3-LS4-4: Environmental Change Solution
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. (Systems and System Models)
Clarification Statement: Examples of environmental changes could include changes in land characteristics, water distribution, temperature, food, and other organisms.
Assessment Boundary: Assessment is limited to a single environmental change. Assessment does not include the greenhouse effect or climate change.
Science Practices
Engaging in Argument from Evidence
Disciplinary Core Ideas
LS2.C: Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning, and Resilience
LS4.D: Biodiversity and Humans
Crosscutting Concepts
Systems and System Models
Assessments
The Wonder of Science Assessments
Shared Assessments
The following assessments were shared by teachers implementing the NGSS. Many of these are drafts and should be used accordingly. Feel free to improve these assessments or contribute your own. Learn more here.
Instructional Resources
Mini Lessons
The Wonder of Science Resources
Shared Resources
Anchor Charts
Phenomena
Videos
Learning Plans
Storylines
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.3.2 - Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
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.
SL.3.4 - Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace.
W.3.1 - Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.
W.3.2 - Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
Mathematics
MP.2 - Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
MP.4 - Model with mathematics.
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