Growth and Changes in Animal Unit & Plants Unit - Grade 2 / 3 Ontario Curriculum

Students love learning about growth and changes in animals and plants! This complete animal unit and plant unit BUNDLE is all you need to teach the Ontario Growth and Changes in Animals Grade 2 and Growth and Changes in Plants Grade 3 Science units or any animal and plant study in the primary grades!

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This best-selling Growth and Changes in Animals and Plants bundle is perfect for:

✔ 1st, 2nd, and 3rd-grade classrooms

✔ Ontario Grade 2 and 3 classrooms

✔ teachers looking to cover the curriculum expectations with one resource

✔ teachers who believe in providing students with a variety of learning opportunities
✔ teachers wanting assessment opportunities in one purchase

Included in this Growth and Changes in Animals and Plants bundle are:
• Growth and Changes in Animals complete Grade 2 unit
• Growth and Changes in Plants complete Grade 3 unit
• Digital version of the Animal Flip Book culminating project
• Digital version of the Plant Flip Book culminating project

⭐ Included in the Growth and Changes in Animals unit are resources and activities for teaching:

✅ the complex relationships between people and animals

• discussion prompts

• 2 reading passages with comprehension questions

• 8 positive/negative impacts graphic organizers

✅ the similarities and differences between and among the six animal groups

• discussion prompts

• 60+ animal images for sorting activities

• animal observation graphic organizer

• animal group posters

• animal group summary graphic organizers

• animal group comparison graphic organizers

• cut-and-paste sort

✅ animal life cycles and metamorphosis

• discussion prompts

• life cycle cut-and-paste activity for each animal group

• metamorphosis poster

• metamorphosis cut-and-paste activity

✅ animal adaptations including migration, camouflage, and hibernation

• discussion prompts

• 4 animal adaptations photos for discussion

• animal adaptations cut-and-paste activity

✅ culminating research project

• Animal Flip Book

• 4-point rubric

• student self-evaluation

⭐ Included in the Growth and Changes in Plants unit are resources and activities for teaching:

✅ the complex relationships between people and plants

• discussion prompts

• reading passage with comprehension questions

✅ plant adaptations to the environment
• discussion prompts
• 6 adaptation analysis activities

✅ plant parts activities
• discussion prompts
• scavenger hunts
• 60+ plant part images for sorting activities
• plant part posters
• plant part summary graphic organizers
• mini research project
• mini experiment
• 2 match-up activities with answer keys

✅ how seeds are dispersed
• discussion prompts
• 12 seed images for sorting and comparison activities
• "How Seeds Travel" mini book

✅ plant life cycles and seasonal changes
• discussion prompts
• life cycle cut-and-paste activity for 2 flowering plants
• life cycle cut-and-paste activity for bulb growth
• life cycle cut-and-paste activity for seasonal changes

✅ photosynthesis and food chains
• photosynthesis cut-and-paste activity
• food chain cut-and-paste activity

✅ plant growth observation booklet with rubric and self-evaluation
• teacher instructions
• plant observation book templates

• 4-point rubric

• student self-evaluation

✅ culminating research project

• Plant Research Project

• 4-point rubric

• student self-evaluation
✅ useful books and resources list

⭐ Also includes digital versions of the animal and plant culminating research projects

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