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This curriculum unit will target the Next Generation Science Standards for 2nd grade 2-LS4-1. Make observations of plants and animals to compare the diversity of life in different habitats. We will be learning about how adaptations by organisms contributed to the variety of life found on the planet. It will also target NGSS for 1st grade 1-LS3-1. Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents. This is an important concept because organisms that reproduce sexually are not exact copies of their parents and this allows for mutations that can give an individual an advantage in survival to reproductive maturity.
The Common Core State Standards for speaking and listening as well as writing will be addressed as students discuss their ideas with their peers and teacher and explain their thinking in the choice of adaptations for particular environments via discussion and writing.
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