Lesson Overview

Organisms Have Character

3rd Grade
*Order plants and animals 4 weeks before starting kit

Less Overview Time Other Things to Know: Advance

on Preparation
1 • Pre Test 40 * Copy & Laminate: Plant Survey & Needs Card
• Characteristics of Plants min Set
50 * Prepare: 2 Charts (pg 16)
min * Part 2- Outside Observations
50
min
2 • Function of Roots 50 * Book: Tops and Bottoms
min * Coles plant’s soil needs to be dry to start
50 * Part 3: 2-3 weeks after part 2 (Start Act. 3
min after part 2)
50 *Need: carrot, celery w/leaves, white flower
min (Activity 3)
*Need: Flowers with large reproductive parts
(Activity 5)
3 • Function of Stems 50 *Need: Flower and apple (Activity 6)
min *Need: Collect fruit & seeds found in nature
50 (Activity 6)
min *Part 2: 3-4 days after part 1
4 • Function of Leaves 60 *Make & Laminate: Word Sort Card Set
min *Outside: Collection of variety of leaves of
plants
5 • Function of Flower 50 *Copy: What Am I? Game Clues
min
6 • How Fruit Grows 50 *Copy: Seeds in Nature
min *Collect Seeds / Need: 1 apple per team
50
min
7 • Compare Plants 50 *Observing: moss, pine seedlings, coleus
min * Making: Woodland habitats (used in Activity 9)
8 • Aquatic Plants 60 *Prepare: conditioned water (pg 62)
min *Prepare: freshwater plants/ Make: charts (pg
62)
*Making: Freshwater habitats (use in Activity
10)
9 • Characteristics of 60 *Copy: Animal Observation Worksheet
Animals min * Locate school yard animals
60 * Collect animals for classroom habitats
min
60
min
10 • Land Snails 60 *Book: Are You a Snail?
min *Copy: Snail Observation Booklet
60 *Make: What We Think About Land Snails chart
min
11 • Crayfish 45 *Book: Pinching Crayfish
min *Copy: Crayfish Observation Booklet
 45 *Make: What We Think About Crayfish chart
min *Collect: Large stones &/or other materials for
hiding
12 • Changes & Behaviors 60 *Copy & Laminate: Word Sort Card Set
Animals & Plants min *Create schedule for observing
13 • Venn: Snail & Crayfish 45 *Need apple and orange
min
14 • Defenses/Predator/Prey 60 *Book: Animal Defenses: How Animals
Bird Beaks min Defend Themselves
45 *Need: sufficient time for observations
min
15 • Vertebrates/Invertebrat 50 *Need: sufficient time for observations
es min
16 • Behavioral 50 *Book: Sam and the Sea Cow
Characteristics min *Need: Observation Booklets Completed
Write Story/Humans & 50 *Need: Sufficient time to write story
Environment min
17 • Learn Through Research 50 *Copy: Model Habitat Product Descriptor
min *Collect: Resource Materials (animal magazines)
• Post Test 45
min
45
min