Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills

Grade 8

Subchapter 112.24

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 students knows that:
8.6. Interdependence occurs among living systems.
(C) Describe interactions within ecosystems Wetlands Mechanisms, Photosynthesis, Food Chains, Web Energy, Producers, Consumers, Decomposers, Organisms, Migration, Web Game Rainforest Mechanisms, Dependency Types, Organisms, Web Game, Niches, Impact Screens Build-a-Desert Game, Human Impact screens, Desertification
8.11. Traits of species can change through generations and that the instructions for traits are contained in the genetic material of the organisms.
(A) Identify that change in environmental conditions can affect the survival of individuals and of species Plant & Animal Adaptations, Organisms, Migration, Web Game Organisms, New Species, How Species Change, Web Game, Niches Build-A-Desert Game, Organisms, What is an Adaptation?, Human Impact screens
(B) Distinguish between inherited traits and other characteristics that result from interactions with the environment Plant & Animal Adaptations, Organisms, Migration, Web Game Organisms, New Species, How Species Change, Web Game, Plant & Animal Characteristics What is an Adaptation?, Plant & Animal Adaptations, Organisms, Build-A-Desert Game

 
Reference Science Concepts The Digital Frog 2.5
The student knows:
8.6. That interdependence occurs among living systems.
(A) Describe interactions among systems in the human organism How Systems Interact, Use all body system sections, complete with human comparisons