Grade 3 Lesson plan
Why the Frogs Left Pebblemoor Marsh: A Grade 3 Claim Lesson
A 55-minute grade 3 lesson where students compare two plans for a drained marsh and make a written claim about which one better helps the animals return.
NGSS · Grade 3
3-LS4-4 Evaluate a solution when environmental change affects organisms
Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change.
Clarification statement: Examples of environmental changes could include changes in land characteristics, water distribution, temperature, food, and other organisms.
Assessment boundary: Assessment is limited to a single environmental change. Assessment does not include the greenhouse effect or climate change.
Why water teaches this standard well
Changes in water distribution are one of the clarification statement's named environmental changes, so a drying pond, a dammed creek, or a drought fits this standard exactly. Students can weigh solutions such as protecting a wetland or releasing water from a reservoir and argue which best helps the plants and animals affected.
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Grade 3 Lesson plan
Tallowbridge's Fish Count: A Grade 3 Water Cleanup Lesson
A 50-minute grade 3 lesson in which students graph fish counts from a fictional brook before and after a water reclamation plant opened, then write a claim.