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Subchapter 112.3

Reference	Science Concepts	Wetlands (with teacher support)	Rainforest (with teacher support)	Desert (with teacher support)
The student knows that:
1.6. Systems have parts and are composed of organisms and objects.
(A)	Sort organisms and objects according to their parts and characteristics	Use Organisms and Migration for examples	Use Organisms for examples	Use Organisms for examples, K-3 Resources
(B)	Observe and describe the parts of plants and animals	Use Organisms and Migration for examples	Use Organisms for examples	Use Organisms for examples, Animal and Plant Adaptations
(D)	Identify parts that, when put together, can do things they cannot do by themselves	Use Organisms and Migration for examples	Use Organisms for examples	Use Organisms for examples
1.7. Many types of change occur.
(D)	Observe and record changes in the life cycle of organisms	Organisms and Migration (life cycle)	Organisms (life cycle)
1.8. Factors distinguish between living organisms and nonliving objects.
(A)	Group living organisms and nonliving objects	Use Organisms, Migration, and Field Trip for examples	Use Organisms and Field Trip for examples	Use Organisms and Field Trip for examples
(B)	Compare living organisms and nonliving objects	Use Organisms, Migration, and Field Trip for examples	Use Organisms and Field Trip for examples	Use Organisms and Field Trip for examples
1.9. Living organisms have basic needs.
(A)	Identify characteristics of living organisms that allow their basic needs to be met	Use Organisms and Migration for examples, Food Web Game	Use Organisms for examples, Web Game, Niches	Use Organisms for examples, Build-A-Desert Game, Adaptations
(B)	Compare and give examples of the ways living organisms depend on each other for their basic needs	Use Organisms and Migration for examples, Food Web Game	Use Organisms for examples, Web Game, Niches	Use Organisms for examples, Build-A-Desert Game