K-ESS2-2 - Performance Expectation
Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the environment to meet their needs.
Kindergarten · Next Generation Science Standards · NGSS Lead States 2013
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argumentevidenceplantsanimalshumansenvironmentneeds
Skills
- construct (an argument supported by evidence) #dok3
- identify (ways plants and animals change the environment) #dok2
- explain (how living things change their environment to meet needs) #dok3
- gather (evidence about environmental changes made by living things) #dok2
Learning Targets
- I can define what it means to change the environment. #dok1
- I can recognize that animals, plants, and humans have needs. #dok1
- I can list examples of ways that living things can change their environment. #dok1
- I can identify ways that plants and animals change their environment to meet their needs. #dok2
- I can gather evidence about changes that plants, animals, and people make to the environment. #dok2
- I can construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals change the environment to meet their needs. #dok3
- I can explain how plants, animals, and humans change the environment in order to survive. #dok3
Big Ideas
- Living things can change their environment to better meet their needs.
- Plants, animals, and humans interact with and modify their surroundings to survive.
Essential Questions
- How do plants and animals, including humans, change their environment?
- Why do living things need to change their environment?
- What evidence shows that living things have an effect on their environment?
- How do changes made by plants or animals help them survive?
- How can we tell when a living thing has changed its environment?
