Learning Goals
Students will be able to identify evidence from books, images, and reliable media about a sea creature and its environment.
Students will be able to analyze and interpret fossil data to infer what organisms and environments were like long ago.
Students will be able to summarize scientific and technical ideas about a sea creature from grade-appropriate texts and media.
Students will be able to construct a claim about a sea creature’s habitat or traits using observations, measurements, and patterns.
Students will be able to compare evidence from multiple sources to determine which facts best support their explanation of a sea creature.
Students will be able to justify a design choice for a family-friendly sea-creature wall panel by explaining how it meets the criteria and constraints.
Products
Sea Creature Evidence Notebook and Caption Prototype
Each student creates a research notebook page and a draft wall-panel caption with a labeled illustration that uses firsthand observations from class sources. The work must show how evidence supports a clear claim about one sea creature and its environment.
Family-Friendly Sea Creature Wall Panel for the Aquarium Education Team
Partners combine their individual evidence notebooks and caption prototypes into one polished exhibit panel for the aquarium team. The final panel includes a shared claim, the strongest evidence, and a labeled visual designed for families to read and understand quickly.
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