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Science // Earth's Systems

Describe and graph the amounts of salt water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth

Science // Earth's Systems

Interpret cross-section diagrams of the Earth's interior, geological strata, and rock cycle; read and label layers (crust, mantle, outer core, inner core)…

Science // Ecosystems & Habitats

Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants and animals and the places they live, connecting organism needs to habitat…

Science // Ecosystems & Habitats

Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and other living things in the local environment

Science // Ecosystems & Habitats

Explore and compare the differences between things that are living, dead, and things that have never been alive

Science // Ecosystems & Habitats

Identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited and describe how habitats provide for basic needs and how organisms depend on each…

Science // Ecosystems & Habitats

Describe how animals obtain their food from plants and other animals, using the idea of a simple food chain, and identify different sources of food

Science // Ecosystems & Habitats

Name and use vocabulary for where living things are found — habitat, environment, microhabitat, conditions, woodland, ocean, desert, rainforest, pond — and use…

Science // Ecosystems & Habitats

Identify and name a variety of plants and animals in their habitats, including microhabitats such as under a log or in a pond

Science // Ecosystems & Habitats

Recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers and challenges to living things

Science // Ecosystems & Habitats

Construct and interpret food chains identifying producers, predators, and prey, and understand energy transfer between trophic levels

Science // Ecosystems & Habitats

Recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways based on observable features

Science // Ecosystems & Habitats

Explore and use classification keys to identify, group, and name living things in local and wider environments

Science // Ecosystems & Habitats

Use vocabulary for human impact on the environment — pollution, habitat destruction, deforestation, biodiversity, conservation, renewable energy, non-renewable…

Science // Ecosystems & Habitats

Construct an argument that some animals form groups that help members survive, such as herds, packs, or colonies

Science // Ecosystems & Habitats

Use vocabulary for feeding relationships and ecological roles — producer, consumer, predator, prey, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, decomposer, food chain, food…

Science // Ecosystems & Habitats

Read and interpret food web diagrams — identify producers, primary and secondary consumers, and decomposers; trace energy flow along food chains within the web…

Science // Ecosystems & Habitats

Describe differences in the life cycles of mammals, amphibians, insects, and birds, comparing metamorphosis with direct development

Science // Ecosystems & Habitats

Describe the life process of reproduction in some plants and animals, including sexual and asexual reproduction in plants

Science // Ecosystems & Habitats

Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment in an ecosystem

Science // Ecosystems & Habitats

Give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific characteristics, using evidence to justify classification decisions

Science // Ecosystems & Habitats

Describe how living things are classified into broad groups (micro-organisms, plants, animals) according to common observable characteristics, similarities, and…

Science // Ecosystems & Habitats

Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth's resources and environment

Science // Ecosystems & Habitats

Construct and interpret food webs showing the interdependence of organisms in an ecosystem, explaining how a change in one population affects others