MS-LS2-1 | Performance Expectation
Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
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MS-LS2-1 | Performance Expectation
Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
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What Do Birds Do in Winter?: A data-driven investigation of remarkable adaptations

Explore the secret lives of nonmigratory winter birds! Use data, games, and simulations to uncover their unique adaptations for surviving the cold and reveal the 'feathered flurries of activity' in the dead of winter.
Alignment summary( Target)
Lessons: 1, 2, 3
Students will explore feeding patterns of birds overwinter. They will analyze and interpret data in graphs, make hypotheses about the data, and interact with a variation of the data in a simulation.
Included resources
3 lessons and 3 supporting media items.
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