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New Plants Big Ideas
Systems
Inquiry
Application
LS1 Structures
LS2 Ecosystems
Part-Whole
Relationships
Making
Observations
Tools and
Materials
Plant and
Animal Parts
Habitats
Answer questions
by explaining
observations of
the natural world.
Use simple tools
and materials to
solve problems in
creative ways.
Plants and
animals meet their
needs in different
ways.
Habitats are
places that meet
the daily needs of
plants and
animals.
Identify parts of
living and nonliving systems.
LS3 Heredity
Classifying
Plants and
Animals
Both plants and
animals have
different
characteristics that
can be used to
classify them.
Why Big Ideas: Research shows students learn science by building on a limited number of unifying ideas.
In Life Science they include:
What does it mean to be alive?
How do living organisms interact with their environment?
How are all living organisms related?
FOSS
Standards
Brassica
Introducing
Recording
INQC Recording
Observations
LS3A Alive/not Alive
Planting Brassica
INQA Investigate
LS1F Plant Needs
LS2B Habitat
Observing Brassica
Growth
SYS A Parts & Wholes
LS3A Plant Life Cycles
Grass and Grain
Seeds
Lawns
LS2B Habitat
INQB Investigate
Mowing the Lawn
LS2C Humans Change
Habitats
INQC Inferences
Wheat
LS1F Plant Needs
LS2B Habitat
APPA Technological
Design
Focus Question/PE
Focus: Inquiry
What do scientists write about?
Scientists carefully record
observations.
What evidence would show that
seeds are alive?
If the seed germinates and grows
then it was alive.
Focus: Systems
What parts are needed to make a
whole flowering plant?
Plants have leaves, stems, roots and
flowers that produce seeds.
Focus: Habitat
What are the needs of plants?
Focus: Humans Change
Environments
Do all plants grow back after being
cut?
Grasses grow from the bottom,
other plants grow from the top.
Focus: Habitat
Do plants need soil to live?
Plants need nutrients from the soil
or another source.
Big Idea Question
How do scientists
investigate questions
they have?
Are Plants Alive?
Are Seeds alive?
Is it a flowering plant?
How do living
organisms interact
with their
environment?
How do living
organisms interact
with their
environment?
How do living
organisms interact
with their
environment?
New Plants Big Ideas
FOSS
Standards
Stems
Rooting Stem
Cuttings
LS1B Plant Parts
2-3 LS3B Plant Offspring
INQB Investigate
New Plants From
Cuttings
K-1 LS1B Plant Parts
2-3 LS2A Ecosystems
Provide Food
Spuds
2-3 LS3B Plant Offspring
Bulbs
K-1 LS1B Plant Parts
K-1 LS1C Magnified
Parts
2-3 LS3A Plant Life Cycle
Planting Roots
K-1 LS1F Roots and
Leaves
Focus Question/PE
Focus: Plant Parts
Is the seed the only part from which
new plants can grow?
Stems can also produce new plants
with the right environment.
Focus: Habitats
What will keep our new plant alive?
Water, nutrients and air will keep
our plant alive.
Focus: Plant Parts
How do we know if a potato is a root
or a stem?
Potatoes are modified stems that
can form roots.
Focus: Plant Parts
Are bulbs alive? How do you know?
Bulbs are modified stems like
potatoes.
Focus: Plant Parts
Will roots produce a new plant like a
stem?
New plants will grow from roots.
Big Idea Question
What does it mean to be
alive?
How do living organisms
interact with their
environment?
What is a stem?
What is a stem?
What is a root?
Note to teachers:
New Plants is used at both 1st and 2nd grade and therefore bridges two grade bands in the science
standards. The Big Idea guide lists a combination of K-1 and 2-3 standards to represent that fact.