New Mexico Science Standards

G R A D E S   5 - 8

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

Benchmark	The Digital Frog 2	The Wetlands	The Rainforest
Use information about living things
The roles of structure and function in the organization of living systems		Food Chains, Web Game, Web Energy	Dependency Web, Botany
Cells as the fundamental unit of life	Respiration, Circulation
The functions of cells which sustain life	Digestive system	Plant Adaptations	Plants, Botany
Cell division	Reproduction, Cellular Division
The use of nutrients by cells	Digestive System	Photosynthesis, Plant Adaptations
The role of heredity and environment in the characteristics of individual organisms		Adaptations in a Bog, Organism Screens	Biodiversity, Organism Screens
That small differences between offspring and parents my accumulate in succeeding generations and may or may not be advantageous to the species	Anatomy	Adaptations in a Bog, Organism Screens	Biodiversity, Organism Screens
Disease as a breakdown in the structure or functions of an organism
Categorize organisms according to reproduction and other characteristics	Reproduction	Organism Screens	Organism Screens

 

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

Benchmark	The Digital Frog	The Wetlands	The Rainforest
Students will:
Identify organisms according to internal and external environmental regulation		Adaptations, Migration, Organism Screens	Dependency Web, Plant Study, Animal Study, Organism Screens
Describe how organisms obtain and use resources, grow, reproduce, and maintain a stable internal environment while living in a constantly changing external environment		Organism Screens, Migration, Web Game, Photosynthesis, Food Chains	Organism Screens, Dependency Web, Plant Study, Animal Study, Web Game, Niches
Predict behavior in relation to changes in an organism’s internal and external environment		Organism Screens, Adaptations	Impact Screens, Organism Screens, Animal Study, Plant Study
Use knowledge of population characteristics to distinguish specific populations		Organism Screens, Web Game	Web Game, Organism Screens, Botany Screens, Biodiversity
Categorize organisms based on the function they serve within their ecosystem		Web Game, Food Web, Organism Screens, Trophic Levels	Dependency Web, Web Game, Organism Screens, Botany Screens
Examine the impact humans have on other species and natural systems over time		Endangered Wetlands, Wetland Types	Endangered Rainforest, Rainforest Mechanisms
Illustrate the impact that overpopulation might have on various regions of the world		Endangered Wetlands, Wetland Types	Endangered Rainforest, Rainforest Mechanisms
Analyze consumption of nonrenewable resources based on population factors (birth rate, death rate, density)		Wetland Mechanisms, Wetland Types	Endangered Rainforest, Rainforest Mechanisms
How almost all human cells contain two copies of 23 chromosomes	Reproduction
Illustrate the role of personal control of basic needs on health outcomes
Model responsible health behaviors for peers and others
Demonstrate the impact of nutrition and exercise on personal health	Anatomy, Muscular, Respiration