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Vermont Science Standards

   Grade PreK-4

THE LIVING WORLD- Organisms, Evolution, and Interdependence

a. Identify characteristics of organisms (e.g., needs, environments that meet them; structures, especially senses; variation and behaviors, inherited and learned)

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1. Adaptation
2. Coloration
3. Natural Communication
4. Migration

b. Categorize living organisms (e.g., plants; fruits, vegetables);

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13. Species Diversity

c. Describe and show examples of the interdependence of all systems that support life (e.g., family, community, food chains, populations, life cycles, effects on the environment), and apply them to local systems; and

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6. Marine Communities
7. Fresh Water Communities
8. Terrestrial Communities
9. The Wildlife Web I 
10. The Wildlife  Web II
11. Decomposers and Scavengers
12. Population Dynamics
14. Niche

d. Provide examples of change over time (e.g., extinctions, changes in organisms).

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1. Adaptation
2. Coloration
3. Natural Communication
4. Migration
13. Species Diversity
14. Niche
15. Invasive Species
16. Life at Risk

   
   Grade 5 -8

THE LIVING WORLD- Organisms, Evolution, and Interdependence

aa. Identify, model, and explain the structure and function (e.g., cells, tissues, organs, systems) of organisms (e.g. plants, animals, microbes), both as individual entities and as components of larger systems;

bb. Identify and use anatomical structures to classify organisms (e.g., plants, animals, fungi);

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1. Adaptation
2. Coloration
3. Natural Communication
4. Migration

cc. Describe, model, and explain the principles of the interdependence of all systems that support life (e.g., food chains, webs, life cycles, energy levels, populations, oxygen-carbon dioxide cycles), and apply them to local, regional, and global systems; and

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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
11. Decomposers and Scavengers
12. Population Dynamics

dd. Describe evolution in terms of diversity and adaptation, variation, extinction, and natural selection.

NatureWorks Episodes

. Adaptation
2. Coloration
3. Natural Communication
4. Migration
13. Species Diversity
14. Niche
15. Invasive Species
16. Life at Risk





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