Science
02/11/2009 13:56
- How an organisim's behavior allows it to survive in an environment
- How and organism can maintain a stable interneal environment while living in a constantly changing external environment
- What characteristics of organisms can change over several generations
- The similarities between symbiotic and competitive relationships in organisms within an ecosystem (i.e. lichen, mistletoe/ trees, clownfish/sea anemone, native/non-native species
- To analyze the following behavioral cycles of organisms- hibernation, migration, domancy (plants)
- To describe the following factors that allow for the survival of living organisms- protective coloration, beak design, seed dispersal, pollination
- (Common Core Standards) Follow precisely a multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks.
- (Common Core Standards) Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts.
- (Common Core Standards) Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or techmical context relevant to texts and topics.
- (Common Core Standards) Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually.
- (Common Core Standards) Write arguments focused on discipline-specific content.
- (Common Core Standards) Write informative/explainatory texts including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/experiments or technical processes.
- (Common Core Standards) Write routinely over extended time frames and shorter time frames for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.