2A:Use technology to explore events in nature, e.g. telescopes, microscopes, computer probes ABIOTIC/BIOTIC 3B: Identify and describe the basic requirements for sustaining life, e.g. plants and animals need food for energy and growth 3C: Explore through models, experiments, and observations how matter and energy interact in any ecosystem 3B: Describe and give examples of the various types of interactions that occur among organisms (e.g. predator-prey, symbiotic, producer-consumer-decomposer, host-parasite) to demonstrate how organisms compete or cooperate with each other to gain food, resources or space 3D: Compare and contrast life processes in plants and animals, e.g. growth and development, nutrition, reproduction, etc. 3D: Observe and describe major characteristics of various life forms, e.g. microorganisms, fungi, protists, plants and animals CYCLES 3C: Identify common materials that cycle through the environment, e.g. carbon, water, carbon dioxide, oxygen 4B: Identify events in nature that have repeating patterns or cycles, e.g. weather patterns, water cycle, rock cycle CHANGE: 6B: Identify and describe several ways in which things may change 6B: Identify and describe several types of change CLIMATE &amp; GEOLOGY The Climate and Geology lesson focuses on abiotic (non-living) factors affecting ecosystems.
(plants and animals; need; food for energy and growth 3C) (interactions; occur; L:among organisms) (events in nature; have repeating; patterns or cycles) (organisms; cooperate; with each other; to gain food, resources or space 3D) (abiotic (non-living) factors; affecting; ecosystems) (matter and energy; interact; L:in any ecosystem 3B) (common materials; cycle; through the environment) (things; may change; 6B)
plants and animals interactions events in nature organisms abiotic (non-living) factors matter and energy common materials things
need occur have repeating cooperate affecting interact cycle may change
food for energy and growth 3C
L:among organisms
patterns or cycles
with each other to gain food, resources or space 3D
ecosystems
L:in any ecosystem 3B
through the environment
6B