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March 2022
Academic Standards
Reading Objective:
Students will recognize that investigations involve taking steps to find answers.
Reading Level:
480L; GRL: K
Next Generation Science Standards:
Practice 3: Planning and Carrying Out Investigations
2-LS4-1: Observe the diversity of life in a habitat.
Vocabulary:
investigation, sample, laboratory
Use these questions to check students’ understanding and stimulate discussion:
1. What did the scientist want to know? (he wanted to know what the lizard eats)
2. What was the first step in Earyn’s lizard investigation? (She looked around the lizard’s home.)
3. What could happen to the lizard if the stream dried up? (It could go hungry.)
4. Did Earyn solve the mystery? Explain. (Answers will vary.)
Go online to print or project the Reading Checkpoint.
Materials: pencils, copies of the skill sheet
Overview: Students will map out steps for their own investigation to answer the question Do plants need sunlight to survive? (If there’s time, they can do the investigation too!)
Directions: