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It’s All Relative

Grade Level(s):

  • 3-5

Source:

  • UC Museum of Paleontology

Resource type:

  • Classroom activity

Time: One class period

Overview

In this lesson, students find pictures of living things and arrange them in collages, categorizing them according to which they think are more closely related to which.

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  • [Nature of science: Grades 3-5] Science deals with the natural world and natural explanations. (NOS8)
  • [Nature of science: Grades 3-5] Scientists base their ideas on evidence from the natural world. (P3, P6, P7, NOS8)
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  • Disciplinary Core Idea LS4.A: Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity
  • NOS Matrix understanding category 8. Science addresses questions about the natural and material world.
  • Science and Engineering Practice 3. Planning and carrying out investigations
  • Science and Engineering Practice 6. Constructing explanations and designing solutions
  • Science and Engineering Practice 7. Engaging in argument from evidence
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