3-LS4-3: Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular environment…
Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular environment some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive.
The Massachusetts Science and Technology/Engineering Curriculum Framework (2016) outcome 3-LS4-3 (Life Sciences) for Grade 3 says: “Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular environment some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive.” This Fieldbook unit teaches it hands-on, with everyday materials and a printable teacher guide and student sheet for every lesson. Official wording: Massachusetts Science and Technology/Engineering Curriculum Framework (2016).
Who Lives Here? Grades 3–4
A schoolyard survey with string squares and hand lenses, sorting animals by their features, life cycles from caterpillar to butterfly, and who can live in which habitat. Students look, count and sketch but never collect or harm. Works in any climate and any country, in a garden, on pavement or in a desert.
- Who can live here, and who can't? 45–60 min
Teams compare what lives under a board with what lives on the bare ground beside it, and feel which is damper. Then they judge six animals against the schoolyard's food, water and shelter, and argue with evidence which can live here well, which less well and which not at all.
Printable practice for 3-LS4-3
- Who Lives Here? 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-LS4-3.
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