Grade Level: 3 Title of Unit: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems: Environmental Impacts on Organisms Stage 1 - Desired Results Understandings: Essential Questions: Students will understand Why do some animals form groups to help that… When the environment changes, some members survive? organisms survive and reproduce, How do fossils provide evidence of the some move to new locations, some organisms and the environments in which move into the transformed they lived long ago? environment, and some die. How does the chosen habitat affect the Being part of a group helps animals survival rate of its inhabitants? obtain food, defend themselves, and Why do plants and animals change cope with changes. when their environment changes? Some living organisms resemble organisms that once lived on Earth. Fossils provide evidence about the types of organisms and environments that existed long ago. Differences in characteristics between individuals of the same species provide advantages in surviving and reproducing.
Grade Level: 3 Title of Unit: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems: Environmental Impacts on Organisms Stage 1 - Desired Results Understandings: Students will understand that… When the environment changes, some organisms survive and reproduce, some move to new locations, some move into the transformed environment, and some die. Being part of a group helps animals obtain food, defend themselves, and cope with changes. Some living organisms resemble organisms that once lived on Earth. Fossils provide evidence about the types of organisms and environments that existed long ago. Differences in characteristics between individuals of the same species provide advantages in surviving and reproducing. Essential Questions: Why do some animals form groups to help members survive? How do fossils provide evidence of the organisms and the environments in which they lived long ago? How does the chosen habitat affect the survival rate of its inhabitants? Why do plants and animals change when their environment changes?