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Seed Racer | PLUM LANDING™

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Title:

Seed Racer | PLUM LANDING™

URL:

https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/plum14.sci.life.seedracer/seed-racer/

Content Source:

PBS

Type:

Interactive/Game

Overview:

Catch that fluff! Players explore the different ways that seeds are dispersed (as burrs in fur, consumed by birds or transported by mammals, floating on the wind or water, or spinning through the air), in this interactive game from PLUM LANDING™. Along the way, players learn about the plants in a mountain ecosystem, how their seeds travel, and how animals rely on them.

Content Standard(s):

Science
SC2015 (2015)
Grade: 2

6 ) Design and construct models to simulate how animals disperse seeds or pollinate plants (e.g., animals brushing fur against seed pods and seeds falling off in other areas, birds and bees extracting nectar from flowers and transferring pollen from one plant to another).*

NAEP Framework

NAEP Statement::
L4.3: Organisms interact and are interdependent in various ways, including providing food and shelter to one another. Organisms can survive only in environments in which their needs are met. Some interactions are beneficial; others are detrimental to the organism and other organisms.

NAEP Statement::
L4.7: Different kinds of organisms have characteristics that enable them to survive in different environments. Individuals of the same kind differ in their characteristics, and sometimes the differences give individuals an advantage in surviving and reproducing.

Unpacked Content

Scientific And Engineering Practices:

Developing and Using Models

Crosscutting Concepts: Structure and Function

Disciplinary Core Idea: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

Evidence Of Student Attainment:

Students:

Develop a simple model that simulates the function of an animal in seed dispersal or pollination of plants.

Teacher Vocabulary:

Model
Design
Construct
Explain
Simulate
Disperse
Pollen
Pollinate
Mimic
Structure
Function
Transfer
Extract
Ask
Imagine
Plan
Create
Improve
Engineering Design Process

Knowledge:

Students know:

The structure of a plant.
The relevant structures of the animal.
The process of plant pollination.
The relationship between components of their model that allow for movement of pollen or seeds.
Relationships between the parts of the model they are developing and the parts of the animal they are simulating.

Skills:

Students are able to:

Develop and use a simple model to simulate how animals disperse seeds.
Develop and use a simple model to simulate how animals pollinate plants.

Understanding:

Students understand that:

The shape and structure of plants and animals are designed to interact with their environment and function to disperse seeds or pollinate plants.

AMSTI Resources:

AMSTI Module:
Plants and Bugs
Plant Growth and Development, STC
The Best of Bugs: Designing Hand Pollinators, EiE

Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards

AAS Standard:
SCI.AAS.2.6- Recognize that most plants produce seeds and the seeds can be transferred by animals to cause new plants to be planted in other areas.

Tags:

animal, disperse, ecosystem, mountain, plants, seeds

License Type:

Custom Permission Type
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Author:

Stephanie Carver

ALEX Classroom Resource

Seed Racer | PLUM LANDING™