Guided Cumming Nature Center Experience
Discover adaptations, natural and cultural history of beavers. Explorations of past and present beaver sites (or images) to gain insight into communities succession, food webs, and human influences.
for Educators
Beaver Ecology
Grades 3-7 | Discover adaptations, natural and cultural history of beavers.
Connects with-
New York State P-12 Science Learning Standards (NYSSLS) & Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS):
- 3-LS4-4 Make a claim about the merit of a solution to a problem caused when the environment changes and the types of plants and animals that live there may change.
- 3-LS2-1 Construct an argument that some animals form groups to help members survive.
- 4-LS1-1 Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
- 3-5-ETS1-3 Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
- MS-LS2-5 Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and protecting ecosystem stability.