Subject: Science

Skills: Compare and contrast the needs of humans to the needs of plants

Description: This 1 Hour Kindergarten Science Lesson, sets the stage for answering the essential question, “What functions enable an organism to survive?”

• Students will compare and contrast human needs and plant needs

CCSS: NGSS K-LS1-1, RL.K.1, W.K.3, K.CC.B.5

Skills: Develop a model that mimics the function of dispersing seeds or pollination.

Description: In this 1 hour 2nd Grade Life Science Lesson, your students will learn the process of pollination and seed dispersal for plant survival. Essential Question: “What functions enable an organism to survive?”

CCSS: NGSS 2-LS2-2, RI.2.1, W.2.2, 2.OA.A1

Skills: Describe how animals use their senses to process and respond to information using a model. Research an animal

Description: In this 1 hour 4th Grade Life Science Lesson, your students will learn how animals use their senses to process and react to information to help them survive. Essential Question: “What functions enable an organism to survive?”

CCSS: NGSS. 4-LS1-2, RI.4.6, W.4.2, 4.G.A.2

Skills: Use a model, such as a food web, to describe the movements of matter among plants, animals and decomposers in the environment which also describes ...

Description: In this 1 hour 5th Grade Life Science Lesson, your students will learn the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers and the environment. Essential Question: “What functions enable an organism to survive?”

CCSS: NGSS 5-LS2-1, 5-PS3-1, SL.5.5, RI.5.7, 5.NF.A.2