SC15.3.6

Science (2015) Grade(s): 3

SC15.3.6
Create representations to explain the unique and diverse life cycles of organisms other than humans (e.g., flowering plants, frogs, butterflies), including commonalities such as birth, growth, reproduction, and death.

Unpacked Content

Scientific and Engineering Practices

Developing and Using Models

Crosscutting Concepts

Patterns

Knowledge

Students know:

Organisms are born, grow, reproduce and die in a pattern known as a life cycle.
Organisms have unique and diverse life cycles.
An organism can be classified as either a plant or an animal.
There is a causal direction of the cycle (e.g., without birth, there is no growth; without reproduction, there are no births).

Skills

Students are able to:

Create representations to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
Explain the unique and diverse life cycles of organisms other than humans.
Explain commonalities of organisms such as birth, growth, reproduction, and death.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Patterns of change can be used to make predictions about the unique life cycles of organisms.

Vocabulary

Create
Explain
Representations
Unique
Diverse
Commonalities
Life cycles
Organisms
Birth
Growth
Reproduction
Death

Aligned Learning Resources

The Life Cycle of Butterflies With Popplet

Impatient Caterpillars

Impatient Caterpillars Code the Life Cycle

Impatient Caterpillars Write the Life Cycle

Growth and Development of Organisms: Eagles

Plant Life Cycles

Life Cycles of Frogs, Dragonflies, and Butterflies

Can You Dig It? | PLUM LANDING

Butterfly Life Cycle

Flowers StudyJam

Mosses & Ferns StudyJam

Angiosperms: Seeds in Fruit StudyJam

Plants Without Seeds StudyJam

Animal Life Cycles StudyJam

Planting Vocabulary Knowledge Part 1

Planting Vocabulary Knowledge Part 2

Planting Vocabulary Knowledge Part 3

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