Resources

Gissing K., Wagner T., Bond J., Norris A. & Morris J.

Interactions, how do interactions happen with living
things? Georgetown College (2014). Retrieved at:
http://www.georgetowncollege.edu/ccrp/files/
2014/04/How-do-interactions-happen-with-living-things-KScience-Unit.pdf
Authors from Paris Elementary in association with the CRIOP study of
Multicultural Learning created a unit based on the Next Generation
Science Standards. Interactions combines math, language arts and
science standards to help students of all cultures access the learning
and apply crosscutting themes. This unit designed for primary grades,
uses strong visuals and simple graphic organizers to help scaffold the
content.
Mind My Education. The Life of Environments. National Science
Teachers Association. Retrieved on February 13, 2016
from:
http://static1.squarespace.com/static/551c579de4b0a26c
eeeccbf8/t/552f3623e4b0be5d8efbb21f/1429157411180/Li
fe+Of+Environments+MME+CCSS+NGSS.pdf
This fourth grade science units enduring understanding is organisms
sense their environment in order to live. Designed in seven lessons,
students are introduced to the concept of being alive from personal

observations of living organisms. Students interact with the concepts in

a wide variety of capacities through the construction of 3-Dimensional
models, Readers Theater, and constructing viable arguments.
Missouri Department of Conservation. Grades 3-5 Instructional
Unit. Having what it takes to survive. (2010) Retrieved
from: http://mdc.mo.gov /sites/default/
files/resources/2010/09/9957_6935.pdf
Missouri Department of Conservation illustrates and collates the
specialized structures plants and animals of Missouris ponds, forests
and prairies have in order to survive. Authors explain the internal and
external structures; as well as specific behaviors animals and plants
have in response to certain ecosystems.
Oregon Science Standards (NGSS). Fourth grade, From
Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
(2014). Retrieved from: www.ode.state.or.us
Oregon adopted science standards created by Next Generation Science
Standards. Fourth grade life science standard one, from molecules to
organisms: structures and processes outlines the standards along with
clarification and assessment boundaries. NGSS include science and
engineering practices, disciplinary core ideas, crosscutting concepts,
literacy and mathematical standards that expand and enrich the
standards to give them context and relevancy.

Rice University Professional Development in Science (RESCu).

Animal Adaptions. Retrieved at:
http://www.unr.edu/Documents/education/ nneli/4th%
20Grade%20 Lesson%204-DI-S.pdf
Rice University outlines a lesson using Next Generation Science
Standard 4-LS1-1. The purpose of the lesson is to teach students to
identify the characteristic animals have that allow survival and
reproduction. This lesson includes teacher explanation, interactive
student activities, recommended reading and graphic organizers.