Grade 04 Science - EC: S4.B.3.2.1
Grade 04 Science - EC: S4.B.3.2.1
Continuum of Activities
The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.
This continuum of activities offers:
- Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
- Questions/activities that grow in complexity
- Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance
Related Academic Standards / Eligible Content
Activities
- Define habitat.
- Name three things a habitat provides for an animal.
- List two natural ways that a habitat can be changed.
- List two ways that people can change a habitat.
- What are two ways your habitat has changed in the past few years?
- Predict what you think happens to a deer when people destroy the forest. Explain your thinking.
- How might a tree be affected by air pollution? Explain why you think this might happen.
- Which do you think would cause the most problems for a bird: a forest fire, a flood, or destroying a cornfield to build houses? Why do you think this?
Answer Key/Rubric
- Habitat is the environment where an organism lives.
- Habitat provides food, water, space, and air.
- Examples include, but are not limited to: fire, flood, drought
- Examples include, but are not limited to: deforestation, construction, pollution
- Examples include, but are not limited to: construction, flooding, pollution, fires
- Acceptable responses might include, but are not limited to:
- If a forest is destroyed, a deer’s habitat is destroyed
- Deer must find new shelter
- Deer will struggle to find food
- If the habitat is completely destroyed, it may occupy a residential area
- With less shelter and less food, the chance of the deer dying increases
- Acceptable responses might include, but are not limited to:
- A tree will be hurt by air pollution
- A tree relies on clean air to survive
- A tree uses the carbon dioxide in the air to make its food
- If there is too much air pollution, the tree cannot get the carbon dioxide it needs, and it will die.
- Student responses will vary. Use the following rubric to grade student response.