In this lesson students will explore the physical characteristics of insects and how they camouflage themselves to avoid being eaten by predators.

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Students will compare different plant traits and determine how each structure helps that species of plant grow and reproduce in the schoolyard habitat. After which, students can observe each plant for acquired traits.

Students will learn about the ways garden organisms depend on each other in their environment for survival. Animals eat plants and/or other animals for food this will show students how energy is transferred from the sun to living things.

Students will explore the garden/outdoor classroom for examples of different plant structures and determine how plants use these structures to meet their needs.

Students will use their knowledge of life cycles to find evidence of various plant life cycles and compare to that of frogs, beetles, butterflies.

In this lesson the students will determine that for an object to be a living thing it must grow and reproduce and it must have its basic needs met.

Students will determine that for an object to be a living thing it must grow and reproduce, and it must have its basic needs met.

Students will explore the garden environment for examples of organisms having their needs met and will be given an event that might cause that organism to thrive, move or perish.

Students will observe, measure, sort, and examine (shapes and textures) of leaves individually, in groups, and in relationship to the entire plant.

In this lesson students will use knowledge of the needs of living things to examine their outdoor classroom for these factors that help plants grow.

STUDENT ACTIVITY -- 3rd -- NCThis is a distance-learning lesson students can complete at home.Students will pull weeds to explore plant structures that promote survival. This activity was created by Out Teach (out-teach.org), a nonprofit providing outdoor experiential learning to transform Science education for students in under-served communities. .

Students will use knowledge of life cycles to collect evidence of the stages of life a plant goes through.

STUDENT ACTIVITY - 2nd Grade: This is a distance-learning lesson students can complete at home.Students will conduct a simple experiment to see if plants need sunlight and water to grow.This activity was created by Out Teach (out-teach.org), a nonprofit providing outdoor experiential learning to transform Science education for students in under-served communities.