Charlotte's Collaborative Projects

This activity is a hands-on project that meets the Next Generation Science Standard for third grade: 3-LS4-2 (Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing) and 3-LS4-4 (Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change). This project also includes sev

This flow chart fits nicely into NGSS Standard 5-LS1-1: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes. Each student will research a different plant to determine whether their plants are nonvascular or vascular. From there, vascular plants are broken down into seed and seedless plants, and flowering and nonflowering plants. Each student will then add their research to a class flow chart to show the variety of types of plants. In doing their research, students will learn the difference

This genetic puzzle is for low to average students studying heredity at the middle school level. It meets the Next Generation Science Standard MS-LS3 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits. Students use a short description on a puzzle piece to design a Punnett Square with the given traits. They will have nine different puzzle pieces used to create a unique person. Students then use the specified square within the Punnett Squares to determine which traits their person will inherit. I

This genetic puzzle is for average to high students studying heredity at the middle school level. It meets the Next Generation Science Standard MS-LS3 Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits. Students use a short description on a puzzle piece to design a Punnett Square with the given traits. They will have nine different puzzle pieces used to create a unique person. Students then use the specified square within the Punnett Squares to determine which traits their person will inherit. I