New Mexico Science Standards

GRADES K-4

 

Standard 10:
Students will know and understand the characteristics that are the basis for classifying organisms.

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Demonstrate awareness of living things
Single or multicellular with basic needs Anatomy Food Chain, Producers, Consumers, Decomposers Organism Screens, Dependency Web, Human Impact
Surviving in environments that meet their needs Ecology Wetlands Conservation, Adaptations in a Bog Dependency Web
Niches
Structures that serve different functions in growth, survival & reproduction Anatomy Adaptations in a Bog, Organism Screens, Migration Organism Screens, Web Game, Dependency Web, Niches
As part of systems such as food chains   Food Web, Food Chains, Trophic Levels, Producers, Consumers, Decomposers Dependency Web, Niches
Capable of gathering information about themselves and their environments through senses Biodiversity The Food Web Game Web Game, Niches, Human Impact, Impact Screens, Endangered Rainforest
As similar within species but unique as individuals Biodiversity Organism Screens, Food Chains Dependency Web, Plants, Animals
Describe life cycles of plants and animals Ecology, Life Cycle Organism Screens, Migration Organism Screens, Plant Study, Animal Study

 

Standard 11:
Students will know and understand the synergy among organisms and the environments of the organisms.

Benchmark The Digital Frog 2.5 The Digital Field Trip to The Wetlands The Digital Field Trip to The Rainforest
Students will:      
Explain how an organism’s patterns of behavior are related to its environment Adopt a Pond Organism Screens, Food Web Dependency Web, Animal Study, Plant Study, Niches
Describe how all animals depend on plants for food either directly or indirectly   Food Chains, Web Energy, Web Game, Organism Screens Dependency Web

Niches

Describe how organisms cause changes in their environments   Organism Screens, Adaptations, Endangered Wetlands Organism Screens, Human Impact, Impact Screens, Global Benefits
Describe a population Biodiversity, Adopt a Pond Organism Screens Organism Screens, Animal Study, Plant Study
Describe an ecosystem Biodiversity The Bog Study, Endangered Wetlands, Nutrient Cycles, Wetland Mechanisms Dependency Web, Botany, Mechanisms, Endangered Rainforest
Describe the impact humans have on other species Adopt a Pond Endangered Wetlands Human Impact, Impact Screens, Endangered Rainforest
Describe various of resources such as food, fuel, and building materials   Food Chains, Photosynthesis, Organism Screens, Wetland Types, Wetland Mechanisms Dependency Web, Botany, Endangered Rainforest, Niches
Describe features of resources such as nonrenewable resources are limited   Wetland Types, Endangered Wetlands Endangered Rainforest, Mechanisms, Rainforests of the World
Describe basic human needs including air, food, water, safety and security      
Identify issues of responsibility for health      
Describe the elements essential to good health