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Pack Goats and Pea Family Records

Compare mountain trail goat and pea family data to find evidence of inherited traits and differences among offspring.

Grade 3ScienceInteractive · Printable

Aligned to3-LS3-1

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13 questions
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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 plant and animal family data as evidence that offspring get traits from their parents.
Students compare offspring data to identify trait variation within a group.

How to use

Read the family records together and check the graph labels. Have students answer independently, then discuss which observations support their claims.

Curriculum

NGSS standard covered

3-LS3-1

Use data to show that plants and animals get traits from their parents and that traits vary in a group.

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Pack Goats and Pea Family Records

Compare family records at a mountain trail rest stop.

Pack Goat Families

Read the records. Use the goat graph to answer questions 1–4.

Imani's Trail Records

At a mountain trail rest corral, ranger Imani keeps records of pack goat families. The goats help carry supplies along the trail. Imani also grows pea plants in large planters beside the corral. She knows which parents produced each group of young goats and pea plants. Young living things are called offspring. A trait is a feature of a living thing, such as coat color or flower color.

Imani labels the goat families A and B. Both parents in family A have black coats. Both parents in family B have brown coats. She records the coat color of each of their six kids. A kid is a young goat.

She labels the pea families C and D. Both parents in family C have purple flowers. Both parents in family D have white flowers. She grows eight offspring plants from each family and waits until they bloom. She records each plant's flower color. The graphs show her observations, not a rule about what every future offspring will look like.