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Sheep See, Sheep Do (Grades 3-5)

Students explore the difference between inherited and acquired traits and discover why knowledge of inherited and acquired traits is important to agriculture.

Grades
3 – 5
Estimated Time
Activity 1: 1 hour, Activity 2: 30 minutes, Activity 3: variable
Updated
February 13, 2023
white sheep standing in tall grass
Image: IQSPhotography/Pixabay

Background

Lesson Activities

Credits

Author

Sierra Nelson and Debra Spielmaker | Utah Agriculture in the Classroom

Standards

National Content Area Standards

  • Science
    • 3-LS3: Heredity: Inheritance and Variation of Traits
      • 3-LS3-1: Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence that plants and animals have traits inherited from parents and that variation of these traits exists in a group of similar organisms.
      • 3-LS3-2: Use evidence to support the explanation that traits can be influenced by the environment.