Peggy+B.+Stage+1

=Stage 1 Identify Desired Results= Grades 3-5 Students describe similarities and differences in the observable behaviors, features, and needs of plants and animals. Grades 3-5 Students describe ways organisms depend upon, interact within, and change the living and non-living environment as well as ways the environment affects organisms.// ||
 * **Establish Goals:** **(G)** ||
 * //Maine Learning Results: Science & Technology - E The Living Environment
 * E1 Biodiversity**
 * E2 Ecosystems**

//What understandings are desired?//
• Animals and plants interact with and depend on other living and non-living things in the environment. • Change in any part of the living or non-living environment causes change in other parts of the ecosystem. ||
 * //Students will understand that:// **(U)** ||
 * • Physical features and behaviors help living things meet a life need.

//What essential questions will be considered?//
• In what ways do living things interact with each other and their environment? • How does change in one part of the living or non-living environment affect other parts of the ecosystem? ||
 * **Essential Questions:** **(Q)** ||
 * • What can we learn about an animal's needs by studying its physical features and behavior?

//What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?//
living, non-living, organism, survive, producer, consumer, predator, prey, carnivore, herbivore, adaptation, environment, instinct, learned behavior, hibernation, migration, camouflage, mimicry • **Key Factual Information** Living things share some basic needs. Living things have some unique ways of meeting life needs. Some behaviors are instinctive and others are learned. Balance is an important part of a healthy ecosystem. Change creates more change in a living system. Some change occurs very slowly. Living things affect their environment even after they die. || •Show how an animal's physical design and behavior help it survive in its environment. •Tell a story of how one animal must adapt to meet a life need. •Create a food web that represents the interdependence of living things. •Analyze how decomposers play an important role in the living and non-living environment. •Role play ways in which living things are affected by change such as availability of food, water, population, climate, predator/prey relationship, or some other characteristic of the environment. •Recognize ways in which humans affect the living and non-living environment. ||
 * //Students will know:// **(K)** || //Students will be able to:// **(S)** ||
 * • **Vocabulary**
 * •Critical details**