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Beavers!

Classroom Resource Information

Title:

Beavers!

URL:

https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/reach-with-stem-beavers/beavers/

Content Source:

PBS

Type:

Lesson/Unit Plan

Overview:

Learn how beavers are nature’s amazing engineers. This self-paced lesson is full of beautiful beaver videos, awesome fact-filled infographics, and all you can soak in about beavers, beaver dams, and beaver lodges.

Content Standard(s):

Science
SC2015 (2015)
Grade: 2

7 ) Obtain information from literature and other media to illustrate that there are many different kinds of living things and that they exist in different places on land and in water (e.g., woodland, tundra, desert, rainforest, ocean, river).

NAEP Framework

NAEP Statement::
L4.1: Organisms need food, water, and air; a way to dispose of waste; and an environment in which they can live.*

NAEP Statement::
L4.2: Organisms have basic needs. Animals require air, water, and a source of energy and building material for growth and repair. Plants also require light.

NAEP Statement::
L4.3: Organisms interact and are interdependent in various ways, including providing food and shelter to one another. Organisms can survive only in environments in which their needs are met. Some interactions are beneficial; others are detrimental to the organism and other organisms.

NAEP Statement::
L4.4: When the environment changes, some plants and animals survive and reproduce; others die or move to new locations.

NAEP Statement::
L4.7: Different kinds of organisms have characteristics that enable them to survive in different environments. Individuals of the same kind differ in their characteristics, and sometimes the differences give individuals an advantage in surviving and reproducing.

Unpacked Content

Scientific And Engineering Practices:

Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information

Crosscutting Concepts: Patterns

Disciplinary Core Idea: Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

Evidence Of Student Attainment:

Students:

Illustrate the diversity of living things in different habitats, including both land and water.

Teacher Vocabulary:

Literature
Media
Diversity
Habitats
Woodland
Tundra
Desert
Rainforest
Ocean
River

Knowledge:

Students know:

Plants and animals are diverse within different habitats.

Skills:

Students are able to:

Obtain information from literature and other media.
Illustrate the different kinds of living things and the different habitats in which they can be found.

Understanding:

Students understand that:

There are many different kinds of living things in any area, and they exist in different places on land and in water.

AMSTI Resources:

Be sure students are aware of credible media resources when obtaining information.
AMSTI Module:
Plants and Bugs
Plant Growth and Development, STC
The Best of Bugs: Designing Hand Pollinators, EiE

Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards

AAS Standard:
SCI.AAS.2.7- Participate in activities that show many different living things in different environments.

Science
SC2015 (2015)
Grade: 3

5 ) Obtain and combine information to describe that organisms are classified as living things, rather than nonliving things, based on their ability to obtain and use resources, grow, reproduce, and maintain stable internal conditions while living in a constantly changing external environment.

NAEP Framework

NAEP Statement::
L4.4: When the environment changes, some plants and animals survive and reproduce; others die or move to new locations.

NAEP Statement::
L4.5: Plants and animals have life cycles. Both plants and animals begin life and develop into adults, reproduce, and eventually die. The details of this life cycle are different for different organisms.

NAEP Statement::
L8.7: The number of organisms and populations an ecosystem can support depends on the biotic resources available and abiotic factors, such as quantity of light and water, range of temperatures, and soil composition.

Unpacked Content

Scientific And Engineering Practices:

Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information

Crosscutting Concepts: Patterns

Disciplinary Core Idea: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes

Evidence Of Student Attainment:

Students:

Obtain information from multiple sources and combine it to describe that organisms are classified as living things rather than nonliving things.

Teacher Vocabulary:

Organisms
Living things
Nonliving things
Growth
Resources
Reproduce
Stable conditions
Internal conditions
External environment

Knowledge:

Students know:

Resources obtained and used by living things.
Organisms can be classified as living things based on the following: their ability to obtain and use resources, grow, reproduce, and maintain stable internal conditions while living in a constantly changing external environment.
The life cycles of different organisms can look different, but all follow a pattern.

Skills:

Students are able to:

Obtain information from a variety of resources to describe organisms that are classified as living things, rather than nonliving things.
Combine information to describe that organisms are classified as living things, rather than nonliving things.

Understanding:

Students understand that:

Patterns can be used when determining that organisms are living things.

AMSTI Resources:

AMSTI Module:
Heredity and Diversity

Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards

AAS Standard:
SCI.AAS.3.5- Classify common objects as living, rather than nonliving, based on their ability to obtain and use resources, grow, reproduce, and adapt to the environment.

Tags:

beaver, engineer, environment, habitat, living things, organisms

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Author:

Stephanie Carver

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Beavers!