Learning Goals
Students will be able to observe local plants and animals and document external structures that may help them survive in a habitat.
Students will be able to identify and explain how specific plant and animal structures function in survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
Students will be able to formulate an investigable question about how a living thing’s structures help it meet its needs in a habitat.
Students will be able to collect and record observations, sketches, and source notes about organism structures using a research notebook.
Students will be able to analyze patterns in evidence from observations, charts, or simple graphs to determine how structures support survival or other life needs.
Students will be able to justify a claim with evidence that internal and external structures function together as a system in a plant or animal.
Students will be able to evaluate limitations in their investigation by naming what they checked, what they did not check, and what they would investigate next.
Products
Structure Sleuth Research Notebook
Students complete a research notebook that includes their question, method choices, observation sketches, source notes, data tables, and a short claim with evidence. The notebook shows each student’s individual understanding of how structures help a living thing survive, grow, behave, or reproduce.
Structure and Survival Investigation Showcase Poster
Teams create a formal investigation poster or tri-fold that synthesizes members’ evidence into one shared conclusion about how a chosen organism’s structures support life in its habitat. The poster includes method rationale, visuals or simple graphs, limitations, and questions for next investigation.
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