1: Earth and Space Sciences

1.D: Identify that the lithosphere contains rocks and minerals and that minerals make up rocks. Describe how rocks and minerals are formed and/or classified.

1.D.1: Describe the rock cycle and explain that there are sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks that have distinct properties (e.g., color, texture) and are formed in different ways.

Rock Classification
Rock Cycle

1.D.3: Identify minerals by their characteristic properties.

Mineral Identification

2: Life Sciences

2.A: Explain that the basic functions of organisms are carried out in cells and groups of specialized cells form tissues and organs; the combination of these cells make up multicellular organisms that have a variety of body plans and internal structures.

2.A.1: Explain that many of the basic functions of organisms are carried out by or within cells and are similar in all organisms.

Paramecium Homeostasis

2.A.2: Explain that multicellular organisms have a variety of specialized cells, tissues, organs and organ systems that perform specialized functions.

Cell Structure
Circulatory System
Digestive System
Paramecium Homeostasis

2.A.3: Identify how plant cells differ from animal cells (e.g., cell wall, chloroplasts).

Cell Structure

2.B: Describe the characteristics of an organism in terms of a combination of inherited traits and recognize reproduction as a characteristic of living organisms essential to the continuation of the species.

2.B.4: Recognize that an individual organism does not live forever; therefore reproduction is necessary for the continuation of every species and traits are passed on to the next generation through reproduction.

Inheritance
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)

2.B.5: Describe that in asexual reproduction all the inherited traits come from a single parent.

Inheritance

2.B.6: Describe that in sexual reproduction an egg and sperm unite and some traits come from each parent, so the offspring is never identical to either of its parents.

Flower Pollination
Inheritance
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)

2.B.7: Recognize that likenesses between parents and offspring (e.g., eye color, flower color) are inherited. Other likenesses, such as table manners are learned.

Inheritance
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)

2.C: Explain how energy entering the ecosystems as sunlight supports the life of organisms through photosynthesis and the transfer of energy through the interactions of organisms and the environment.

2.C.8: Describe how organisms may interact with one another.

Food Chain
Prairie Ecosystem

3: Physical Sciences

3.A: Relate uses, properties and chemical processes to the behavior and/or arrangement of the small particles that compose matter.

3.A.4: Describe that chemical and physical changes occur all around us (e.g., in the human body, cooking, industry).

Digestive System

3.C: Describe renewable and nonrenewable sources of energy (e.g., solar, wind, fossil fuels, biomass, hydroelectricity, geothermal and nuclear energy) and the management of these sources.

3.C.6: Explain that energy derived from renewable resources such as wind and water is assumed to be available indefinitely.

Energy Conversions

3.C.7: Describe how electric energy can be produced from a variety of sources (e.g., Sun, wind, coal).

Energy Conversions

3.C.8: Describe how renewable and nonrenewable energy resources can be managed (e.g., fossil fuels, trees, water).

Energy Conversions