Pre-Visit
Activities : Urban Sprawl : Standards Supported
Third - Fifth Grade Online Curriculum : Communities
Third - Fifth Grade Online Curriculum : Communities
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Pre-Visit
Activities : Urban Sprawl : Standards Supported
Third - Fifth Grade Online Curriculum : Communities |
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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.
* Bold standards are the main standards addressed in this activity.
3-1.2
Classify
objects or events in sequential order.
3-1.3
3-1.4
3-1.6
3-2.3
3-2.4
3-3.6
4-1.4
Distinguish among observations,
predictions, and inferences
4-1.6
Construct and
interpret diagrams, tables, and graphs made from recorded
measurements and observations.
4-2.2
4-2.5
4-2.6
5-1.1
Identify questions suitable
for generating a hypothesis.
5-1.6
Evaluate results
of an investigation to formulate a valid conclusion based
on evidence and communicate the findings of the evaluation
in oral or written form.
5-2.2
Use appropriate safety procedures
when conducting investigations.
5-2.3
Compare the
characteristics of different ecosystems (including estuaries/salt
marshes, oceans, lakes and ponds, forests, and grasslands).
5-2.4
5-2.4
Explain how
limiting factors (including food, water, space, and shelter)
affect populations in ecosystems.
5-3.6
Explain how human activity
(including conservation efforts and pollution) has affected
the land and the oceans of the earth.