3-LS4-1 lessons
Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.
The Next Generation Science Standards code 3-LS4-1 asks students to: “Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.” These Fieldbook lesson teaches it hands-on, with everyday materials, a printable teacher guide and a student sheet.
Survival Clues: Fossils, Groups and Changing Habitats Grade 3
- What can fossils tell us about long ago? 45–60 min
Teams read six fossil cards from six continents, match each fossil to a living relative, and work out what each place was like when the fossil was alive. They find that oceans became mountains and deserts, the Arctic and Antarctica once had forests, and a sea floor was once dry land.
NGSS is used as written in Alaska, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, Wyoming, so the code 3-LS4-1 matches there. Other states word and number their own versions: see curriculum alignment for your state's codes.
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