GRADE 3 SCIENCE
Unit 7: Using Evidence to Understand Change in Environments (5 weeks - Trimester 3)
Performance Expectations
3-LS4-1. Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago.
3-LS4-4. Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change.
Standards
3-LS4-1
3-LS4-4
3-5-ETS1-1
Essential Questions
How are plants, animals, and environments of the past similar or different from current plants, animals, and environments?
What happens to organisms when their environment changes?
How can we learn about organisms and environments from long ago using fossils?
What happens to plants and animals as the environment changes?
STEMscopes
Fossils
Plant and Animal Extinction
Environmental Changes and Effects