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A Seed Carrier for the Rooftop Garden

Use observations of bird beaks and burr hooks to judge seed-carrier designs and plan a solution for a windy rooftop garden.

Grade 1ScienceInteractive · Printable

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1 NGSS standard
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15 questions
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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 1
Subject: Science
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer, Drawing

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students use outside-part functions to explain how a design can solve a human problem.
Students compare test results to choose and improve a nature-inspired design.
Students use evidence to describe a design that meets a garden need.

How to use

Read the rooftop garden notes aloud. Discuss what each outside part helps the living thing do, then have students use the test results to judge and design a carrier.

Curriculum

NGSS standard covered

1-LS1-1

Use how plants and animals use their outside parts to survive to design a solution to a human problem.

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A Seed Carrier for the Rooftop Garden

Use plant and animal parts as ideas for solving a garden problem.

Read the garden notes

Read the notes about the rooftop garden. Use the observations and test results to answer the questions.

A Windy Rooftop Garden

1Jun and Amara cared for a garden on top of a city building. They carried small paper seed packets from a supply table to the planting boxes. Wind sometimes blew across the roof and knocked packets from their hands. The children wanted a carrier that could hold at least four packets while they walked.

2They watched animals and plants for design ideas. A bird uses its beak to pick up food. A burr is a plant part with tiny hooks. The hooks catch on an animal's fur, helping the burr travel to a new place. Jun and Amara made carriers with features like these parts.

3They tested three carriers. Each carrier started with four paper packets. During each test, the same fan blew for ten seconds. The children counted how many packets stayed in the carrier. The flat tray held 2, 2, 1, 2, and 1 packets in five tests. The beak clip held 4, 3, 4, 4, and 3 packets. The hook pocket held 4, 4, 4, 4, and 4 packets.

4The children wanted to choose a carrier that met their goal in windy weather. They also wanted to improve a design if the test results showed a problem.

What problem did Jun and Amara want to solve?