Grade 3understand that the study of living and non-living objects in the natural world integrates living organisms, earth materials, and physical properties of matter
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5. Habitat
6. Marine Communities
7. Fresh Water Communities
8. Terrestrial Communities
9. The Wildlife Web I
10. The Wildlife Web II
identify the structures of living things, including their systems, and explain their functions (e.g., roots absorb water, circulatory system to move materials) - systems
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9. The Wildlife Web I
10. The Wildlife Web II
relate the structures and behaviors of living organisms to the environment in which they live (e.g., beaks and feet in birds, seed dispersal, camouflage, different types
of flowers -systems
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1. Adaptation
2. Coloration
3. Natural Communication
4. Migration
identify relationships among organisms in an ecosystem (e.g., sequencing food chains, behavior, adaptations, factors that effect populations, predator-prey relationships -systems
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9. The Wildlife Web I
10. The Wildlife Web II
11. Decomposers and Scavengers
12. Population Dynamics
observe, measure, and record changes in living things (e.g., growth and
development, variations within species) - changes
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13. Species Diversity
Grade 4
identify the structures of living things including their systems, and explain their function (e.g., skeletons, teeth structures, and leaves) - systems
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1. Adaptation
2. Coloration
3. Natural Communication
4. Migration
describe the different characteristics of plants and animals which help them to survive in different niches and environments
NatureWorks Episodes
1. Adaptation
2. Coloration
3. Natural Communication
4. Migration
14. Niche
describe the environments and conditions which are needed for the survival of living things (e.g., water, sunlight, soil, food, climate, correct habitat, environmental barriers) - systems
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5. Habitat
6. Marine Communities
7. Fresh Water Communities
8. Terrestrial Communities
review relationships among organisms in an ecosystem (e.g., fresh water, salt water, and terrestrial organisms and habitats, climate as related to biomes, food webs) - systems
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5. Habitat
6. Marine Communities
7. Fresh Water Communities
8. Terrestrial Communities
associate the behaviors of living things to external and internal influences (e.g., hunger, climate, seasons) - systems
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1. Adaptation
2. Coloration
3. Natural Communication
4. Migration
describe environmental barriers to the migration of animals - changes
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4. Migration
construct and explain models of habitats, food chains, and food webs - models
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9. The Wildlife Web I
10. The Wildlife Web II
11. Decomposers and Scavengers
12. Population Dynamics
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Grade 5
identify and explain common energy transformations and cycles of matter (e.g., photosynthesis, water, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, energy conversions including fuels) systems
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9. The Wildlife Web I
explain how the different characteristics of plants and animals help them to survive in different niches and environments (e.g., adaptations, natural selection, extinction) - systems
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1. Adaptation
2. Coloration
3. Natural Communication
4. Migration
identify the structures of living things and explain their functions (e.g., cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, whole organisms, communities, ecosystems) - systems
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1. Adaptation
2. Coloration
3. Natural Communication
4. Migration
5. Habitat
6. Marine Communities
7. Fresh Water Communities
8. Terrestrial Communities
trace the pathways of the sun's energy through producers, consumers, and decomposers (e.g., food webs, pyramids) - models
NatureWorks Episodes
9. The Wildlife Web I
10. The Wildlife Web II
11. Decomposers and Scavengers
Grade 6
describe the interactions of various cycles that provide energy and/or materials for growth, repair and shelter (e.g., carbon cycle, water cycle, nitrogen cycle, decomposition photosynthesis, respiration, transpiration)
NatureWorks Episodes
6. Marine Communities
7. Fresh Water Communities
8. Terrestrial Communities
9. The Wildlife Web I
10. The Wildlife Web II
11. Decomposers and Scavengers
explain changes in common patterns of interdependence among organisms (e.g., biotic and abiotic factors) - changes
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9. The Wildlife Web I
10. The Wildlife Web II
11. Decomposers and Scavengers
12. Population Dynamics
demonstrate changes in populations of organisms due to limiting environmental factors (e.g., food supply, predators, disease, habitat) - changes
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12. Population Dynamics
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