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Science Standards 3.3.c. and 3.3.d.
Supports ELA Standard: Writing 3.1.1.
3 California Education and the Environment InitiativeVisual Aids
Living Things in Changing Environments
California Education and the Environment InitiativeApproved by the California State Board of Education, 2010
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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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