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Monarch Winter Habitat
Assessment Scale

Criteria: Through words, drawings, or actions, student . . . Beginning Developing Mastery
Identifies a variety of specific monarch needs — related to food, water, shelter, and space — in the butterflies' winter habitat.      
Identifies a variety of characteristics of the habitat that help monarchs survive.      

Identifies a variety of physical and behavioral adaptations that help monarchs meet needs in the winter habitat.

     
Describes various threats to survival that monarchs face in their winter habitat.      
Makes complex connections between the organisms' basic needs and their dependence on their habitat.