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Wind Clues at the Mountain Weather Station

Use mountain-station seedling observations and graph data to explain how wind can affect plant traits.

Grade 3ScienceInteractive · Printable

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 3
Subject: Science
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

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What students practice

Students use investigation evidence to explain how wind can affect plant traits.
Students compare plant measurements and observations from different environmental conditions.
Students distinguish recorded evidence from predictions about plant growth.

How to use

Read the station notes and study the graph together. Have students cite at least two observations in the final response.

Curriculum

NGSS standard covered

3-LS3-2

Use evidence to explain that the environment can affect traits, such as a plant that gets too little water.

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Wind Clues at the Mountain Weather Station

Use investigation evidence to explain how moving air can affect plant traits.

Read the station notes

Read the investigation notes. Use the graph and notes to answer the questions.

Seedlings Near the Mountain Weather Station

At a mountain weather station, Jada and Mateo studied young grass seedlings near the instrument shed. They wanted to learn whether moving air was connected to changes in the seedlings. They used four similar seedlings that were 4 centimeters tall at the start.

Two seedlings grew inside a clear box with openings covered by a screen. Two other seedlings grew in a box with wider openings. A small fan sent moving air toward the wider-opening box for 6 hours each day. Both boxes stayed in the same place and received the same soil, water, and light. The students measured stem height and looked at the leaves after 14 days.

The sheltered seedlings had upright stems. S1 had 6 upright leaves, and S2 had 5 upright leaves. The seedlings in the moving-air box had stems that leaned away from the fan. E1 had 3 leaning leaves, and E2 had 4 leaning leaves. The students recorded their measurements in the graph.