SC15.K.4

Science (2015) Grade(s): KG

SC15.K.4
Gather evidence to support how plants and animals provide for their needs by altering their environment (e.g., tree roots breaking a sidewalk to provide space, red fox burrowing to create a den to raise young, humans growing gardens for food and building roads for transportation).

Unpacked Content

Scientific and Engineering Practices

Engaging in Argument from Evidence

Crosscutting Concepts

Cause and Effect

Knowledge

Students know:

Plants and animals meet their needs.
Plants change their environment to meet their needs.
Animals change their environment to meet their needs.

Skills

Students are able to:

Gather data (evidence) to support a claim that plants and animals alter the environment when meeting their needs.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Systems in the natural and designed world have parts that work together like the plants and animals within their environments.

Vocabulary

Gather
Evidence
Support
Plant
Animal
Provide
Needs
Alter
Environment
Claim

Aligned Learning Resources

Animal Alterations: How Do Animals Change Their Habitats?

Plants and Animals Provide for Their Needs

Amazing Animal Adaptations for K-2

Schoolyard Garden Guides

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