3-LS4-3 lessons
Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.
The Next Generation Science Standards code 3-LS4-3 asks students to: “Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all.” These Fieldbook lesson teaches it hands-on, with everyday materials, a printable teacher guide and a student sheet.
Who Lives Here? Grades 3–4
- 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.
NGSS is used as written in Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, so the code 3-LS4-3 matches there. Other states word and number their own versions: see curriculum alignment for your state's codes.
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