All About Organisms NGSS mini-book

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3rd, Homeschool

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Science, Biology, General Science

Resource Type

Workbooks, Worksheets, Printables

Standards

NGSS3-LS4-1

NGSS3-LS2-1

NGSS3-LS4-3

NGSS3-LS4-2

NGSS3-LS3-2

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37 pages

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This 35-page science mini-book was created to help teach the Next Generation Science Standards for 3rd grade Life Science: 3-LS1 (From Molecules to Organisms), 3-LS2 (Ecosystems), 3-LS3 (Heredity), and 3-LS4 (Biological Evolution).

It covers the following principles: what is an organism, what is a life cycle, animal & plant life cycles, what is survival, safety in numbers, what is a habitat, what are adaptations, what is natural selection, what does endangered & extinct mean, what are fossils, what can fossils tell us, what is evolution, what is survival of the fittest, plant & animal survival, design a solution, what are inherited traits, how the environment effects traits.

I made sure to cover everything required in the NGSS for this topic and tried my best to make the material 3rd grade friendly!

Worksheets in the booklet allow students to: draw a life cycle, match animals to their collective group names, sort animals into their habitats, label fossils, label plant & animal adaptations, design a solution to an environmental problem effecting organisms, and draw a self-portrait with their inherited traits. A science glossary of important terms is also included.

This document is in a half-page format (two to a page) to save paper and make copying class sets quicker and easier. Enjoy! =)

Be sure to check out the other NGSS mini-books in my store. More NGSS products are in the works for other grades!

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37 pages

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NGSS3-LS4-1

Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago. Examples of data could include type, size, and distributions of fossil organisms. Examples of fossils and environments could include marine fossils found on dry land, tropical plant fossils found in Arctic areas, and fossils of extinct organisms. Assessment does not include identification of specific fossils or present plants and animals. Assessment is limited to major fossil types and relative ages.

NGSS3-LS2-1

Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.

NGSS3-LS4-3

Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all. Examples of evidence could include needs and characteristics of the organisms and habitats involved. The organisms and their habitat make up a system in which the parts depend on each other.

NGSS3-LS4-2

Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing. Examples of cause and effect relationships could be plants that have larger thorns than other plants may be less likely to be eaten by predators; and, animals that have better camouflage coloration than other animals may be more likely to survive and therefore more likely to leave offspring.

NGSS3-LS3-2

Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment. Examples of the environment affecting a trait could include normally tall plants grown with insufficient water are stunted; and, a pet dog that is given too much food and little exercise may become overweight.

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