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Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Science

Section:

The student is expected to:

(a) Introduction.

4. (D) investigate the life cycle of plants and identify likenesses between parents and offspring.

Refer to Plant Organisms; Workbook

Refer to Plant Organisms; Workbook

Refer to Plant Organisms; Workbook

(b) Knowledge and skills.

2. (A) ask questions about organisms, objects, and events observed in the natural world;

CD and Workbook

CD and Workbook

CD and Workbook

CD and Workbook

2. (B) plan and conduct simple descriptive investigations such as ways objects move;

CD and Workbook

CD and Workbook

CD and Workbook

CD and Workbook

2. (C) collect data and make observations using simple equipment such as hand lenses, primary balances, and non-standard measurement tools;

CD and Workbook

CD and Workbook

CD and Workbook

CD and Workbook

2. (D) record and organize data and observations using pictures, numbers, and words; and

CD and Workbook

CD and Workbook

CD and Workbook

CD and Workbook

2. (E) communicate observations with others about simple descriptive investigations.

CD and Workbook

CD and Workbook

CD and Workbook

CD and Workbook

9. (A) differentiate between living and nonliving things based upon whether they have basic needs and produce offspring; and

Build-A-

Desert

9. (B) examine evidence that living organisms have basic needs such as food, water, and shelter for animals and air, water, nutrients, sunlight, and space for plants.

Dependency Web screens

Build-A-

Desert screens

10. (A) sort plants and animals into groups based on physical characteristics such as color, size, body covering, or leaf shape;

Refer to Organism screens

Refer to Organism screens

Refer to Organism screens

10. (B) identify parts of plants such as roots, stem, and leaves and parts of animals such as head, eyes, and limbs;

Organism screens

Plant/Botany

Organism screens

Adaptations,

Organism screens

10. (D) observe changes that are part of a simple life cycle of a plant: seed, seedling, plant, flower, and fruit.

Plant/Botany

Organism screens