Unit 3 - My Corner of the World

In this unit, students become close observers of the living world right outside their classroom or on their windowsill. They watch a plant, bug, or animal over time, figure out what it needs to survive, and connect their observations to animals they encounter during reading.

As students work toward the culminating performance task, they design and build something, a shelter, cover, or tool, that copies how their living thing already protects itself or meets its needs. Students take real action to help their living thing, track their actions over time, and share how their design connects to what they learned about survival.