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Give your students a chance to observe living things in this life science unit appropriate for grades K-2. Student groups will observe plants and animals in model woodland and freshwater habitats that they build and maintain. Your class will also take notes on structures that help these organisms thrive in their environments. At the end of the unit, students compare the organisms from the unit with human beings, exploring how we are similar to and different from other living things.
The STC Program™ is a basal, inquiry-based science curriculum for grades K–10 that covers life, earth, and physical sciences with technology. STC™ was developed by the National Science Resources Center based on research into how students learn best. The NSRC was established by the National Academies and the Smithsonian Institution.
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By the end of the unit your students will understand that:
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Plants
and animals are two kinds of organisms.
Organisms are similar in some ways and different
in others. |
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The new
starting point in the life cycle of a plant is a
seed. |
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Terrariums and aquariums may be used as models
to examine the interactions between plants and
animals in their natural environment. |
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Humans,
like other organisms, depend and have an impact
on their environment. |
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Animals
and plants in nature have evolved to form
closely knit, interdependent systems. |
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Organisms Unit
Kit
The Unit Kit comes with a Teacher's
Guide, a Teacher's Tools CD, 16
reusable Student Guides, and the
materials needed for a class of 32. |
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Organisms 2-Use Kit
The 2-Use Kit comes with all of the
materials needed for a second, non-concurrent use. |
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Organisms
Refurbishment Set
This set replenishes the consumable
materials in the Unit Kit. |
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Organisms Replacement
Parts
We offer individual replacement
parts for your Unit Kits. |
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Organisms Upgrade
Toolkit
Each STC™ Upgrade Toolkit comes with a Teacher's
Guide (second edition), a Teacher's Tools CD,
and added-value literacy materials. |
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STC Planner: Organisms
Developed with classroom teacher in mind, each planner correlates with the unit Teacher's Guide, making it easy to find the right activity or reading selection. The lesson-by-lesson synopsis allow teacher to prepare for an entire unit or a single lesson. |
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Additional Organisms
Student Investigations
We offer additional re-usable Student Investigations Guides
for your convenience. |
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Organisms (STC Literacy Series),
Pack of 8
The Organisms book introduces children to the basic characteristics of organisms, while helping them develop an understanding of and sensitivity to all living things |
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KIDS DISCOVER: Rain Forest,
Pack of 8
This KIDS DISCOVER magazine
stimulates students' imaginations,
connects science in the classroom to
the real world, and makes learning
fun! |
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Literacy Enhancement: Rain
Forests
Each Literacy Enhancement contains
24 KIDS DISCOVER readers and 30 student notebooks. |
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In Organisms Lesson 9, students explore the needs of a land animal.
