Wisconsin Science Standards

   By the End of Grade 8

STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION IN LIVING THINGS 
F.8.2 Show* how organisms have adapted structures to match their functions*, providing means of encouraging individual and group survival within specific
environments 

NatureWorks Episodes

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

REGULATION AND BEHAVIOR 
F.8.7 Understand* that an organism's behavior evolves through adaptation to its environment 

NatureWorks Episodes

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

POPULATIONS AND ECOSYSTEMS 
F.8.8 Show* through investigations* how organisms both depend on and contribute to the balance or imbalance of populations and/or ecosystems, which in turn contribute to the total system* of life on the planet 

NatureWorks Episodes

9. The Wildlife Web I 
10. The Wildlife  Web II
11. Decomposers and Scavengers
12. Population Dynamics

DIVERSITY AND ADAPTATIONS OF ORGANISMS 
F.8.9 Explain* how some of the changes* on the earth are contributing to changes in the balance of  life and affecting the survival or population growth of certain species 

NatureWorks Episodes

1. Adaptation
2. Coloration
3. Natural Communication
4. Migration
12. Population Dynamics