K-LS1-1: Plant and Animal Needs
Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
Clarification Statement: Examples of patterns could include that animals need to take in food but plants do not; the different kinds of food needed by different types of animals; the requirement of plants to have light; and, that all living things need water.
Assessment Boundary: none
Science Practices
Disciplinary Core Ideas
LS1.C: Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms
Crosscutting Concepts
Patterns
Assessments
The Wonder of Science Assessments
Shared Assessments
The following assessments were shared by teachers implementing the NGSS. Many of these are drafts and should be used accordingly. Feel free to improve these assessments or contribute your own. Learn more here.
Instructional Resources
Mini Lessons
The Wonder of Science Resources
Shared Resources
Anchor Charts
Phenomena
Videos
Learning Plans
Storylines
Life and the Environment Storyline Template (K-LS1-1, K-ESS2-2, K-ESS3-1, K-ESS3-3)
Generic Storyline Template
5th Grade Storyline Sample
Common Core Connections
ELA/Literacy
RI.K.1 - With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
W.K.1 - Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion pieces in which they tell a reader the topic or the name of the book they are writing about and state an opinion or preference about the topic or book.
W.K.2 - Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.
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