In this lesson students will learn different ways plant traits and structures help plants survive by comparing and contrasting riparian and desert plant species through their leaf area and mass.
- Objectives
- I will understand how certain plants have different traits or structures that make them survive and be successful.
- Grades: 9 to 12
- Time: 3 days
- Author: B Medina
Arizona Standards Engaged
HS.L1U1.20: Ask questions and/or make predictions based on observations and evidence to demonstrate how cellular organization, structure, and function allow organisms to maintain homeostasis.
HS+B.L4U1.2: Engage in argument from evidence that changes in environmental conditions or human interventions may change species diversity in an ecosystem.

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