Big Ideas from Nature_Wonders

What is the MAIN idea of the selection

• All problems can be solved by looking at nature.

• Car designers are learning from insects these days.

• People can learn from the designs in nature.

• People study birds to seek how things fly.

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CCSS.RI.3.2

What did designers student to create a new fuel-saving car?

• Fish

• Geckos

• Shipworms

• Termites

Why did designers study termites to find an effective way to cool buildings?

• Termites can hep keep building cool.

• Termites create mounds that can stay cool.

• Termites bodies keep their mounds cool.

• Termites mounds are a lot like most buildings.

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CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.3.3

According to the selection, why does observing nature help the environment?

• Observing nature is free.

• Observing nature saves time.

• Scientist do not use energy when studying nature.

• Nature does not waste materials or cause pollution.

Based on your reading, if someone wanted to create a faster boat, what might they study?

• Dogs

• Dolphins

• Speedboats

• Olympic swimmers

The word identical means the

• best.

• clean.

• quickest.

• same.

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

What does the word material mean?

• what something is made of

• what something is used for

• how something is shared

• how something is grown

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CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.3.4

What does the word imitate mean?

• to act like

• to act better

• to act carefully

• to act helpfully

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CCSS.RI.3.4

What does the word observe mean?

• to see

• to feel

• to hear

• to taste

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CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.3.5A

What does the word model mean?

• a title of a newspaper

• a photo from an album

• a small copy of an object

• an illustration from a book

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CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.RI.3.4