How this Plan uses your files
The inventory follows the PDF’s complete source sequence. The Death Valley superbloom anchor, Lesson 4’s two-part light/dark radish investigation, and Lesson 5’s distinct virtual water-and-sunlight experiments are selected because they directly support 2-LS2-1. Lesson 4 begins in Phase 2 and its delayed comparison supplies evidence for Phase 3; the plan’s separate watered/unwatered comparison is a project adaptation, not a procedure contained in the PDF. Lessons 1–3 and the final Death Valley habitats performance task are inventoried but excluded because their seed-dispersal, pollination, and broader habitat outcomes do not fit the selected standard or six-session timeframe. The PDF is an anchor-layer guide rather than the complete lesson package, so referenced lesson videos, printable worksheets, virtual experiment assets, and detailed directions require teacher access or preparation.
- Lesson 1: How did a tree travel halfway around the world?—Seed Dispersal: Excluded because the seed-dispersal modeling outcome does not directly address the selected 2-LS2-1 investigation, and the six-session timeframe is needed for planting, repeated observations, analysis, and presentation.
- Lesson 2: Why do seeds have so many different shapes?—Seed Travelers: Excluded because its primary investigation concerns animal seed dispersal rather than whether plants need water and sunlight, and there is insufficient time to conduct it without displacing the required plant-growth investigation.
- Lesson 3: Why do you find flowers and bees together?—Busy Bees: Excluded because pollination addresses a different performance expectation and cannot fit within the six-session project without reducing time for the required water-and-sunlight investigation.
- Performance Task: How can anything live in Death Valley?—Water, Plants, Animals, and Habitats: Excluded because the task assesses broad habitat and organism-water relationships beyond the selected plant-growth standard, and the Showcase phase is reserved for the required investigation board, paired oral defense, gallery walk, and reflection.
How this Plan uses your files
The inventory follows the PDF’s complete source sequence. The Death Valley superbloom anchor, Lesson 4’s two-part light/dark radish investigation, and Lesson 5’s distinct virtual water-and-sunlight experiments are selected because they directly support 2-LS2-1. Lesson 4 begins in Phase 2 and its delayed comparison supplies evidence for Phase 3; the plan’s separate watered/unwatered comparison is a project adaptation, not a procedure contained in the PDF. Lessons 1–3 and the final Death Valley habitats performance task are inventoried but excluded because their seed-dispersal, pollination, and broader habitat outcomes do not fit the selected standard or six-session timeframe. The PDF is an anchor-layer guide rather than the complete lesson package, so referenced lesson videos, printable worksheets, virtual experiment assets, and detailed directions require teacher access or preparation.
- Lesson 1: How did a tree travel halfway around the world?—Seed Dispersal: Excluded because the seed-dispersal modeling outcome does not directly address the selected 2-LS2-1 investigation, and the six-session timeframe is needed for planting, repeated observations, analysis, and presentation.
- Lesson 2: Why do seeds have so many different shapes?—Seed Travelers: Excluded because its primary investigation concerns animal seed dispersal rather than whether plants need water and sunlight, and there is insufficient time to conduct it without displacing the required plant-growth investigation.
- Lesson 3: Why do you find flowers and bees together?—Busy Bees: Excluded because pollination addresses a different performance expectation and cannot fit within the six-session project without reducing time for the required water-and-sunlight investigation.
- Performance Task: How can anything live in Death Valley?—Water, Plants, Animals, and Habitats: Excluded because the task assesses broad habitat and organism-water relationships beyond the selected plant-growth standard, and the Showcase phase is reserved for the required investigation board, paired oral defense, gallery walk, and reflection.