Gizmos for Missouri - Science: Middle School Life Sciences (Learning Standards adopted 2016)

This correlation lists the recommended Gizmos for this state's curriculum standards. Click any Gizmo title below for more information.

6-8.LS1: : From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes

6-8.LS1.A: : Structure and Function

6-8.LS1.A.1: : Provide evidence that organisms (unicellular and multicellular) are made of cells and that a single cell must carry out all of the basic functions of life.

6-8.LS1.A.2: : Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways parts of the cells contribute to that function.

6-8.LS1.A.3: : Develop an argument supported by evidence for how multicellular organisms are organized by varying levels of complexity; cells, tissue, organs, organ systems.

6-8.LS1.B: : Growth and Development of Organisms

6-8.LS1.B.1: : Construct an explanation for how characteristic animal behaviors as well as specialized plant structures affect the probability of successful reproduction of animals and plants respectively.

6-8.LS1.B.2: : Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms.

6-8.LS1.C: : Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms

6-8.LS1.C.1: : Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis and cellular respiration in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms.

6-8.LS2: : Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

6-8.LS2.A: : Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems

6-8.LS2.A.1: : Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on individual organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.

6-8.LS2.A.2: : Construct an explanation that predicts the patterns of interactions among and between the biotic and abiotic factors in a given ecosystem.

6-8.LS2.B: : Cycles of Matter and Energy Transfer in Ecosystems

6-8.LS2.B.1: : Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.

6-8.LS2.C: : Ecosystems Dynamics, Functioning and Resilience

6-8.LS2.C.1: : Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that explains how changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.

6-8.LS2.C.2: : Evaluate benefits and limitations of differing design solutions for maintaining an ecosystem.

6-8.LS4: : Biological Evolution; Unity and Diversity

6-8.LS4.A: : Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity

6-8.LS4.A.1: : Analyze and interpret evidence from the fossil record to infer patterns of environmental change resulting in extinction and changes to life forms throughout the history of the Earth.

6-8.LS4.B: : Natural Selection

6-8.LS4.B.1: : Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals' probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment.

6-8.LS4.B.2: : Gather and synthesize information about the technologies that have changed the way humans influence the inheritance of desired traits in organisms.

6-8.LS4.C: : Adaptation

6-8.LS4.C.1: : Interpret graphical representations to support explanations of how natural selection may lead to increases and decreases of specific traits in populations over time.

Correlation last revised: 9/6/2022

Missouri - Science: Middle School Life Sciences

Learning Standards | Adopted: 2016

6-8.LS1: : From Molecules to Organisms: Structure and Processes

6-8.LS2: : Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics

6-8.LS4: : Biological Evolution; Unity and Diversity