1-LS1-1 Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
Clarification Statement: Examples of human problems that can be solved by mimicking plant or animal solutions could include designing clothing or equipment to protect bicyclists by mimicking turtle shells, acorn shells, and animal scales; stabilizing structures by mimicking animal tails and roots on plants; keeping out intruders by mimicking thorns on branches and animal quills; and, detecting intruders by mimicking eyes and ears.
Assessment Boundary: none
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Comments about Including the Performance Expectation
This lesson is one resource used in a storyline as children move toward meeting the full standard. As students make observations of animals camouflaged in their environments students can use this information in a larger study to design a solution to human's need for survival, growth and meeting our needs.