This lesson discuss How Plants and Animals Reproduce - Behaviors and Structures. This lesson is intended for students in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade and covers NGSS MS-LS1-4.

✅ How Plants and Animals Reproduce:Why reproduction is important, helpful behaviors and structures for animals and plants

✅ Student + Teacher Versions: Includes editable PowerPoint and Google formats with fill-in-the-blank notes to keep students active and focused.

✅ Multimedia-Rich Lesson: Features diagrams and embedded videos to support visual and auditory learning.

✅ No Extra Prep Required: Just download, open, and start teaching.

This package includes the lesson (student and teacher versions of the presentation), THREE embedded videos, a 4-question auto-graded Exit Ticket, and a student lesson handout as a document. The presentation is fun and applicable with many opportunities for inquiry-based learning and discussion.

In order, the lesson covers:

• What Helps Living Things Reproduce?
• Why is Reproduction Important?
• Helpful Animal Behaviors
• Attracting a Mate
• Protecting the Young
• Helping Plants Reproduce
• What is Pollination
• What Helps Pollination Happen?
• How Seeds Get Around
• Working Together in Nature

Included in the lesson package is:

• The teacher version of the presentation
• The student version of the presentation
• 4-Question auto-graded Exit Ticket
• THREE embedded videos
• Student lesson handout

The student version of the presentation contains multiple blanks that need to be filled in throughout the lesson. These blanks are conveniently underlined and bolded on the teacher copy. I have found this to be the most effective means of keeping my students engaged and active without having them write everything out. This also leaves more time for discussion and activities.

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