Science Standards 3.3.c. and 3.3.d.

Supports ELA Standard: Writing 3.1.1.

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Living Things in Changing Environments

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Lesson 1 The Salt Marsh Ecosystem

1 Sweetwater Marsh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Lesson 2 Altering the Marsh: Survive, Move, or Die

None required for this lesson .

Lesson 3 Lights, Camera, Action! A Play About Changing Habitats

2 Scrubland and Chaparral Habitats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

3 Scrubland and Chaparral Habitats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

4 New Arrivals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Lesson 4 What Happened in the San Bernardino Mountains?

None required for this lesson .

Lesson 5 Restoring Habitats

None required for this lesson .

Contents

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VA #1 Sweetwater Marsh

Sweetwater Marsh

Visual Aid1

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VA #2 Scrubland and Chaparral Habitats

Scrubland and Chaparral Habitats

Visual Aid2

Chamise

Pacific rattlesnake

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Scrubland and Chaparral Habitats

Visual Aid3

VA #3 Scrubland and Chaparral Habitats

California sagebrush

California gnatcatcher

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VA #4 New Arrivals

New Arrivals

Visual Aid4

Nonnative grasses

Brown-headed cowbird

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