SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY: Scientific inquiry is a thoughtful and coordinated attempt to search out, describe, explain and predict natural phenomena.

SCIENTIFIC LITERACY: Scientific literacy includes speaking, listening, presenting, interpreting, reading and writing about science.

SCIENTIFIC NUMERACY: Mathematics provides useful tools for the description, analysis and presentation of scientific data and ideas.

1.2 Living things have different structures and behaviors that allow them to meet their basic needs.

A 12 Describe the different ways that animals, including humans, obtain water and food.

A 13 Describe the different structures plants have for obtaining water and sunlight.

A 14 Describe the structures that animals, including humans, use to move around.

1.3 organisms change in form and behavior as part of their life cycles.

A 15 Describe the changes in organisms, such as frogs and butterflies, as they undergo metamorphosis.

1.4 The properties of materials and organisms can be described more accurately through the use of standard measuring units.

A 17 Estimate, measure and compare the sizes and weights of different objects and organisms using standard and nonstandard measuring tools.

2.2 Plants change their forms as part of their life cycles.

A 19 Describe the life cycles of flowering plants as they grow from seeds, proceed through maturation and produce new seeds.

2.3 Earth materials have varied physical properties which make them useful in different ways.

A 22 Relate the properties of different soils to their capacity to retain water and support the growth of certain plants.

3.2 Organisms can survive and reproduce only in environments that meet their basic needs.

B 3 Describe how different plants and animals are adapted to obtain air, water, food and protection in specific land habitats.

4.2 All organisms depend on the living and non-living features of the environment for survival.

B 10 Describe how animals, directly or indirectly, depend on plants to provide the food and energy they need in order to grow and survive.