5th+sci+biodiversity


 * Subject/Course:** Science

**Grade Level:** 5

**Standard: Biodiversity and Change**

**SPI or Check for Understanding (#): 0507.5.1** Identify physical and behavioral adaptations that enable animals such as amphibians, reptiles, birds, fish, and mammals to survive in a particular environment

**Assessment Topic:** Animal Adaptation

**Essential Question (s):** How would animals be classified according to physical characteristics? How do physical characteristics enable survival in an environment?

**Subject/Course:** Science

**Grade Level:** 5

**Standard: Biodiversity and Change**

**SPI or Check for Understanding (#): 0507.5.2** Explain how fossils provide information about the past

**Assessment Topic:** Fossils provide information about the past

**Essential Question (s):** How might a fossil form? How do fossil formations tell us about the past? How would a fossil from a past organism be similar to an organism that exists today?