Science Learning Objective and Rationale

Learning Objective: While participating in creating a graphic organizer and a diorama with two

animals of the same kind, TSW distinguish which animal will survive in that habitat, by

explaining what traits will help it to survive.

The assessment is aligned to the objective because it has the student choose which animal

they would choose as having the better trait for survival as well as writing a sentence explaining

why they chose that particular animal and what trait it had for better survival.