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?
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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