2L.4.1.1.1: Construct an argument with evidence that evaluates how in a…
Construct an argument with evidence that evaluates how in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
The Minnesota Academic Standards in Science (2019) outcome 2L.4.1.1.1 (Life Sciences) for Grade 2 says: “Construct an argument with evidence that evaluates how in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.” This Fieldbook unit teaches it hands-on, with everyday materials and a printable teacher guide and student sheet for every lesson. Official wording: Minnesota Academic Standards in Science (2019).
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 2L.4.1.1.1
- 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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