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Illustrate the interdependence of organisms in an ecosystem
Characteristics of Organisms: Understand that basic structures in plants and animals serve a function.
Compare structures in plants (e.g., roots, stems, leaves, flowers) and animals (e.g., muscles, bones, nerves) that serve different functions in growth and survival.
Characteristics of Organisms: Understand that basic structures in plants and animals serve a function.
Classify animals by identifiable group characteristics: vertebrates - mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians; invertebrates - insects, arachnids.
Describe the interdependence of plants and animals.
Describing behaviors and body structures that help animals survive in particular habitats. Examples: behaviors - migration, hibernation, mimicry; body structures - quills, fangs, stingers, webbed feet
Determine habitat conditions that support plant growth and survival. Examples: deserts support cacti, wetlands support ferns and mosses
Describe the life cycle of plants, including seed, seed germination, growth, and reproduction.
Describing the role of plants in a food chain
Describe Earth's layers, including inner and outer cores, mantle, and crust.
Classifying rocks and minerals by characteristics, including streak, color, hardness, magnetism, luster, and texture
Classify animals as vertebrates or invertebrates and as endotherms or ectotherms.
Classifying common organisms into kingdoms, including Animalia, Plantae, Protista, Fungi, Archaebacteria, and Eubacteria
Classify animals as vertebrates or invertebrates and as endotherms or ectotherms.
Describing the organization of cells into tissues, organs, and organ systems
Describe the interdependence of plants and animals.
Describing life cycles of various animals to include incomplete and complete metamorphosis. Examples: damsel fly, mealworms
The student demonstrates an understanding of the structure and properties of matter by identifying and comparing the characteristics of gases, liquids, and solids.
Recognize how light interacts with transparent, translucent, and opaque materials. Examples: transparent - most light passes through, translucent - some light passes through, opaque - no light passes through
Predicting the reflection or absorption of light by various objects
Describe effects of friction on moving objects.
Identifying momentum and inertia as properties of moving objects
Describe how electrical circuits can be used to produce light, heat, sound, and magnetic fields.
Identifying characteristics of parallel and series circuits
Describe the interdependence of plants and animals.
Tracing the flow of energy through a food chain. Example: producer, first-level consumer, second-level consumer, and third-level consumer
Classify animals as vertebrates or invertebrates and as endotherms or ectotherms.
Describing the grouping of organisms into populations, communities, and ecosystems
The student demonstrates an understanding of geochemical cycles by describing that most smaller rocks come from the breaking and weathering of larger rocks as part of the rock cycle.
The student demonstrates an understanding of how science explains changes in life forms over time, including genetics, heredity, the process of natural selection and biological evolution by describing fossil evidence (e.g., casts, track ways, imprints, etc.) of extinct organisms.
Describe components of our solar system.
Defining comets, asteroids, and meteors
Describe geological features of Earth, including bodies of water, beaches, ocean ridges, continental shelves, plateaus, faults, canyons, sand dunes, and ice caps.