LS4 - Standard
Biological Evolution: Unity and Diversity
3rd Grade · Next Generation Science Standards · NGSS Lead States 2013
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fossilsorganismsenvironmentscharacteristicsspeciesadvantageshabitatsolutionproblemenvironmentplantsanimalschangevariation
Skills
- analyze and interpret data (from fossils, about organisms and environments) #dok3
- construct explanations (for how variations provide survival advantages) #dok3
- construct arguments (with evidence about survival in habitats) #dok3
- make claims (about merit of solutions to environmental change problems) #dok3
Learning Targets
- I can analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago. #dok3
- I can use evidence to construct explanations for how variations in characteristics among individuals of a species may give advantages in survival, finding mates, and reproduction. #dok3
- I can construct arguments, using evidence, that in a particular habitat some organisms survive well, some less well, and some cannot survive at all. #dok3
- I can make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused by environmental change and its impact on the types of plants and animals living there. #dok3
Big Ideas
- Fossils and variations among organisms provide evidence about how living things survive and evolve in changing environments.
- Organisms adapt to their habitats in various ways, and environmental change creates challenges that require solutions for survival.
Essential Questions
- What can we learn from fossils about ancient organisms and their environments?
- How do differences among individuals in a species help them survive and reproduce?
- Why do some organisms survive better than others in a particular habitat?
- How do environmental changes affect which plants and animals can live in a place?
- What makes a solution effective when habitats or environments change?
