant living systems
- Songs about growing plants
- Balanced Meals Lesson w/ Instructional Strategies
Assessment Strategies
- Seeds
Common Assessment
1st Quarter Seed Travel Common Assessment
Seed Travel Rubric
- Tracks and Traces
Common Assessment
1st Quarter Tracks and Traces Common Assessment
Tracks and Traces Rubric
- Habitats
Common Assessment
1st Quarter Habitat Common Assessment
Habitat Rubric
- Ear
Common Assessment
Ear Parts and Functions Common Assessment page 1
Ear Parts and Functions Common Assessment page 2
Ear Parts and Functions Rubric
- Eye
Common Assessment
Eye Parts and Functions Common Assessment page 1
Eye Parts and Functions Common Assessment page 2
Eye Parts and Functions Rubric
Resources
- Plants and Seeds
- Word Puzzles, Forms, Worksheets, and More on Plants
- Seed Travel Lesson
- From Seed to Plant Lesson Plan
- Inside a Seed
- Seed Life Lesson
Habitats and Tracks and Traces
- Animated Newsbreak commercial- What animals need to live
- Creating tracks and traces
- Web Cam of animals in Smithsonian Zoo
- Water Safety book
- Water safety flyer for kids
Ear
- Ear Information Website
- Ear Information on Taking Care of Your Ear
- Kid Friendly Ear Articles
- Online quizzes
- Eye
- Eye Dissection with Eye Information
- Eye/Sight Lesson Plans
- Eye Anatomy Diagrams and Definitions
- Information about the eye
- Animated newsbreak about light and shadows
- Optical illusions
- Optical illusions for kids
- Nutrition
- Nutrition Lesson/Unit
- Fruit and Vegetable Unit with Literature Resources
- Nutrition Lesson Plan w/ Worksheets and Teacher Information
- List of Children’s Book on Nutrition
- Healthy Snack Poster and Information for School and Home
Projects and Activities
- Plants and Seeds
- Growing Poems Classroom Project
- Finding, Gathering, and Saving Seeds Classroom Project
- Plants and Seeds Poems and Songs
- Habitats and Tracks and Traces
Making A Diorama Rubric
- Ear
- Sound Activities
- Ear/Sound Activity: Sound is Vibrations
- Ear/Sound Activity: Talking Tubes
- Ear/Sound Activity: Objects Vibrate
- Eye
- Eye Site for Students: Information/Games/Quizzes
- Eye Activity: Animated Movie Introduces Vision and How the Eye Works
- Eye/Sight Activity: Colorful Eyes
- Eye/Sight Activity: Eye Care
- Eye/Sight Activity: Blind’s Man Bluff
- Nutrition
- Eye and ear puzzles, activities
- Eye activities and resources
- Coloring carnations green
- Food Pyramid Relay Activity
- Food Pyramid Game
- Nutrition Food Pyramid Book/Game
