NGSS Correlations
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Lesson 1: Where Do Organisms Live?
Lesson 2: How Does Living in a Group Help Some Animals Survive?
Lesson 3: How Do Environments Change?
Lesson 4: What Happens to Organisms in Changing Environments?
Lesson 5: How Do People Learn About Extinct Organisms?
Lesson 6: What Do Fossils Show About Environments of Long Ago?

  1. PERFORMANCE EXPECTATION

    2. 3-LS2-1. Construct an argument that some animals form groups that h...more

    3-LS4-1. Analyze and interpret data from fossils to provide evidenc...more

    3-LS4-3. Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular h...more

    3-LS4-4. Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem ca...more

  2. SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PRACTICES

    3. Analyzing and Interpreting Data

    Asking Questions and Defining Problems

    Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions

    Developing and Using Models

    Engaging in Argument from Evidence

    Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information

    Planning and Carrying Out Investigations

    Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking

  3. CROSSCUTTING CONCEPTS

    4. Cause and Effect

    Scale, Proportion, and Quantity

    Stability and Change

    Structure and Function

    Systems and System Models

  4. DISCIPLINARY CORE IDEAS

    5. ETS1.A: Defining and Delimiting Engineering Problems

    ETS1.B: Developing Possible Solutions

    LS2.C: Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning, and Resilience

    LS2.D: Social Interactions and Group Behavior

    LS4.A: Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity

    LS4.C: Adaptation

    LS4.D: Biodiversity and Humans