Plants and animals in their habitats

CONCEPTUAL

Science›Ecosystems & Habitats|Ages 5—6|ID: mt_e6PP4ip39V

Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals and the places they live, connecting organism needs to habitat features

Mastery Evidence

Use a simple model (drawing, diagram) to show how a habitat provides what an organism needs
Match at least three organisms to their habitats and explain why each needs that specific place
Describe what would happen if an organism were placed in a habitat that doesn't meet its needs

Assessment Prompt

“Can [child] explain why a fish needs to live in water but a cactus can live in a desert, by matching what each living thing needs to where it lives?”

Curriculum Standards1 alignment

K-ESS3-1Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) K-5codes only

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Prerequisites1

What Living Things Need
hardAges 5—7

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What Living Things Need hard
Must understand organism needs before modelling needs-habitat relationships
- Common Plants & Trees soft
  Knowing plants helps understand what they need
- Living Things Vocabulary soft
  Describing what plants and animals need to survive uses life processes vocabulary: nutrition, growth, sensitivity
- Naming Common Animals soft
  Knowing animals helps understand what they need

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Reducing Human Impact
softAges 5—6