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Teacher Candidate:
Megan Marcum__
Date: 10/13/15__
Mentor Teacher:
Peggy Murdock
Animal Adaptations
LESSON OBJECTIVES:
Using data gathered from student animal reports, draw conclusions about the most common and
successful adaptations for each biome with 80% accuracy using Google Sheets.
STANDARDS ADDRESSED:
NGSS 3-LS4-3 Construct an argument with evidence that in a particular
habitat some organisms can survive well, some survive less well, and
some cannot survive at all.
ISTE Standard 4c. Collect and analyze data to identify solutions and/or
Google Sheets
LESSON DESCRIPTION
Students have completed individual reports on a chosen animal from their assigned biome. To do
this report, students researched animal adaptations for their animal. Students will now enter their
animals main adaptations and its environment into separate columns in a shared Google Sheet,
accessible to every student in the class. Once all data is entered, students will work through their
Think Sheet to analyze it. They will look for patterns by sorting by adaptation, environment, and
role in the food chain. They will find which adaptations are the most common for each
environment and across environments, as well as among food chain roles. This will help them
draw conclusions not only about the most common, but also about the most successful
adaptations that animals develop.
ASSESSMENT:
Students Think Sheets will be collected and scored for accuracy, depth of thinking, and logical
conclusions.
Students Think Sheets will be scored according to the rubric.
Rubric for Assessment
Distinguished:
95-100%
Proficient:
80-94%
Apprentice:
60%-79%
Novice:
0-59%
Think Sheet has correct answers. Conclusions drawn show higher order
thinking, and are logical based on the data. Data is cited to support the
conclusions.
Think Sheet has correct answers. Conclusions drawn show thinking,
and are logical based on the data.
Think Sheet has some correct answers. Conclusions drawn show some
thinking, but may not be completely logical or based on the data.
Think Sheet may have some correct answers. Conclusions drawn may
show some thinking, but are not logical or based on the data at all.
9. Choose another biome. Which is the most common there? __Grasslandsgood vision
Why do you think that is? In the grasslands, there arent things to protect or
get in the way of you seeing things. So, prey have to be able to see
predators coming, and predators need to be able to see prey far away so
they wont be seen right away.____
10. List 1 more conclusion you can draw about animal adaptations, using the
data to explain.
__I was surprised that so many primary and top consumers had the same
adaptations. I noticed, according to the data, that 4 animals listed speed as
a top adaptation. 100% of these 4 were primary consumers, which to me
says that they need this adaptation to get away from their predators
because they dont need it to hunt__.