3-LS4-1 - Performance Expectation
Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.
3rd Grade · Next Generation Science Standards · NGSS Lead States 2013
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Skills
- analyze (fossil data) #dok2
- interpret (fossil data) #dok2
- provide evidence (about past organisms and environments) #dok3
- describe (organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago) #dok2
Learning Targets
- I can identify data from fossils that show information about past organisms. #dok1
- I can describe details about what fossil data reveals about where and how organisms lived. #dok2
- I can analyze data from fossils to determine evidence about past environments. #dok2
- I can interpret fossil evidence to explain how organisms and their environments have changed over time. #dok3
- I can provide evidence from analyzed fossil data to support conclusions about ancient living things and their habitats. #dok3
Big Ideas
- Fossils provide important evidence about organisms that lived long ago and the environments they lived in.
- By analyzing and interpreting fossil data, we can learn about how Earth's environments and life forms have changed over time.
Essential Questions
- What can fossils tell us about organisms that lived in the past?
- How do scientists use fossil evidence to learn about ancient environments?
- In what ways can data from fossils help us understand how life and habitats have changed over time?
- Why is it important to analyze and interpret data from fossils?
- What does fossil evidence reveal about the relationship between organisms and their environments?
