How Organisms Shape Habitats
Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals can change the environment to meet their needs
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“Can your child explain how a beaver builds a dam that changes a river into a pond, or how tree roots can crack rocks apart?”
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- Activity. Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals can change the environment to meet their needs
What to notice. Give at least three examples of organisms changing their environment (beaver dams, bird nests, plant roots breaking rock) • Explain why organisms change their environment (to meet needs for shelter, food, water) • Construct an argument with evidence showing how a specific organism changes its environment
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Can your child explain how a beaver builds a dam that changes a river into a pond, or how tree roots can crack rocks apart?
Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals can change the environment to meet their needs
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- Give at least three examples of organisms changing their environment (beaver dams, bird nests, plant roots breaking rock)
- Explain why organisms change their environment (to meet needs for shelter, food, water)
- Construct an argument with evidence showing how a specific organism changes its environment
“Can your child explain how a beaver builds a dam that changes a river into a pond, or how tree roots can crack rocks apart?”
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- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Earth's Systems
- Age range
- Ages 5–6
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