2nd grade Life Science standard: Organisms depend on their habitat’s nonliving parts to satisfy their needs.
Inquiry Questions:
1. What are the basic needs of plants and animals?
2. How are the basic needs of all living things similar and different?
3. How do living things depend on their environment?
4. How does an organism respond when basic needs are not met?
Relevance and Application:
1. Living things depend on the health of their habitats.
2. Different organisms have different needs.
Nature of Science:
1. Describe different ways that scientists seek to understand about organisms and their
interactions with the environment. (DOK 1)
2. Collaborate with other students in developing a scientific explanation about how
organisms depend on their habitat. (DOK 1-2)
Activities:
Inquiry Questions:
1. What are the basic needs of plants and animals?
2. How are the basic needs of all living things similar and different?
3. How do living things depend on their environment?
4. How does an organism respond when basic needs are not met?
Relevance and Application:
1. Living things depend on the health of their habitats.
2. Different organisms have different needs.
Nature of Science:
1. Describe different ways that scientists seek to understand about organisms and their
interactions with the environment. (DOK 1)
2. Collaborate with other students in developing a scientific explanation about how
organisms depend on their habitat. (DOK 1-2)
Activities: