1-LS1-1

SCUSD NGSS Curriculum Guide ==== **1-LS1-1: Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.*** [Clarification Statement: Examples of human problems that can be solved by mimicking plant or animal solutions could include designing clothing or equipment to protect bicyclists by mimicking turtle shells, acorn shells, and animal scales; stabilizing structures by mimicking animal tails and roots on plants; keeping out intruders by mimicking thorns on branches and animal quills; and, detecting intruders by mimicking eyes and ears.] ====

Science Background for the Teacher:
How to design, implement and utilize a science notebook (with a blank page for drawings) Animals Two by Two (FOSS kinder) compare and contrast (goldfish and guppies, land and water snails, big and little worms, pill bugs and sow bugs) Plants and Animals (FOSS first grade)--compare structure and function of animals (teeth) Plants: grass, seeds, stems, new plants Teacher Prep Video in FOSS Why do structures exist (functions).

Key Vocabulary:
FOSSweb.com ||  ||   ||   || external parts || habitats behaviors || roots || grow, survive, reproduce fins, tails, mouth ||
 * see FOSS Insect and Plant Glossary on
 * compare and contrast || adaptations || function || stems, leaves, flowers, roots ||
 * structures

plant and animal adaptations, how parts function
FOSS Plant and Animal: Use End of Unit written questions to guide student discussion (formative assessment) FOSS: assessments--kinder: Animals Two by Two ====Summative: Students will identify a human problem that the student could solve from plant or animal structures. Use materials to design a plant/animal function for a human purpose (generate a list in a class discussion) ====  need appropriate materials and to understand the properties of those materials. Can be done as a group. 1. what problem will the student choose 2. what materials will the student need 3. build model 4. test and demonstrate model (connect to function)

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Key Student Activity: __Maintain Notebooks__
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">structure of goldfish (fins, tail, mouth, gills) FOSS Animals 2X2 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">trees in kindergarten (truck, roots, branches, leaves) and their function <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Plants and Animals 3.3 Habitat match (which animal lives in what habitat) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Guess my plant or animal (20 questions) and other games from FOSS 3.3 Bird beak armor, camouflage Plants and animals--Investigation 4.1 and 4.2 Animal structures and how they compare to human structures. Investigate vegetables, look at animal teeth and use their own teeth to eat a carrot or other food. Identify teeth

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Key Teacher Demo/Activity:
video "How plants live in different places" FOSS Plants and Animals 3.3 Planet FOSS--on the FOSS website--how science happens in the real world

[Description of teacher demo or activity. Include necessary materials, if known.]

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Common Student Misconceptions:
plants do not breathe, what is food

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====<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Other Resources (text, video, simulations, activities, models, etc..): ====

old Project Wild activities Animals two by two (Foss): roly poly, snails, goldfish, guppies Environmental Volunteers (second grade birds) Video: Science in the Schoolyard--Boston Science Initiative (FOSS web or schoolyard.org) Video: Eyewitness FOSSweb.com ebooks, videos, websites