WETLANDS ESTONOA

K.8      

The student will investigate and understand simple patterns in his/her daily life. Key concepts include

a)        weather observations;

b)       the shapes and forms of many common natural objects including seeds, cones, and leaves;

c)   animal and plant growth

Grade Six Science

6.1

The student will plan and conduct investigations in which

a)        observations are made involving fine discrimination between similar objects and organisms;

b)       a classification system is developed based on multiple attributes;

c)     an understanding of the nature of science is developed and reinforced.

6.9

The student will investigate and understand that organisms depend on other organisms and the nonliving components of the environment.  Key concepts include

                a)   producers, consumers, and decomposers;

                b)   food webs and food pyramids; and

                c)   cycles (water, carbon dioxide, oxygen, nitrogen)

6.11

The student will investigate and understand public policy decisions relating to the environment. Key concepts include

a)        management of renewable resources (water, air, soil, plant life, animal life);

b)       management of nonrenewable resources (coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear power, mineral resources);

c)        the mitigation of land-use and environmental hazards through preventive measures; and cost/benefit tradeoffs in conservation policies.

Life Science

LS.4

The student will investigate and understand that the basic needs of organisms must be met in order to carry out life processes. Key concepts include

a)        plant needs (light, water, gases, and nutrients);

b)       animal needs (food, water, gases, shelter, space); and

c)        factors that influence life processes.

LS.5

The student will investigate and understand how organisms can be classified. Key concepts include

a)        the distinguishing characteristics of kingdoms of organisms;

b)       the distinguishing characteristics of major animal and plant phyla; and

c)        the characteristics of the species.

LS.7

The student will investigate and understand that organisms within an ecosystem are dependent on one another and on nonliving components of the environment. Key concepts include

a)        the carbon, water, and nitrogen cycles;

b)       interactions resulting in a flow of energy and matter throughout the system;

c)        complex relationships within terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems; and

d)       energy flow in food webs and energy pyramids.

LS.12

The student will investigate and understand the relationships between ecosystem dynamics and human activity. Key concepts include

a)        food production and harvest;

b)       change in habitat size, quality, or structure;

c)        change in species competition;

d)       population disturbances and factors that threaten or enhance species survival; and

e)        environmental issues (water supply, air quality, energy production, and waste management).

Earth Science

ES.9

The student will investigate and understand how freshwater resources are influenced by geologic processes and the activities of humans. Key concepts include

a)        processes of soil development;

b)       development of karst topography;

c)        identification of groundwater zones including the water table, zone of saturation, and zone of aeration;

ES.12 

The student will investigate and understand the origin and evolution of the atmosphere and the interrelationship of geological processes, biological processes, and human activities on its composition and dynamics.  Key concepts include

                a)   scientific evidence for atmospheric changes over geological time;

                b)   current theories related to the effects of early life on the chemical makeup of

                       the atmosphere;

                c)   comparison of the Earth’s atmosphere to that of other planets;

                d)   atmospheric regulation mechanisms; and

                e)   potential atmospheric compositional changes due to human, biological, and

                      geological activity

ES.13

The student will investigate and understand that energy transfer between the sun and the Earth and its atmosphere drives weather and climate on Earth. Key concepts include

a)        observation and collection of weather data;