Smithsonian Science for the Classroom™: How Can We Protect Animals when Their Habitat Changes? 1-Use Module

Grade 3 . Module Highlights: In 15 lessons spanning 18 class sessions, students explore the topic of what animals need to survive and how animals are affected when their habitat changes. In the first focus question, students collect evidence from videos to make a claim that animals need air, food, water, and shelter to survive. They use this knowledge to design and test different classroom habitats where live roly-polies (pill bugs) can survive. In the second focus question, students analyze data from camera traps on animals living in different habitats. They read about marine habitats and make...