3rd Grade Inherited Traits Worksheets Plant & Animal Life Cycle Activities NGSS

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3rd

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Science, Biology, Environment

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Activities, Printables, Posters

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NGSS3-LS4-2

NGSS3-LS3-2

NGSS3-LS3-1

NGSS3-LS1-1

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180 pages

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Are you looking for a fun way to teach 3rd grade inherited traits and life cycles? In this third grade science unit students will learn about plant and animal life cycles and how they have similar stages, inherited traits of plants, animals, and people, plus how the environment can influence traits. This third grade science unit has everything you need to engage your students and learn! There are many high interest activities that your students will love!

This third grade unit on inherited traits and life cycles aligns to NGSS* standards 3-LS1-1, 3-LS3-1, 3-LS3-2, 3-LS4-2 and many other state standards.

This unit includes so many activities and resources that you can use! There are mini books, vocabulary, posters, hands on activities, non-fiction passages, worksheets and so much more!

It covers four topics:

Plant and Animal Life Cycles
Inherited Traits
Environmental Influences on Traits
Advantages for Survival

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NGSS3-LS4-2

Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing. Examples of cause and effect relationships could be plants that have larger thorns than other plants may be less likely to be eaten by predators; and, animals that have better camouflage coloration than other animals may be more likely to survive and therefore more likely to leave offspring.

NGSS3-LS3-2

Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment. Examples of the environment affecting a trait could include normally tall plants grown with insufficient water are stunted; and, a pet dog that is given too much food and little exercise may become overweight.

NGSS3-LS3-1

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. Patterns are the similarities and differences in traits shared between offspring and their parents, or among siblings. Emphasis is on organisms other than humans. Assessment does not include genetic mechanisms of inheritance and prediction of traits. Assessment is limited to non-human examples.

NGSS3-LS1-1

Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death. Changes organisms go through during their life form a pattern. Assessment of plant life cycles is limited to those of flowering plants. Assessment does not include details of human reproduction.

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