Unit 4: Traits

(5 weeks - Trimester 2)

Full Curriculum

 

Performance Expectations
3-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.

3-LS3-2. Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment. 

 

Standards
3-LS3-1
3-LS3-2

Essential Questions

 

How do organisms vary in their traits? 

What evidence would support the idea that plants and animals inherit traits from their parents and that these traits vary within a group of similar organisms?

How can an organism’s traits be influenced by the environment?
 

STEMscopes

Inheritance and Variation of Traits

Environmental Traits