Life Cycles and Growth · Life Science

Inherited Traits and Variation

Examining how physical characteristics are passed from parents to offspring in the natural world.

Key Questions

  1. 1How do we know which traits are passed down and which are learned?
  2. 2What causes siblings to look different even though they have the same parents?
  3. 3How do physical traits help an organism thrive in its specific environment?

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

ON: Life Systems - Grade 3
Grade: Grade 3
Subject: Science
Unit: Life Cycles and Growth
Period: Life Science

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