North East School Division
Unpacking Outcomes
Unpacking the Outcome
Plants
Analyze
Animals
Interact
Humans
Outcome (circle the verb and underline the qualifiers)
Natural & Constructed Environments
Meet Basic Needs
LT1.2 Analyze different ways in which plants, animals, and humans interact with various natural and constructed environments
to meet their basic needs.
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UNDERSTAND
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Plants, animals, and
Basic needs of plants,
humans interact in their
animals, and humans
environment to meet their
Interaction of plants,
basic needs.
animals and humans
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A creature’s needs tell it
The kinds of food
what to do to survive.
animals eat.
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Different creatures meet
How animals eat get and
their needs in different
eat their food.
ways
Know how animals
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The way a living thing looks
move to meet their
(structure) is related to its
needs.
needs and behavior.
How to respect living
things.
Vocabulary – predator,
prey, need,
environment, shelter,
local, structure
BE ABLE TO DO
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Identify the basic needs, (i.e., food, water, air, and shelter) which plants,
animals, and humans require for survival.
Pose questions about ways in which plants interact with their environments to
meet their basic needs (e.g., How long does it take a seed to grow? How
does the growth of a plant change if the seed is planted in soil, sand, or
rocks? How tall will a bean seed grow?).
Pose questions about ways in which animals interact with their environments
to meet their basic needs (e.g., How does a bird move from one tree to
another? Where do animals go at night, or in the day? How do animals
escape from predators?).
Investigate, through field trips to natural habitats, nature videos, and
community walks, homes and habitats of local plants and animals to
determine how they meet their basic needs.
Compare ways in which plants and animals that live within their local
environments meet their needs for food, water, and shelter.
Compare the kinds of food that different animals eat, the way they eat their
food (e.g., cracking, tearing, ripping, strangling, and chewing), and the
structures that they have for eating.
Explore the challenges that plants, animals, and humans encounter when
attempting to meet their basic needs in constructed environments (e.g., lawn,
sports field, street, playground, and city).
Discuss the need for caution when dealing with plants and animals (e.g.,
students may be allergic to plant or animal, an animal may bite, and many
common household plants are poisonous if ingested).
Compare basic human needs to the needs of plants, animals, and non-living
things.
Predict and model hw certain animals will move (e.g., fly, run, swim, slither,
walk, swing) to meet their needs for food, shelter, and protection in their
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environment, based on personal observations, pictures, or videos.
Explore how people demonstrate respect for living thing by caring for
domestic plants and animals (e.g., growing a plant, hatching eggs, and
keeping a pet).
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
How do plants interact with their environment?
How do animals interact with their environment?
What challenges do plants, animals, and humans encounter when attempting to meet their basic needs?
How are human’s needs different from the needs of animal, plants, and non-living things?
How do animals know what to do to live?
How do creatures act differently? How do they act the same?
What makes each living thing unique?
How does a living thing’s needs affect its behavior and appearance?