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Grade 3 - Life Processes3.4 The student will investigate and understand that behavioral and physical adaptations allow animals to respond to life needs. Key concepts include * methods of gathering and storing food, finding shelter, defending themselves, and rearing young; NatureWorks EpisodesAll Episodes* hibernation, migration, camouflage, mimicry, instinct, and learned behavior. NatureWorks Episodes1. Adaptation2. Coloration 3. Natural Communication 4. Migration Grade 3 - Living Systems3.5 The student will investigate and understand relationships among organisms in aquatic and terrestrial food chains. Key concepts include * producer, consumer, decomposer; NatureWorks Episodes9. The Wildlife Web I10. The Wildlife Web II 11. Decomposers and Scavengers * herbivore, carnivore, omnivore; NatureWorks Episodes10. The Wildlife Web II3.6 The student will investigate and understand that environments support a diversity of plants and animals that share limited resources. Key concepts include * water-related environments (pond, marshland, swamp, stream, river, and ocean environments); NatureWorks Episodes6. Marine Communities7. Fresh Water Communities * dry-land environments (desert, grassland, rainforest, and forest environments); and NatureWorks Episodes8. Terrestrial Communities* population and community. NatureWorks Episodes5. Habitat6. Marine Communities 7. Fresh Water Communities 8. Terrestrial Communities 12. Population Dynamics Grade 4 - Life Processes4.4 The student will investigate and understand basic plant anatomy and life processes. Key concepts include * the structures of typical plants (leaves, stems, roots, and flowers); * processes and structures involved with reproduction (pollination, stamen, pistil, sepal, embryo, spore, and seed); * photosynthesis (chlorophyll, carbon dioxide); and NatureWorks Episodes9. The Wildlife Web I* dormancy. Grade 4 - Living Systems4.5 The student will investigate and understand how plants and animals in an ecosystem interact with one another and the nonliving environment. Key concepts * behavioral and structural adaptations; NatureWorks Episodes1. Adaptation2. Coloration 3. Natural Communication 4. Migration * organization of communities; NatureWorks Episodes5. Habitat6. Marine Communities 7. Fresh Water Communities 8. Terrestrial Communities * flow of energy through food webs; NatureWorks Episodes9. The Wildlife Web I10. The Wildlife Web II 11. Decomposers and Scavengers 12. Population Dynamics 14. Niche * habitats and niches; NatureWorks Episodes5. Habitat14. Niche * life cycles; and * influence of human activity on ecosystems.
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Grade 55.5 The student will investigate and understand that organisms are made of cells and have distinguishing characteristics. Key concepts include * parts of a cell; * five kingdoms of living things; NatureWorks Episodes13. Species Diversity* vascular and nonvascular plants; and * vertebrates and invertebrates. Grade 6 - Life Processes6.8 The student will investigate and understand that organisms perform life processes that are essential for the survival and perpetuation of the species. Key * energy transformation (from food or photosynthesis); and NatureWorks Episodes9. The Wildlife Web I* respiration, movement, waste removal, growth, irritability (response), and reproduction. Grade 6 - Living Systems6.9 The student will investigate and understand that organisms depend on other organisms and the nonliving components of the environment. Key concepts include: producers, consumers, and decomposers; NatureWorks Episodes9. The Wildlife Web I10. The Wildlife Web II 11. Decomposers and Scavengers * food webs and food pyramids; and NatureWorks Episodes9. The Wildlife Web I10. The Wildlife Web II 11. Decomposers and Scavengers * cycles (water, carbon dioxide/oxygen, nitrogen). NatureWorks Episodes9. The Wildlife Web I6. Marine Communities 7. Fresh Water Communities
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