Pre-Visit
Activities : Urban Sprawl
Standards Supported
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Grade Level Standards 3rd Grade 3-1.2, 3-1.3,
3-1.4, 3-1.6, 3-2.3, 3-2.4, 3-3.6 4th Grade 4-1.4, 4-1.6,
4-2.2, 4-2.5, 4-2.6 5th Grade 5-1.1, 5-1.6, 5-2.2,
5-2.3, 5-2.4, 5-2.5, 5-3.6 Generate
questions such as “what if?” or “how?” about
objects, organisms, and events in the environment
and use those questions to conduct a simple scientific
investigation. Predict the outcome
of a simple investigation and compare the result
with the prediction. Infer meaning from
data communicated in graphs, tables, and diagrams. Recall
the characteristics of an organism’s habitat
that allow the organism to survive there. Explain how changes in the habitats of plants and animals affect their survival. Illustrate
Earth’s
land features (including volcanoes, mountains,
valleys, canyons, caverns, and islands) by using
models, pictures, diagrams, and maps. Explain how the characteristics of distinct
environments (including swamps, rivers, and streams, tropical rain
forests, deserts, and the polar regions) influence the variety of
organisms in each. Explain how
an organism’s patterns of behavior are related
to its environment (including the kinds and the number
of other organisms present, the availability of food
and other resources, and the physical characteristics
of the environment). Explain how organisms cause changes
in their environment. Identify the roles of organisms as they interact and depend on one another through food chains and food webs in an ecosystem, considering producers and consumers (herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores), decomposers (microorganisms, termites, worms, and fungi), predators and prey, and parasites and hosts. |
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