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Flock Clues at the Harvest Orchard

Use an informational text, orchard observations, and a graph to argue how animal groups can help members find food and avoid danger.

Grade 3ScienceInteractive · Printable

Aligned to3-LS2-1

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 3
Subject: Science
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

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What students practice

Students identify evidence that group members help one another survive.
Students use observations and data to argue how living in a group can help an animal.
Students distinguish evidence-supported claims from claims the evidence does not support.

How to use

Read the passage together, then study the orchard notes and graph. Ask students to point to evidence before they write their final argument.

Curriculum

NGSS standard covered

3-LS2-1

Argue that some animals live in groups that help the members survive.

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Flock Clues at the Harvest Orchard

Use observations and data to argue how groups can help animals survive.

Read the animal report

Read the report. Use details from it to answer the questions.

A Prairie Dog Town

Prairie dogs live in family groups inside large underground towns. Several adults may feed near a burrow while another prairie dog watches from a mound. When the watcher sees a hawk, coyote, or other danger, it gives an alarm call. The feeding prairie dogs may stop and move toward a burrow.

Adults also stay near young prairie dogs. If danger comes close, an adult may call while another adult moves toward the pups. The pups then follow the adults into a burrow.

A group does not make an animal safe from every danger. However, one prairie dog's action can give other group members time to respond. Researchers recorded these actions to study how living in a group might help prairie dogs meet needs such as getting food and staying safe.

Which claim is best supported by the prairie dog report?

A. A lookout's alarm can give feeding prairie dogs time to seek shelter.
B. Prairie dogs find more food when they leave their town.
C. Young prairie dogs teach adults where to find food.
D. A prairie dog group keeps danger away from its town.

Select the TWO details that show one prairie dog can help other group members.

A watcher gives an alarm when it sees danger.Several adults feed near a burrow.Feeding prairie dogs move toward a burrow after an alarm.Prairie dogs live in underground towns.

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