3.1a
PreK – 12 EU: Students will understand that all living organisms have certain needs and structures with unique functions that allow them to survive.
PreK – 12 EQ:
What do living organisms need to survive?
How does an organism’s physical structure enable it to survive?
PK-2EU: Living things are made of parts that allow them to meet their needs.
PK-2EU: Plants and animals need to take in water, food, and air. In addition plants
need sunlight.
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Know:
differences between living and
non-living things
living things can be plants or
animals
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2
know:
sort and explain living and
non-living things
identify a living thing as a
plant or an animal
plants need sunlight, food, and
water
parts of the plant have specific
functions
be able to:
draw and label the parts of a
plant
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explain function of parts
Caring for plants by identifying
and providing for their needs.iii
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observe and tell what living
things need
identify and use the 5 senses
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3-5 EU: Organisms are sorted into categories based on their structures.
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some animals have 5 senses
be able to
3-5 EU: Organisms have structures that help them find what they need to survive.
Know
- animals have parts that help
them meet their needs to
survive.v
- animals need food, water, air,
and space to survive.
- animals use their senses to
survive.
Be able to:
Identify the sense needed to
meet a survival need.
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Observe and record parts of an
animal that help it survive.
Caring for animals by
identifying and providing for
their needs.vii
Know:
a) An organism has internal
and external structures that
allow it to meet its needs
and survive.
b) To survive an organism or
species needs to protect
itself, obtain food and
water, reproduce and
eliminate waste.
c) Organisms can be grouped
based on structural
similarities and differences
(deciduous vs. coniferous
trees).
Be able to:
a) Observe and determine
how a structure allows an
organism to meet its
needs and survive
b) Classify different
organisms based on their
structures and explain
why they did so.
c) Structural similarities
and differences between
main groups of animals.
6-8 EU: All organisms are composed of cells that that contain structures that carry
out survival functions.
6-8 EU: Organisms are composed of cells, tissues, organs, and systems that work
together to allow survival..
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Know:
Know the body systems, basic
functions, and how the body
maintains equilibrium.
(digestive, circulatory,
nervous, respiratory)
Know:
Both unicellular and multicellular
organisms are composed of cells
that allow them to meet the needs
of all organisms.
Be able to:
The structure of cells support
life and reproduction of the
organism.
Investigate and explain how the
body systems function
independently and work together
to meet the survival needs of the
human organism.
In multicellular organisms,
cells work together to meet
the needs of the organism.
Be able to:
Define and Identify the
organelles and their structures
and functions and explain how
the organelles meet the needs
of life.
Compare and Contrast Plant,
animal and single celled
organisms and how they meet
the basic needs that allow them to
survive.
Design an experiment to identify
what substances pass in and out
of cells to help maintain
equilibrium
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Explain the relationship
between cells, tissues, organs
and systems and why this
organization is needed in
complex organisms.
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3.2 a:
PreK – 12 EU: Students will understand that species have changed, are changing and will continue to evolve over time.
PreK – 12 EQ: How do species change over time?
PK-2 EU: There is variation among individuals of one kind within a
population.
PK-2 EU: Students will understand that organisms that once lived on earth
have completely disappeared.
3-5 EU: Individuals of the same kind differ in their characteristics and
sometimes the differences give individuals an advantage in survival and
reproduction. For any particular environment, some kinds of plants and
animals survive well, others don’t.
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K
Know:
- there are
similarities and
differences
among their
peers (external
features)
Be able to:
-
observe their
peers and tell
what’s the same
and what’s
different
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Know
Within a familiar
animal or plant
species there are
similarities and
differences.
Do
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Know
Some organisms that
once lived on earth no
longer exist.
Do
Identify specific
observe and identify organisms that once
or compare and
lived on earth.
contrast…difference
and similarities
within a plant or
animal species.
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Know:
Organisms that are
well suited to their
environment are most
likely to survive. (see
3.1)
There is variation
among organisms
within a group.
Be able to:
Identify characteristics
of an organism which
have allowed it to
survive.
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6-8 EU: Changes in environmental conditions can affect survival of
individual organisms and entire species .
6-8 EU: Individual organisms with advantageous traits are more likely than
others to survive and have offspring.
6-8 EU: Students will understand that many species on this planet have
gone extinct and the species that exist now are not in the same form as
recorded in the fossil record
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7
Know:
There is variation
among organisms
within a group.
Know:
Sometimes the
variation allows
organisms to survive
better than others
and then reproduce.
Species are a group of organisms that produce
fertile offspring.
All environments
present challenges to
survival.
Be able to:
Identify and explain
how a variation in a
characteristic (trait)
enables an
organism to survive
in an environment.
Survival is dependent upon organisms
completing the basic functions of life see 3.1
Organisms with traits more suitable to their
environment are more likely to survive and pass
traits on through reproduction.
Small differences between parents and offspring
can accumulate in successive generations within
a species so that descendents are very different
from their ancestors.
Be Able To:
Investigate/ research specific cases of species
survival due to advantageous traits.
Given a characteristic, predict how that
characteristic might benefit an organism within
its environment for competitive, reproductive,
or survival purposes.
Make observations about an environment and
predict what traits could be passed down to
offspring for survival
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3.2b:
PreK – 12 EU: Students will understand that all living organisms have life cycles and reproduce.
PreK – 12 EQ:
How do living organisms change and reproduce throughout their life cycles?
PK-2 EU: Plants and animals all have life cycles that include birth, growth, 3-5 EU: Although all organisms have common stages of development,
reproduction and death.
details of a life cycle are different for different organisms.
K
Know:
Living things grow and
change over time.
Be able to:
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6-8 EU: Students will understand that reproduction is a characteristic of all
living things and can occur asexually or sexually.
6-8 EU: Cells reproduce from other cells and every organism requires a set
of instructions for specifying its traits.
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7
Know
Know:
Know:
Animals and plants
have life cycles (birth,
growth, reproduction,
death)
All organisms have a
particular life cycle.
Asexual reproduction results in cells
that are identical to the parent. Sexual
reproduction requires specialized
male and female cells to join.
A life cycle includes
being born, growing,
reproducing, dying.
Investigate and
describe a variety of
life cycles.
Observe the changes as
plants and animals
grow.
Be able to:
Sequence pictures of
human life stages.
Observe a plant or
animal over time as it
moves through the
stages of its life cycle.
Sequence and label
pictures of an animal or
plant life cycle.
Be able to:
Compare similarities
and differences
between life cycles.
The nucleus contains the genes that
direct functions of the cell.
Be able to:
Compare and contrast sexual and
asexual reproduction (including
which cells, purposes, results, etc.)
Model asexual cell division.
Explain the relationship between
genes and traits.
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3.2c:
PreK – 12 EU: Students will understand that the characteristics of organisms are influenced by heredity and environment.
PreK – 12 EQ:
How do heredity and environment affect living organisms?
PK-2 EU: Some plants and animals are alike in what they look like and do, and
others are different.
PK-2 EU: Plants and animals closely resemble their parents.
K
Know:
- offspring have
features that are
similar to their
parents.
Be able to:
-
describe
similarities
between
themselves and
a parent or
between baby
animals and
their parent.
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Know:
- Plants and
animals
resemble the
parent plant or
animal
- Plants and
animals
reproduce their
own kind
Be able to:
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Observe and
identify similar
characteristics
between
offspring and
parent.
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3-5 EU: Most traits are passed on and inherited from parents to offspring.
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6-8 EU: The characteristics of an organism can be described in terms of a
combination of traits, some inherited and some the result of environmental
interactions. In organisms with sexes, half the genes come from each parent.
6-8 EU The characteristics of an organism can be described in terms of a
combination of inherited traits.
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7
Know:
Know:
Organisms have some
characteristics that are
inherited and others
that are learned.
Know that traits are passed from
parents to offspring
Know that half the genes come
from each parent
Be able to:
Be Able to:
Identify characteristics
that are inherited from
biological parents as
compared to those that
are learned.
Identify your own inherited traits
Use punnett squares to
investigate how variation is
expressed in offspring through
sexual reproduction.
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3.3 a:
PreK – 12 EU: All living organisms depend on each other and their environment to meet their survival needs. Energy is transferred through interdependent systems within an organism and throughout ecosystems.
PreK – 12 EQ:
How do organisms obtain energy to survive?
How does energy flow within an organism and throughout ecosystems?
How do organisms interact with each other and their environment?
PK-2 EU: Plants and animals depend on their environment to meet their needs.
PK-2 EU: Some source of energy is needed for all organisms to live and grow.
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2
Know:
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plants and animals
need energy to grow
- plants make their own
food.
- animals eat plants and
other animals to get
energy.
- Animals depend on
their environment for
food and for shelter.
Be able to:
- Act out or construct a
diagram that shows
what eats what.
- Construct a model of
an environment that
meets the needs of a
specific animal.
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3-5 EU: Organisms interact and are interdependent in various ways, including providing food and
shelter to one another. Organisms can survive only in environments in which their needs are met.
3-5 EU: Students will understand that energy within an ecosystem originates from the sun
3-5 EU: From food, organisms obtain fuel (ie. energy) and materials for body repair, growth and
reproduction.
3-5 EU: Over the whole earth, organisms are growing, dying, and decaying, and new organisms
depend on materials from other decomposed organisms.
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6-8 EU: The number of organisms and populations an ecosystem can support depends
on the biotic/abiotic resources available and interactions among the organisms.
6-8 EU: Students will understand that light is transformed into chemical energy
(sugar/starch) by producers.
6-8 EU: Students will understand that food provides molecules that serve as fuel and
building material for all organisms.
6-8 EU: SWUT energy is transferred from one organism to another repeatedly and
between organisms and their environment
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Know:
a) All energy within all ecosystems
originates from the sun.
b) Plants use sunlight to make food
(producers). Animals are
consumers getting their energy
from both plants and animals.
c) Organisms rely upon each other
to meet their needs.
d) Decaying organisms provide
nutrients for plants.
Be able to:
a) Develop a model that shows
how the flow of energy from the
sun is transferred to organisms as
food.
b) Identify producers, consumers,
and decomposers within an
environment.
c) Research and/or design a habitat
and explain how it meets the
needs of the organisms that live
there.
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Know:
A population consists
of organisms that
belong to the same
species and live in the
same geographical
area.
Survival depends on
biotic and abiotic
factors.
Be Able to:
Investigate the
relationships between
various components of
an ecosystem
including abiotic and
biotic factors.
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Know:
Know:
Most producers use the
Know the
process of
relationship of
photosynthesis to store
trophic levels within energy from the sun as
an ecosystem.
chemical energy.
Be Able to:
Examine the energy
transfer of
organisms at
different trophic
levels.
Most organisms respire
to transform stored
energy into a usable
form.
Be able to:
Describe the steps of
photosynthesis
including the necessary
ingredients and
products.
Compare and contrast
photosynthesis and
respiration and the
organisms involved in
each process.
Investigate and analyze
how an organism gets
its energy.
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Removed systems UE-felt redundant to 6-8 and wanted to connect to structures that allow to meet needs of life.
Removed draw from seed-addressed in life cycle EU
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Added so getting at a little more DOK and opportunity to investigate
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moved the animals so that it is with the plants so that can focus on needs and structure function together and then in 2nd grade look at life cycles.
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combined part of a know into one statement
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made observe and record-higher DOK than just identify
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higher DOK, opportunity to investigate
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Removed specific reference to human body systems-can use the human body as an organism to address this big idea, but did not want to limit or be redundant.
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Removed human body-redundant
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Removed human body-redundant
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eliminated 3-5 EU about organisms being similar or different from ones that are no longer here– felt like a know and allows us to focus on the variation factor. Will get at it in 6-8.
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Removed design investigation for species change
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removed environmental change
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edited the EU to be less of a know
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removed EU-redundant to next EU
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combined looking at plants and animals
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removed recycled one from here-seemed to confuse the issue
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removed recycling
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removed plant experiment from here-seemed separate
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