Illinois Learning Standards

Early High School

STATE GOAL 12: Understand the fundamental concepts, principles and interconnections of the life, physical and earth/space sciences.

Reference Learning Standards The Digital Field Trip to The Wetlands The Digital Field Trip to The Rainforest The Digital Frog 2.5
A. Know and apply concepts that explain how living things function, adapt and change.
12.A.4b Describe the structures and organization of cells and tissues that underlie basic life functions including nutrition, respiration, cellular transport, biosynthesis and reproduction. Photosynthesis, Use Organism Screens (life cycle), Migration (life cycle) as examples Botany Screens: Algae, Bacteria, Fungi, Flowering Plants, Flowers, Leaves, Roots, Stems, Seeds, Stomata, Organism Screens for other examples All body systems are available for reference to organs structure and function.
12.A.4c Describe processes by which organisms change over time using evidence from comparative anatomy and physiology, embryology, the fossil record, genetics and biochemistry. Use Organism Screens as examples Use Organism Screens as examples Human comparison screens are available throughout all body systems.
B. Know and apply concepts that describe how living things interact with each other and with their environment.
12.B.4a Compare physical, ecological and behavioral factors that influence interactions and interdependence of organisms. Organism Screens & Migration for examples, Food Web Game, Web Energy, Food Chains, Plant & Animal Adaptations, Endangered Wetlands Organism Screens for examples, Dependency Web: Food Habitat, Pollination, Seed Dispersal, Web Game  
12.B.4b Simulate and analyze factors that influence the size and stability of populations within ecosystems (e.g., birth rate, death rate, predation, migration patterns). Use Organism Screens & Migration for examples, Endangered Wetlands Use Organism Screens for examples