1: The learner will conduct investigations to build an understanding of the interdependence of plants and animals.
1.02: Identify and analyze the functions of organisms within the population of the ecosystem:
1.02.a: Producers.
Forest Ecosystem
1.02.b: Consumers.
Forest Ecosystem
1.02.c: Decomposers.
Forest Ecosystem
1.06: Explain and evaluate some ways that humans affect ecosystems.
1.06.a: Habitat reduction due to development.
Rabbit Population by Season
1.06.b: Pollutants.
Pond Ecosystem
Water Pollution
1.06.c: Increased nutrients.
Pond Ecosystem
Water Pollution
1.07: Determine how materials are recycled in nature.
Plants and Snails
2: The learner will make observations and conduct investigations to build an understanding of landforms.
2.02: Investigate and discuss the role of the water cycle and how movement of water over and through the landscape helps shape land forms.
Water Cycle
2.06: Identify and use models, maps, and aerial photographs as ways of representing landforms.
Building Topographic Maps
3: The learner will conduct investigations and use appropriate technology to build an understanding of weather and climate.
3.01: Investigate the water cycle including the processes of:
3.01.a: Evaporation.
Water Cycle
3.01.b: Condensation.
Water Cycle
3.01.c: Precipitation.
Water Cycle
3.01.d: Run-off.
Water Cycle
3.02: Discuss and determine how the following are affected by predictable patterns of weather:
3.02.a: Temperature.
Weather Maps
3.02.d: Cloud cover.
Weather Maps
3.02.e: Air pressure.
Weather Maps
4: The learner will conduct investigations and use appropriate technologies to build an understanding of forces and motion in technological designs.
4.01: Determine the motion of an object by following and measuring its position over time.
Distance-Time Graphs
Free Fall Tower
4.05: Determine factors that affect motion including:
4.05.b: Friction.
Force and Fan Carts
4.05.c: Inertia.
Force and Fan Carts
4.07: Determine how people use simple machines to solve problems.
Ants on a Slant (Inclined Plane)
Levers
Wheel and Axle
Correlation last revised: 1/20/2017