SC.3.2.2.a: Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members…
Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.
The Colorado Academic Standards for Science (2020) outcome SC.3.2.2.a (Life Sciences) for Grade 3 says: “Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive.” This Fieldbook unit teaches it hands-on, with everyday materials and a printable teacher guide and student sheet for every lesson. Official wording: Colorado Academic Standards for Science (2020).
Survival Clues: Fossils, Groups and Changing Habitats Grade 3
Four no-materials lessons on what helps living things survive: reading fossil cards from Antarctica to the Himalaya to work out what places were like long ago, a predator-and-prey game on why animals live in groups, a camouflage hunt on printed bark and sand, and case files on what happens when a habitat changes. Everything runs on printed sheets.
- Why do some animals live in groups? 45–60 min
Teams read data cards on wolves, meerkats, sardines, honeybees, emperor penguins and a tiger, then play a predator game to test whether a group spots danger sooner than an animal alone. They argue with evidence how living in a group helps some animals survive, and what it costs them.
Printable practice for SC.3.2.2.a
- Survival Clues: Fossils, Groups and Changing Habitats workbook included with the unit
1 word wall, 1 English-support page, 1 practice page, 1 reading, 1 unit review, 1 unit test, with answer keys.
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Compared with NGSS: 3-LS2-1.
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