Science & Engineering Practices
Analyzing and Interpreting Data
Engaging in Argument from Evidence
Disciplinary Core Ideas
3-LS2.C: Ecosystem Dynamics, Functioning, and Resilience
LS4.C: Adaptation
Crosscutting Concepts
Cause and Effect
Performance Expectations
3-LS4-2. Use evidence to construct an explanation for how the variations in characteristics among individuals of the same species may provide advantages in surviving, finding mates, and reproducing.