Life Cycles of Plants and Animals - Science Info Txt Leveled Reading Passage

A great science reader for centers and includes questions. Lexiles at 320.

Supports standards:

SC.1.L.16.1 Make observations that plants and animals closely resemble their parents, but variations exist among individuals within a population.

K.10 Organisms and environments. The student knows that organisms resemble their parents and have structures and processes that help them survive within their environments. The student is expected to:

(C) Identify ways that young plants resemble parent plants and

(D) observe changes that are part of a simple life cycle of a plant: seed, seedling, plant, flower, and fruit.

1.10 Organisms and environments. The student knows that organisms resemble their parents and have structures and processes that help them survive within their environments. The student is expected to:

(C): compare ways that young animals resemble their parents; AND

(D) observe and record life cycles of animals such as a chicken, frog, or fish

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