Grade Level:
3rd
Subject: Science – Habitats
Key Learning:
S3L1 Students will investigate the habitats of different organisms and the dependence of
organisms on their habitat.
Unit Essential Question: How do plants and
animals survive in their habitat?
Concept: differentiate
between habitats of
Georgia (mountains,
marsh/swamp, coast,
Piedmont, Atlantic
Ocean)
Lesson Essential
Questions:
How are regions in
Georgia different?
How do the
characteristics of the
habitat determine the
organisms that live
there?
Concept: Identify
Concept: Identify
features of green plants
that allow them to live
and thrive in different
regions of Georgia.
features of animals that
allow them to live and
thrive in different
regions of Georgia.
Lesson Essential
Questions:
Lesson Essential
Questions:
How do the features
of a plant help it
survive in a certain
region of Georgia?
How do an animal’s
features and/or
characteristics allow it
to live and thrive in its
habitat?
Vocabulary:
Vocabulary:
features – trait,
survive, adaptation,
reproduce
Features –
adaptation –
hibernate, migrate
Concept: Explain
what will happen to an
organism if the habitat
is changed?
Lesson Essential
Questions:
How do changes in a
habitat affect the
organisms living
there?
Vocabulary:
Habitats – mountains,
marsh/swamp, coast,
ocean (Atlantic),
piedmont
organism
Vocabulary:
Habitat, organism