Document Type
Teacher Resource
Grade Level
Grade Level: Kindergarten
Publication Date
5-2020
Background Information
Animals and plants may be affected by winter. Many survival techniques enable the organisms to survive this season. Hibernation is a survival technique for some animals. Body systems, such as respiration and heart rate, are slowed and body temperature is lowered until conditions are supportive of coming out of hibernation. Other strategies for winter survival include dormancy, living at the bottom of a body of water, burrowing into the ground, migrating, and changing of body coloring to blend in with the snowy landscape. Other animals may change colors to better blend in with the winter landscapes.
Performance Expectations
Performance Expectations
K-LS1-1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
https://www.nextgenscience.org/dci-arrangement/k-ls1-molecules-organisms-structures-and-processes
Recommended Citation
Martinez, Elizabeth, "Life Science - ANIMAL COATS: Seasonal Change" (2020). Model NGSS Lessons: Kindergarten - 3rd Grade. 1.
https://digitalcommons.imsa.edu/model_ngss_lessons_k_3/1
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