L.3.1.2: Examine evidence to communicate information that the internal and…
Examine evidence to communicate information that the internal and external structures of plant (e.g., thorns, leaves, stems, roots, or colored petals) function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
The Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards for Science (2018) outcome L.3.1.2 (Life Sciences) for Grade 3 says: “Examine evidence to communicate information that the internal and external structures of plant (e.g., thorns, leaves, stems, roots, or colored petals) function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.” This Fieldbook unit teaches it hands-on, with everyday materials and a printable teacher guide and student sheet for every lesson. Official wording: Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards for Science (2018).
Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: How Plants Make More Plants Grades 3–5 · partly supports this outcome
What is a flower really for? Is a tomato a fruit? How can a seed travel without legs? Three hands-on lessons on pollination, fruits and seeds, and seed dispersal, from a flower you can take apart, through foods you can cut open, to seed models you can drop, blow and float. Nothing is tasted, and it works in any climate.
- What is a flower really for? 50–60 min
Teams take a real flower apart, find the petals, the pollen-making stamens and the seed-making pistil, and use a cotton bud as a model bee to test why fuzzy carriers move pollen well. They explain what pollination is, what it is not, and why a flower looks the way it does.
- Is a tomato a fruit? 50–60 min
Teams cut open thirteen foods to find where the seeds are, sort them with a scientist's rule instead of a cook's, and follow a flower into a fruit. They find that tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers are fruits, that a carrot is a root, and that a banana is a fruit with almost no seeds.
- How can a seed travel without legs? 60–75 min
Teams build a model seed for wind, water or animals, carrying the same clay seed, and test every model with a fair drop, fan, float and wool test. They find that no design wins every test, and explain how real seeds are shaped for the way they travel.
Printable practice for L.3.1.2
These pages practise a closely related idea; the match to L.3.1.2 is partial.
- Flowers, Fruit and Seeds: How Plants Make More Plants workbook included with the unit
3 English-support pages, 3 practice pages, 3 readings, 1 word wall, 1 unit review, 1 unit test, with answer keys.
- How Your Body Works workbook included with the unit
4 English-support pages, 4 practice pages, 4 readings, 1 word wall, 1 unit review, 1 unit test, with answer keys.
- Keep It Cool: Ice, Insulation and Staying Comfortable workbook included with the unit
1 word wall, 1 English-support page, 1 practice page, 1 reading, 1 unit review, 1 unit test, with answer keys.
- Your Senses: How Does Your Body Know? workbook included with the unit
1 word wall, 1 English-support page, 1 practice page, 1 reading, 1 unit review, 1 unit test, with answer keys.
- Winter Science: Ice, Snow and Staying Warm workbook included with the unit
2 readings, 1 word wall, 1 English-support page, 1 practice page, 1 unit review, 1 unit test, with answer keys.
- Groundhog Day Shadow Science free pack, written for Canada; the skill matches
2 mini books, 1 reading, 1 cut-and-paste page, 1 assessment, with answer keys. Free sample.
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Compared with NGSS: 4-LS1-1 (partial).
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