Standard(s):
[ELA2015] (3) 12 : 12 ) Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause and effect. [RI.3.3]
[ELA2015] (3) 19 : 19 ) By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, at the high end of the Grades 2-3 text complexity band independently and proficiently. [RI.3.10]
[SC2015] (3) 10 : 10 ) Investigate how variations in characteristics among individuals of the
same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing
(e.g., plants having larger thorns being less likely to be eaten by predators,
animals having better camouflage coloration being more likely to survive and
bear offspring).