Inherited Traits, Variation of Traits, and Mutations in a Third Grade Science Project
Who needs boring Punnett Squares when you can learn about Inherited Traits with Morty the Tiger?
🐯Looking for an engaging and comprehensive way to teach your students about inherited traits, variations of traits, and mutations? Look no further than this NGSS project!
🐯Packed with interactive activities and assessments, this project will help your students understand these important concepts in a fun and memorable way.
GRADE: Third Grade
STANDARDS: NGSS 3-LS3-1
FORMAT: PDF
PAGES: 20
Who needs boring Punnett Squares when you can learn about Inherited Traits with Morty the Tiger?
🐯Looking for an engaging and comprehensive way to teach your students about inherited traits, variations of traits, and mutations? Look no further than this NGSS project!
🐯Packed with interactive activities and assessments, this project will help your students understand these important concepts in a fun and memorable way.
GRADE: Third Grade
STANDARDS: NGSS 3-LS3-1
FORMAT: PDF
PAGES: 20
Who needs boring Punnett Squares when you can learn about Inherited Traits with Morty the Tiger?
🐯Looking for an engaging and comprehensive way to teach your students about inherited traits, variations of traits, and mutations? Look no further than this NGSS project!
🐯Packed with interactive activities and assessments, this project will help your students understand these important concepts in a fun and memorable way.
GRADE: Third Grade
STANDARDS: NGSS 3-LS3-1
FORMAT: PDF
PAGES: 20
Variations of traits in a third grade science project
Your students will LOVE discovering variations of traits and mutations with this hands-on tiger project!
STORY: Meet Morty the Tiger and his brand new baby sister, who was born with a special mutation (white stripes).
SCIENCE: Deep-dive into traits with definitions and examples in the animal and plant world.
PROJECT: Then play around with stripes, color, and size of the cubs and figure out what the parents must have looked like.
ART: Design and draw your tiger cub with directed drawing pages and prompts.
What's included?
-1 NGSS-aligned project
-3 Learning Pages
-2 Exit Tickets (animal and plants)
-Teacher Guide
-Student Guide
-Project Explanation
-Answer Keys
-Directed Drawing Pages
What standard is completed?
-NGSS 3-LS3-1
-Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms.
Hope you enjoy!
-Abbey Allen
Owner & Designer of ARTventurous Animals