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Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
Grade 4
Subchapter 112.6
| Reference | Science Concepts | The Digital Field Trip to The Wetlands | The Digital Field Trip to The Rainforest | The Digital Field Trip to The Desert |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The student knows that: | ||||
| 4.5. Complex systems may not work if some parts are removed. | ||||
| (A) | Identify and describe the roles of some organisms in living systems and parts in nonliving systems | Organisms, Migration, and Field Trip for examples, Web Game | Organisms and Field Trip for examples, Niches, Web Game | Organisms and Field Trip for examples, Build-A-Desert |
| 4.6. Change can create recognizable patterns. | ||||
| (A) | Identify patterns of change such as in weather, metamorphosis and objects in the sky | Organisms (Green Frog), Wetlands Mechanisms | Climate, Rainforest Mechanisms | Desert Mechanisms, Climatic Influences, Landscape Formation |
| 4.8. Adaptations may increase the survival of members of a species | ||||
| (A) | Identify characteristics that allow members within a species to survive and reproduce | Organisms and Migration for examples | Organisms for examples, How Species Change, New Species, Plant & Animal Characteristics | Organisms for examples, Plant Adaptations, Animal Adaptations |
| (B) | Compare adaptive characteristics of various species | Organisms and Migration for examples, Plant & Animal Adaptations | Organisms for examples, Plant & Animal Characteristics | Organisms for examples, Plant & Animal Adaptations |
| 4.9. Many likenesses between offspring and parent are inherited or learned. | ||||
| (A) | Distinguish between inherited traits and learned characteristics | Organisms and Migration for examples, Plant & Animal Adaptations | Organisms for examples, How Species Change, New Species | Organisms for examples, Adaptations, Animal and Plant Adaptations |
| (B) | Identify and provide examples of inherited traits and learned characteristics | Organisms and Migration for examples, Plant & Animal Adaptations | How Species Change, New Species, Plant & Animal Characteristics | Organisms for examples, Adaptations (workbook) |
| 4.10. Certain past events affect present and future events. | ||||
| (A) | Identify and observe effects that require time for changes to be noticeable inlcuding growth, erosion, dissolving, weathering and flow | Wetlands Mechanisms | Rainforest Mechanisms | Desert Mechanisms, Landscape Formation, Weathering, Wind Erosion, Water Erosion, Wind Depostion, Water Deposition |
| 4.11. The natural world includes earth materials and objects in the sky. | ||||
| (C) | Identify the Sun as the major source of energy for the Earth and understand its role in the growth of plants, in the creation of winds, and in the water cycle. | Organisms (plants), Web Game, Food Chains, Web Energy, Photosynthesis, Nutrient Cycles (water cycle) | Organisms (plants), Water Cycle | Climatic Influences, relate to Build-a-Desert Game |