--- title: 3-LS4-4 Lesson Plans | Environmental Change Solution description: "3-LS4-4: Environmental Change Solution Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the type of plants and animals that live there may change." image: https://www.knowatom.com/hubfs/Right%20Image.png --- [![Teacher Login](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/347944/f56bee57-133e-4975-8055-799f1f23588b.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/347944/f56bee57-133e-4975-8055-799f1f23588b) [Teacher Login](https://app.knowatom.com/signin) [![KnowAtom Logo](https://www.knowatom.com/hubfs/KnowAtom%20Logo.svg "KnowAtom Logo")](https://www.knowatom.com/) # 3-LS4-4: Environmental Change Solution Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the type of plants and animals that live there may change. [![Download a Sample Unit](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/347944/20eee377-e175-48fe-a039-ae723137a2a6.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/347944/20eee377-e175-48fe-a039-ae723137a2a6) Science & Engineering Practices - [Asking questions and defining problems](https://www.knowatom.com/asking-questions-and-defining-problems) - [Developing and using models](https://www.knowatom.com/developing-and-using-models) - [Planning and carrying out investigations](https://www.knowatom.com/planning-and-carrying-out-investigations) - [Analyzing and interpreting data](https://www.knowatom.com/analyzing-and-interpreting-data) - [Using mathematics and computational thinking](https://www.knowatom.com/using-mathematics-and-computational-thinking) - [Constructing explanations and designing solutions](https://www.knowatom.com/constructing-explanations-and-designing-solutions) - [Engaging in argument from evidence](https://www.knowatom.com/engaging-in-argument-from-evidence) - [Obtaining evaluating and communicating information](https://www.knowatom.com/obtaining-evaluating-and-communicating-information) Disciplinary Core Ideas - [Structure and Function](https://www.knowatom.com/structure-and-function) - [Inheritance of Traits](https://www.knowatom.com/inheritance-of-traits) - [Variation of Traits](https://www.knowatom.com/variation-of-traits) - [Natural Selection](https://www.knowatom.com/natural-selection) - [Adaptation](https://www.knowatom.com/adaptation) - [Biodiversity and Humans](https://www.knowatom.com/biodiversity-and-humans) Crosscutting Concepts - [Systems and System Models](https://www.knowatom.com/systems-and-system-models) - [Patterns](https://www.knowatom.com/patterns) - [Cause and Effect](https://www.knowatom.com/cause-and-effect) [![New call-to-action](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/347944/b5a1446e-d782-4a5f-a019-0b3b98c8304f.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/347944/b5a1446e-d782-4a5f-a019-0b3b98c8304f) ## Browse 3-LS4-4 Lesson Plans Grade Ranges All K-2 3-5 6-8 [![](https://www.knowatom.com/hubfs/image3-Oct-07-2023-12-08-22-2663-PM.png) ](https://www.knowatom.com/science-phenomena-videos/3rd-grade-science/environmental-change) ## [Environmental Change In this lesson, students evaluate the science phenomena of how organisms are affected when the environment changes. Students carry out an experiment to analyze two possible solutions that could be used to help a population of harpy eagles recover from the impacts of deforestation over time. This is a high-level extract of this lesson. ](https://www.knowatom.com/science-phenomena-videos/3rd-grade-science/environmental-change) [ VIEW LESSON ](https://www.knowatom.com/science-phenomena-videos/3rd-grade-science/environmental-change) [![](https://www.knowatom.com/hubfs/Mealworm-Senses11.jpg) ](https://www.knowatom.com/science-phenomena-videos/4th-grade-science/mealworm-senses) ## [Mealworm Senses In this unit, students focus on the science phenomena of sensory structures that allow animals to process information from the environment, and then use that information to influence their behaviors. This page showcases key components of this lesson.  ](https://www.knowatom.com/science-phenomena-videos/4th-grade-science/mealworm-senses) [ VIEW LESSON ](https://www.knowatom.com/science-phenomena-videos/4th-grade-science/mealworm-senses) [![](https://www.knowatom.com/hubfs/Selecting-Traits.jpg) ](https://www.knowatom.com/science-phenomena-videos/4th-grade-science/selecting-traits) ## [Selecting Traits In this lesson, students explore the phenomena of senses to uncover how certain traits give individual organisms a survival advantage. This page is a high-level extract of this lesson.  ](https://www.knowatom.com/science-phenomena-videos/4th-grade-science/selecting-traits) [ VIEW LESSON ](https://www.knowatom.com/science-phenomena-videos/4th-grade-science/selecting-traits) [![](https://www.knowatom.com/hubfs/image4-Oct-07-2023-12-13-28-9672-PM.png) ](https://www.knowatom.com/science-phenomena-videos/3rd-grade-science/fossil-organisms-and-their-environment) ## [Fossil Organisms and their Environment In this unit, students explore the science phenomena of the interdependence of living things and their environment as they analyze how individual organisms are suited to their particular environment. In this lesson, students evaluate how Earth’s biomes have changed over geologic time, studying fossils for clues of the past. ](https://www.knowatom.com/science-phenomena-videos/3rd-grade-science/fossil-organisms-and-their-environment) [ VIEW LESSON ](https://www.knowatom.com/science-phenomena-videos/3rd-grade-science/fossil-organisms-and-their-environment) [![](https://www.knowatom.com/hubfs/image4-Oct-08-2023-12-34-51-8368-PM.png) ](https://www.knowatom.com/science-phenomena-videos/5th-grade-science/plant-growth-and-acid-rain) ## [Plant Growth and Acid Rain In this unit, students focus on how environmental changes impact the ability of organisms to survive, grow, and reproduce, passing their traits on to future generations. In this lesson, students continue their analysis of how a plant’s structures allow it to grow and develop, focusing on how a change in the environment such as pollution can impact a plant’s ability to complete its life cycle. Specifically, students investigate how acid rain affects the external structures of aquatic plants. This page provides an overview of this lesson.](https://www.knowatom.com/science-phenomena-videos/5th-grade-science/plant-growth-and-acid-rain) [ VIEW LESSON ](https://www.knowatom.com/science-phenomena-videos/5th-grade-science/plant-growth-and-acid-rain) [![](https://www.knowatom.com/hubfs/image3-Oct-08-2023-12-34-24-7924-PM.png) ](https://www.knowatom.com/science-phenomena-videos/5th-grade-science/ecosytem-dynamics) ## [Ecosystem Dynamics In this unit, students evaluate the science phenomena of how a change to an ecosystem can impact the living things that make it up. In this lesson, students explore how a change to the kind of plants in an environment results in a ripple effect phenomena on predation in the area. This page is a high-level extract of this lesson.](https://www.knowatom.com/science-phenomena-videos/5th-grade-science/ecosytem-dynamics) [ VIEW LESSON ](https://www.knowatom.com/science-phenomena-videos/5th-grade-science/ecosytem-dynamics) Standards citation: NGSS Lead States. 2013. *Next Generation Science Standards: For States, By State*s. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. 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