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Classification Activity 3: Plant Classification (Grades 2-5)

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      Subject Science — Life Science, Physical Science
      Grade Level Grades K-5
      Resource Type Activity
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      Good for Parents
      Standards Alignment
      Next Generation Science Standards, State-specific
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      About This Lesson

      After learning about and observing the differences between flowering and nonflowering plants, students go outside and search for plants in schoolyard, keeping notes and drawings of their observations. 

      • Students will classify flowering and nonflowering plants into groups based on adaptations and traits
      • Students will compare, contrast, and discuss the traits of different plants

      Lessons in this unit:

      • Classification Activity 1: What is Classification?
      • Classification Activity 2: Animal Classification
      • Classification Activity 3: Plant Classification
      • Classification Activity 4: That's Classified!

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      February 13, 2020
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      Standards

      Plan and conduct an investigation to describe and classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties.
      Read More About 2-PS1-1
      Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms.
      Read More About 3-LS3-1
      Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.
      Read More About 3-LS3-2
      Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
      Read More About 4-LS1-1
      Life cycles vary among organisms, but reproduction is a major stage in the life cycle of all organisms.
      Read More About SC.4.L.16.B
      Life cycles vary among organisms, but reproduction is a major stage in the life cycle of all organisms.
      Read More About SC.2.L.16.B
      Plants and animals, including humans, interact with and depend upon each other and their environment to satisfy their basic needs.
      Read More About SC.1.L.17.A
      Through observation, recognize that all plants and animals, including humans, need the basic necessities of air, water, food, and space.
      Read More About SC.1.L.17.1
      Plants and animals, including humans, interact with and depend upon each other and their environment to satisfy their basic needs.
      Read More About SC.2.L.17.A
      Compare and contrast the basic needs that all living things, including humans, have for survival.
      Read More About SC.2.L.17.1
      Plants and animals, including humans, interact with and depend upon each other and their environment to satisfy their basic needs.
      Read More About SC.4.L.17.A

      Reviews

      Question - if you are saying that pine trees have no flowers, then why do they produce so much pollen?
      mccarryj_1740019
      mccarryj_1740019
      June 27, 2020
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