Specifications
Materials Included in Kit:
Organism cards, set of 60, 5
Correlation to Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)†
Science & Engineering Practices
Developing and using models
Constructing explanations and designing solutions
Disciplinary Core Ideas
MS-LS4.A: Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity
HS-LS4.A: Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity
Crosscutting Concepts
Patterns
Systems and system models
Performance Expectations
MS-LS2-1: Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
MS-LS2-2: Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.