North Dakota Science Standards |
Grades K - 4Standard 4: LIFE SCIENCE Students understand the basic concepts and principles of life science. Benchmarks 4.4.1 Understand characteristics of organisms. 4.4.2 Know the characteristics of the life cycle of organisms. 4.4.3 Understand the relationships between organisms and environments. 4.4.4 Understand how changes in life forms have occurred over time. Examples of Specific Knowledge that Support the Standard and Benchmarks 4.4.1 all living things have basic needs in order to survive (i.e., water, air, nutrients, light) NatureWorks Episodes5. Habitat6. Marine Communities 7. Fresh Water Communities 8. Terrestrial Communities 9. The Wildlife Web I 10. The Wildlife Web II 4.4.2 all living things go through stages of development, inherited and non-inheritedcharacteristics NatureWorks Episodes1. Adaptation2. Coloration 3. Natural Communication 4. Migration 4.4.3 all animals depend on plants; food chains, food webs; animal and plant patterns of behavior are related to the nature of their environment; organisms, including humans, cause changes in their environments that can be beneficial or detrimental NatureWorks Episodes5. Habitat6. Marine Communities 7. Fresh Water Communities 8. Terrestrial Communities 9. The Wildlife Web I 10. The Wildlife Web II 11. Decomposers/Scavengers 12. Population Dynamics 13. Species Diversity 14. Niche 15. Invasive Species 16. Life at Risk 4.4.4 changes in structure and functions (e.g., past to present-day buffalo), diversity, fossil records NatureWorks Episodes1. Adaptation2. Coloration 3. Natural Communication 4. Migration 12. Population Dynamics 13. Species Diversity 14. Niche 15. Invasive Species 16. Life at Risk |
Grades 5-8Standard 4: LIFE SCIENCE Students understand the basic concepts and principles of life science. Benchmarks 8.4.1 Understand relationships between structure and function in living systems. 8.4.2 Understand the basic principles governing genetics and reproduction. 8.4.3 Understand the importance of regulation and behavior of organisms. 8.4.4 Understand the interactions of organisms and their environment. 8.4.5 Understand the relationships between physical and biological factors inecosystems. Examples of Specific Knowledge that Support the Standard and Benchmarks 8.4.1 differences between living and nonliving, life activities, parts of a cell, levels of organization 8.4.2 life comes from life, genes, chromosomes, asexual and sexual reproduction, parts of a flower, genetic engineering, DNA, RNA, mutation, adaptation NatureWorks Episodes1. Adaptation2. Coloration 3. Natural Communication 8.4.3 life span, respiration, excretion, absorption, nutrition, levels of growth,metamorphosis, role of disease NatureWorks Episodes9. The Wildlife Web I10. The Wildlife Web II 11. Decomposers/Scavengers 12. Population Dynamics 8.4.4 producers and consumers, food web, natural cycles, recycling, conservation practices, adaptations, human impact on the environment (e.g., pollution, overpopulation), natural selection, extinction, evolution NatureWorks Episodes1. Adaptation2. Coloration 3. Natural Communication 4. Migration 5. Habitat 6. Marine Communities 7. Fresh Water Communities 8. Terrestrial Communities 9. The Wildlife Web I 10. The Wildlife Web II 11. Decomposers/Scavengers 12. Population Dynamics 13. Species Diversity 14. Niche 15. Invasive Species 16. Life at Risk 8.4.5 dependency of life on energy and matter, renewable and nonrenewableresources NatureWorks Episodes5. Habitat6. Marine Communities 7. Fresh Water Communities 8. Terrestrial Communities 9. The Wildlife Web I 10. The Wildlife Web II 11. Decomposers/Scavengers 12. Population Dynamics 13. Species Diversity 14. Niche 15. Invasive Species 16. Life at Risk
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