Grade 3 | Inheritance and Traits L1.4
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Grade 3 | Inheritance and Traits
Lesson 1.4: Introducing Species
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Open Ended
DO NOW:
Think back to working with the Animal Cards and Bird Cards.
What are some ways you observed that organisms can be similar or different?
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THINK
Organisms have some traits that we can’t observe by looking.
Think for a moment about a trait of birds that we couldn’t observe by using our sense of sight.
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Activity 1 : Identifying Songbirds
We will use the Bird Cards again. This time we will separate them into two groups based on the similarities and differences you hear in their bird sounds.
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On a sheet page make a chart my this.
I will play each sound in order, you list the number into the proper groups.
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Open Ended
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Open Ended
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Open Ended
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Here's Ms. Early's chart
Do we agree?
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Multiple Select
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Yes group 1!
These songbirds have many of the same traits, including the trait of singing. Remember, having many of the same traits can mean that organisms are closely related.
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Northern Cardinal
Closely related to all songbirds.
However, it is even more closely related to the next birds we will see.
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These birds are all cardinals and they are closely related.
What are some similar traits they all have?
What is some variation you can observe?
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Graystone National Park
Remember, we are wildlife biologists. Today, we will find out exactly what our mission as wildlife biologists will be.
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Near the park, there is a school named Graystone Elementary School.
The second grade class is interested in learning more about the wolves in the park.
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The students are very curious about this pack of wolves. They are a species known as gray wolves.
Let’s see what we can observe about them.
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Wolf 44
The students are especially interested in the wolf that is light gray.
We will call it Wolf 44.
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Here's the class email to us,
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Grade 3 | Inheritance and Traits
Lesson 1.4: Introducing Species
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