This resource has 14 correlations with the National Standards.  
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• Life Science
  • Structure and function in living systems
    • Living systems at all levels of organization demonstrate the complementary nature of structure and function (5-8)
    • Disease is a breakdown in structures or functions of an organism. Some diseases are the result of intrinsic failures of the system. Others are the result of damage by infection by other organisms. (5-8)
  • Reproduction and heredity
    • Reproduction is a characteristic of all living systems; because no individual organism lives forever, reproduction is essential to the continuation of every species. (5-8)
    • Plants also reproduce sexually--the egg and sperm are produced in the flowers of flowering plants. (5-8)
    • Some traits are inherited and others result from interactions with the environment. (5-8)

• Science as Inquiry
  • Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
    • Ask a question about objects, organisms, and events in the environment. (K-4)
    • Plan and conduct a simple investigation. (K-4)
    • Use data to construct a reasonable explanation.
    • Communicate investigations and explanations.
    • Develop descriptions, explanations, predictions, and models using evidence.
    • Think critically and logically to make the relationships between evidence and explanations.

• Science in Personal and Social Perspectives
  • Changes in environments
    • Changes in environments can be natural or influenced by humans. Some changes are good, some are bad, and some are neither good nor bad.
    • Pollution is a change in the environment that can influence the health, survival, or activities of organisms, including humans.
    • Students should understand the different consequences of changing environments in small increments over long periods as compared with changing environments in large increments over short periods.