What do Plants and animals need to live.
What questions are you thinking about?
What is a Big Idea we should think about?
What is this science unit all about?
What do you think?
Question: What does a plant need to live?
Think about it for awhile and share your ideas with your classmates.
What do you think?
Some students thought that plants need sunlight and water
Other students thought plants only need water.
Which idea do you support? Or do you have any other ideas?
Plants need water and sunlight
OR
Plants need water
Talk to your classmates about what you know right now.
Listen to other ideas and think about how they might work or not work.
Now it is time to write down your thoughts
It’s time to do some research!
What do you think?
Question: Can a polar bear live anywhere it wants?
Think about it for awhile and share your ideas with your classmates.
What do you think?
Polar bears can live anywhere.
Polar bears can only live in a cold area.
Which idea do you support? Or do you have any other ideas?
Talk to your classmates about what you know right now.
Listen to other ideas and think about how they might work or not work.
Now it is time to write down your thoughts
It’s time to do some research!
Should the polar bear move to the jungle? Who should we ask?
What do you think?
Question: How do plants get the water they need to live?
Think about it for awhile and share your ideas with your classmates.
What do you think?
Some students thought plants get water through their leaves
Other students thought plants get water through their roots.
What do you think?
Talk to your classmates about what you know right now.
Listen to other ideas and think about how they might work or not work.
Now it is time to write down your thoughts
It’s time to do some research!
Who can help us with a question about plants?