A. Earth is home to a great diversity of living things, but changes in the environment can affect their survival.
B. Individuals of the same kind often differ in their characteristics and sometimes the differences give individuals an advantage in surviving and reproducing.
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STEM Lessons - Model Eliciting Activity
Students in this MEA will team up to select an endangered animal to relocate.
Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. Click here to learn more about MEAs and how they can transform your classroom.
This MEA presents a non-profit group that helps start schools gardens. This client is looking to switch to a tomato seed that is adapted to increased moisture in the soil due to precipitation and is versatile and great tasting. The engineering team will examine the seeds presented and develop a procedural method to rank the seeds based on the client's needs. The engineering team will reach a decision as to the best choice of seed for the client.
Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. Click here to learn more about MEAs and how they can transform your classroom.
Students use mathematical practices to recommend food packages for the Wildlife Refuge of North America to order.
Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. Click here to learn more about MEAs and how they can transform your classroom.
Original Student Tutorials Science - Grades K-8
Join a biologist to explore amazing adaptations among plants in this interactive student tutorial.
Come along and explore amazing adaptations of marine animals with a biologist as your guide in this interactive tutorial.
Come along and explore how lands animals are adapted to changing environments all around the globe in this interactive tutorial.
Come along and explore the amazing adaptations of freshwater life in this interactive tutorial
Learn what an environment is, how different environments meet the needs of animals that live there, and how environmental changes can impact the animals that live there with this interactive tutorial.
This is part 1 in a 3-part series. Click below to explore the other tutorials in the series.
Explore the different ways plants respond to changes in the environment in this interactive tutorial.
This is part 2 of 3. Click below to open the other tutorials in this series.
Identify the results of environmental changes on different types of plants as you gain a deeper understanding of how environmental changes allow some organisms to survive and reproduce, while others die, in this interactive tutorial.
This is part 3 in a 3-part series. Click below to explore the other tutorials in the series.
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Identify the results of environmental changes on different types of plants as you gain a deeper understanding of how environmental changes allow some organisms to survive and reproduce, while others die, in this interactive tutorial.
This is part 3 in a 3-part series. Click below to explore the other tutorials in the series.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Explore the different ways plants respond to changes in the environment in this interactive tutorial.
This is part 2 of 3. Click below to open the other tutorials in this series.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Learn what an environment is, how different environments meet the needs of animals that live there, and how environmental changes can impact the animals that live there with this interactive tutorial.
This is part 1 in a 3-part series. Click below to explore the other tutorials in the series.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Come along and explore the amazing adaptations of freshwater life in this interactive tutorial
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Come along and explore how lands animals are adapted to changing environments all around the globe in this interactive tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Come along and explore amazing adaptations of marine animals with a biologist as your guide in this interactive tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Join a biologist to explore amazing adaptations among plants in this interactive student tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial