The Catawba River is home to one of the most beloved aquatic flowers in the state. The Rocky Shoals Spider Lily is a unique plant species that requires a special environment to thrive. Unfortunately, its habitat is facing several significant threats but dedicated organizations like the Catawba River Keepers are doing their best to preserve its environment.
The Catawba River is home to one of the most beloved aquatic flowers in the state. The Rocky Shoals Spider Lily is a unique plant species that requires a special environment to thrive. Unfortunately, its habitat is facing several significant threats but dedicated organizations like the Catawba River Keepers are doing their best to preserve its environment.
Standards
- 1-LS1-1 Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.
- 2-LS2-1 Plan and conduct an investigation to determine what plants need to grow.
- 3-LS4-4. Make a claim about the effectiveness of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and affects organisms living there.
- 4-LS1-1. Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function together in a system to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
- 5-LS1-1 Support an argument with evidence that plants obtain materials they need for growth mainly from air and water
- 5-LS2 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
- 7-LS2-2 Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
- 7-LS2-4 Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
- 7-LS2-5 Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.
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