Life Science · Survival & Environment
Adaptations & Survival in Habitats
Use repeated camouflage data and organism-needs evidence to build a calibrated habitat-survival argument.
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Adaptations & Survival in Habitats
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Lesson overview
What students will learn
- Use repeated evidence to explain how a variation in a characteristic can provide an advantage in a particular habitat.
- Use organism needs and habitat characteristics to compare which organisms can survive well, less well, or not at all in a specific habitat.
Key science ideas
- Dark-bark equal viewing trials found dark insects 2, 3, and 2 times and bright insects 7, 8, and 6 times.
- Lower detection can provide an advantage; it does not guarantee survival.
- Organisms do not choose inherited traits because they need them.
Lesson at a glance
- Grade 3
- 45 min
- ~10 min prep
- 3-LS4-2 · 3-LS4-3
- 3 materials
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