Chapter 2- Ecosystems and Biodiversity
Chapter 5- Ecosystems and Animal Behavior
Chapter 6- Plants and Animals Long Gone
Next Generation Science Standards covered in this unit-
3-LS2-1
Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.
3-LS4-1
Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.
3-LS4-3
Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
3-LS4-4
Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change.
3-LS1-1
Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
3-LS4-2
Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing.
- Watch a Video 1- Food Chains
- Watch a Video 2- Food Webs
- Play a Video Game 1- Food Chains
- Play a Video Game 2- Habitats and Food Chains
- Diagram Extension 1- Food Chain Game
- Diagram Extension 2- Food Chain Game 2
- Read Extension- How Beavers Build a Dam
- Model Extension 1- Read
- Model Extension 2- Variety of Games and Activities
- Sort Extension- Habitat Game
Chapter 5- Ecosystems and Animal Behavior
- Watch a Video 1- Wildebeest Migration
- Watch a Video 2- Penguin Parent Patrol
- Play a Video Game 1- Firefly Flash
- Play a Video Game 2- Whale Migration
- Explore- Waggle Dancing Bees
Chapter 6- Plants and Animals Long Gone
- Watch a Video 1- What is a Fossil?
- Watch a Video 2- Petrified Forest
- Play a Video Game- Making Fossils
- Investigate- Timelines
- Read Extension- Exploring Fossils
- Explore Extension- Name a Dinosaur
Next Generation Science Standards covered in this unit-
3-LS2-1
Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.
3-LS4-1
Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.
3-LS4-3
Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
3-LS4-4
Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change.
3-LS1-1
Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
3-LS4-2
Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing.