ChrysalisLife Cycles of Plants and Animals3rd Grade
Storyline
The crew is headed to Miss Valerie's greenhouse to uncover the mysterious cause of her damaged plants.
Miss Valerie has noticed that some of her plants are developing holes in the leaves and fruit. She needs the crew's help investigating what is causing the damage in her plants. In their investigation, the crew meets a caterpillar named Growl who helps the crew get to the bottom of the problem.
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Phenomenon
Living things have unique life cycles but similar stages of life.
Science and Engineering Practices
Developing and Using Models
Compare models to identify common features and differences.
Develop and/or use a model to represent amounts, relationships, relative scales (bigger, smaller), and/or patterns in the natural and designed world(s).
Develop a simple model based on evidence to represent a proposed object or tool.
Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information
Read grade-appropriate texts and/or use media to obtain scientific and/or technical information to determine patterns in and/or evidence about the natural and designed world(s).
Describe how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) support a scientific or engineering idea.
Communicate information or design ideas and/or solutions with others in oral and/or written forms using models, drawings, writing, or numbers that provide detail about scientific ideas, practices, and/or design ideas.
Crosscutting Concepts
Patterns
Students identify similarities and differences in order to sort and classify natural objects and designed products. They identify patterns related to time, including simple rates of change and cycles, and to use these patterns to make predictions.
Stability and Change
Students measure change in terms of differences over time, and observe that change may occur at different rates. Students learn some systems appear stable, but over long periods of time they will eventually change.
Disciplinary Core Ideas
LS1.B: Growth and Development of Organisms
Reproduction is essential to every kind of organism. Organisms have unique and diverse life cycles.