New Mexico Science Standards |
Content Standard
10: Grades K-4Students will demonstrate awareness of living thingsas single or multicellular with basic needs; NatureWorks Episodes5. Habitat6. Marine Communities 7. Fresh Water Communities 8. Terrestrial Communities as surviving in environments that meet their needs; NatureWorks Episodes5. Habitat6. Marine Communities 7. Fresh Water Communities 8. Terrestrial Communities 13. Species Diversity 14. Niche 15. Invasive Species 16. Life at Risk with different structures that serve different functions in growth, survival, and reproduction; NatureWorks Episodes1. Adaptation2. Coloration 3. Natural Communication 4. Migration 5. Habitat 6. Marine Communities 7. Fresh Water Communities 8. Terrestrial Communities 9. The Wildlife Web I 10. The Wildlife Web II 11. Decomposers and Scavengers 12. Population Dynamics 13. Species Diversity 14. Niche as capable of gathering information about themselves and their environments through senses; NatureWorks Episodes3. Natural Communicationas similar within species but unique as individuals; NatureWorks Episodes13. Species Diversity14. Niche describe life cycles of plants and animals. Grades 5-8Students will use information about living things including: the roles of structure and function as complementary in the organization of living systems; NatureWorks Episodes1. Adaptationcells as the fundamental unit of life; the functions of cells which sustain life; cell division; the use of nutrients by cells; NatureWorks Episodes9. The Wildlife Web I10. The Wildlife Web II 11. Decomposers and Scavengers the role of heredity and environment in the characteristics of individual organisms; that small genetic differences between offspring and parents may accumulate in succeeding NatureWorks Episodes1. Adaptationand disease as a breakdown in the structures or functions of an organism; NatureWorks Episodes12. Population Dynamics |
Content Standard
11: Students will know and understand the synergy among organisms and the environments of organisms. Grades K-4Students will:explain how an organism's patterns of behavior are related to its environment; NatureWorks Episodes1. Adaptation2. Coloration 3. Natural Communication 4. Migration describe how all animals depend on plants for food either directly or indirectly; NatureWorks Episodes9. The Wildlife Web I10. The Wildlife Web II 11. Decomposers and Scavengers describe how organisms cause changes in their environments; NatureWorks Episodes14. Niche15. Invasive Species describe a population; NatureWorks Episodes12. Population Dynamicsdescribe an ecosystem; NatureWorks Episodes5. Habitat6. Marine Communities 7. Fresh Water Communities 8. Terrestrial Communities 14. Niche describe the impact humans have on other species; NatureWorks Episodes4. Migration5. Habitat 6. Marine Communities 7. Fresh Water Communities 8. Terrestrial Communities 12. Population Dynamics 13. Species Diversity 14. Niche 15. Invasive Species 16. Life at Risk Grades 5-8Students will: distinguish among organisms based on the way an organism regulates its internal environment in relation to changes in its external environment; NatureWorks Episodes1. Adaptation2. Coloration 3. Natural Communication 4. Migration describe how organisms obtain and use resources, grow, reproduce, and maintain a stable internal environment while living in a constantly changing external environment; NatureWorks Episodes1. Adaptation3. Natural Communication 4. Migration 5. Habitat 13. Species Diversity 14. Niche predict behavior in relation to changes in an organism's internal and external environments; NatureWorks Episodes1. Adaptation3. Natural Communication 4. Migration use knowledge of population characteristics to distinguish specific populations; NatureWorks Episodes12. Population Dynamicscategorize organisms based on the function they serve within their ecosystem; examine the impact humans have had on other species and natural systems over time; NatureWorks Episodes16. Life at Risk
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