3-LS2-1: Animal Groups
Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive. (Cause and Effect)
Clarification Statement: none
Assessment Boundary: none
Science Practices
Engaging in Argument from Evidence
Disciplinary Core Ideas
LS2.D: Social Interactions and Group Behavior
Crosscutting Concepts
Cause and Effect
Assessments
The Wonder of Science Assessments
The following assessments were created by science teachers hoping to better understand the NGSS. In most cases teachers went from standard to assessment in around an hour. These are drafts and should be used accordingly. Feel free to improve these assessments or contribute to the collection. Learn more about assessment design here.
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Common Core Connections
ELA/Literacy
RI.3.1 - Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
RI.3.3 - Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect.
W.3.1 - Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.
Mathematics
3.NBT - Number and Operations in Base Ten.
MP.4 - Model with mathematics.
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