Relocation Round-Up

Internal and External Structures

4th Grade

4-LS1-1 4.LS1.1 4-LS1-1 4-LS1-1 3.LS1.1 4.2 S.4.8

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Students will investigate how internal and external structures affect the survival of living things in their environments.

The crew is headed to the Industrial Sector! A grapevine plant and bovine species are not thriving in their current environments. Students will analyze the internal and external structures and determine the best environment for relocating the plant and bovine.

Est. time: 36 min

Targeted Standards

4-LS1-1 Construct an argument that plants, and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.

4.LS1.1 Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.

4-LS1-1 Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function together in a system to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.

4-LS1-1 Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.

3.LS1.1 Analyze the internal and external structures that aquatic and land animals and plants have to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.

4.2 The student will investigate and understand that plants and animals have structures that distinguish them from one another and play vital roles in their ability to survive.

S.4.8 Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.

3-Dimensional Science

Phenomenon

Living things have internal and external structures that help them survive in their environment.

Science and Engineering Practices

Asking Questions and Defining Problems

Ask questions about what would happen if a variable is changed.
Identify scientific (testable) and non-scientific (nontestable) questions.
Ask questions that can be investigated and predict reasonable outcomes based on patterns such as cause and effect relationships.

Planning and Carrying Out Investigations

Make predictions about what would happen if a variable changes.

Analyzing and Interpreting Data

Analyze and interpret data to make sense of phenomena, using logical reasoning, mathematics, and/or computation.

Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions

Construct an explanation of observed relationships (e.g., the distribution of plants in the back yard).
Use evidence (e.g., measurements, observations, patterns) to construct or support an explanation or design a solution to a problem.
Identify the evidence that supports particular points in an explanation.

Engaging in Argument from Evidence

Compare and refine arguments based on an evaluation of the evidence presented.
Construct and/or support an argument with evidence, data, and/or a model.
Use data to evaluate claims about cause and effect.

Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information

Read and comprehend grade appropriate complex texts and/or other reliable media to summarize and obtain scientific and technical ideas and describe how they are supported by evidence.

Crosscutting Concepts

Systems and System Models

Students understand that a system is a group of related parts that make up a whole and can carry out functions its individual parts cannot. They can also describe a system in terms of its components and their interactions.

Disciplinary Core Ideas

LS1.A: Structure and Function

Organisms have both internal and external macroscopic structures that allow for growth, survival, behavior, and reproduction.