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Grade 3 · lesson 4 of 4

Evaluate a habitat-help proposal

Evaluate a habitat-help proposal using supplied evidence and a solved model.

About 18 minutes, plus any extended practice

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Supplied materials

  • All measurements and observations below are supplied classroom examples. They are not data from actual learners or a claim about a particular real site.
  • Paper, drawing space or a browser document.
  • Reference card A: address missing feeding resources. Reference card B: address missing protective places.
  • Assessment case 1: Which scientific label fits the specifically described step or feature? Supplied case: Plan replaces removed feeding plants.
  • Assessment case 2: Which scientific label fits the specifically described step or feature? Supplied case: Plan protects remaining nesting trees.
  • Assessment case 3: Which scientific label fits the specifically described step or feature? Supplied case: Plan reduces listed waste entering water.
  • Assessment case 4: Which scientific label fits the specifically described step or feature? Supplied case: Plan records conditions after action.
  • Assessment case 5: Which scientific label fits the specifically described step or feature? Supplied case: Proposal addresses lost animal food.
  • Assessment case 6: Which scientific label fits the specifically described step or feature? Supplied case: Proposal checks whether conditions improve.

Learn the idea

A proposal should connect an action to a documented need. Benefits and tradeoffs may coexist. These paper cases are not instructions to release animals or alter real habitats.

Restore food means address missing feeding resources. Protect cover means address missing protective places. Reduce pollution means address a listed contaminant source. Monitor means collect missing follow-up evidence.

For restore food, look for the clue “address missing feeding resources.” For protect cover, look for “address missing protective places.” More than one process can happen in a real situation. Answer about the one described in this question.

  1. Read or listen to the four science words and what each means. Say how the first two differ.
  2. Choose two of the short cases. Point to the clue that helps you choose a science word for each one. You may draw or say your answer.
  3. Answer each practice question. Say which clue helped you, then check the explanation.
  4. Use the extra task to make two examples that show different science words. Draw or say what makes each one fit.
Worked example

See the method in action

Worked reference-card problem: a card states “address missing feeding resources”; a second states “address missing protective places.” The first fits restore food and the second fits protect cover. The reason is the described function or change, not the order of the cards or a favorite name. If their descriptions exchange places, their category labels exchange too. Keep the supplied descriptions attached to the correct case.

Your turn

Check your reasoning

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Helpful tips
  • Use the feature “address missing feeding resources” to justify restore food; do not sort by the name alone.
  • Distinguish protect cover (address missing protective places) from a different process occurring in the same situation.
Which scientific label fits the specifically described step or feature? Supplied case: Plan replaces removed feeding plants.

Feedback appears here after you check. This is practice, not a graded school assessment.

See the answer and explanation

restore food

The answer is restore food. In the notes, it means “address missing feeding resources.” A proposal should connect an action to a documented need. Benefits and tradeoffs may coexist. These paper cases are not instructions to release animals or alter real habitats.

Take it further

Create one new case showing restore food and one showing protect cover. Expected: the first explicitly shows “address missing feeding resources”; the second explicitly shows “address missing protective places.” Explain the distinction by drawing, speaking or writing. A label without a matching feature is incomplete.

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More practice: try new cases

Choose an answer for each problem. Explain your method on paper, then use the feedback to decide what to revisit.

More practice: try new cases
1. Which scientific label fits the specifically described step or feature? Supplied case: Plan protects remaining nesting trees.
Need a hint?
  • Look for the described feature: address missing protective places.
  • Compare the clue with each science word. Use only what the case tells you; do not add a new event.
2. Which scientific label fits the specifically described step or feature? Supplied case: Plan reduces listed waste entering water.
Need a hint?
  • Look for the described feature: address a listed contaminant source.
  • Compare the clue with each science word. Use only what the case tells you; do not add a new event.
3. Which scientific label fits the specifically described step or feature? Supplied case: Plan records conditions after action.
Need a hint?
  • Look for the described feature: collect missing follow-up evidence.
  • Compare the clue with each science word. Use only what the case tells you; do not add a new event.

Your choices are temporary. Feedback appears after you check all the answers.

Nothing here is saved to an account or sent to a teacher. Keep your own notes or download them before leaving. The score describes these questions; it does not certify subject mastery.

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