Science Students will describe structures and attributes of living things, processes of life, and interaction of living things with each other and the environment.
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*To understand the nature, value and application of scientific knowledge. *Demonstrate understanding and use a variety of processes for scientific investigations. *Understand the fundamental structures, functions and mechanisms found in living things. *Analyze various patterns and products of natural and induced biological change *Analyze how organisms are linked to one another and the environment.
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*Explore structure and functions in living things. *Explore processes in living things. *Explore ways organisms change. *Explore how environmental factors affect living things within an ecosystem.
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Science Standards: *Describe how some animals (butterflies) go through distinct changes during their lives while others generally resemble their parents throughout most of their lives. *Identify behavioral and physical characteristics of plants and animals that help them survive in their habitat. *Describe how seasonal changes affect plants, animals and their surroundings (example; adaptation, migration, camouflage and adaptation). Writing Standards: *Distinguish between complete and incomplete sentences. *Use correct grammar and vocabulary in a variety of sentence structures. *Use descriptive detail and a variety of sentence types. *Examine personal work and conference with others for capitalization and punctuation. *Use technology to share writings with others and publish writing pieces. Reading Standards: *Recognize specific strategies that are needed to read different types of printed materials (example; science book, brochures, magazines, internet sites). *Use knowledge of sentence structure and punctuation when reading. *Describe cause and effect relationships in various text (example; why, what if, how, and when). *Identify resources, which provide factual information.
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