explain how temperature and precipitation affect animal growth and behavior through migration and hibernation and plant responses through dormancy;
A student expectation is directly related to the knowledge and skills statement, is more specific about how students demonstrate their learning, and always begins with a verb. Student expectations are further broken down into their component parts, often referred to as “breakouts.”
Vertical alignment shows student expectations in the same subject area at different grade levels that are related to or build upon one another.
classify living and nonliving things based upon whether they have basic needs and produce young;
describe and record examples of interactions and dependence between living and nonliving components in terrariums or aquariums; and
describe how the physical characteristics of environments, including the amount of rainfall, support plants and animals within an ecosystem;
explain how temperature and precipitation affect animal growth and behavior through migration and hibernation and plant responses through dormancy;
Patterns are regular sequences that can be found throughout nature.
There are patterns in the locations and characteristics of animals that exhibit migration or hibernation and the plants that go dormant.
Cause-and-effect relationships are relationships between two or more variables or phenomena whereby one variable or event leads to a predictable response. Events have causes—sometimes simple, sometimes multi-faceted.
Changes in temperature and precipitation (causes) can cause animals and plants to migrate, hibernate, or go dormant (effect).
Stability describes a system that does not change at the observed scale. In a stable system, a small disturbance will die out and the system will return to a stable state. Change in the system can come from modifying a factor or condition.
The organisms and nonliving factors within an environment create a stable system. Fluctuations like extreme drought can cause changes to the system.
Math.3.1.A apply mathematics to problems arising in everyday life, society, and the workplace
Math.3.1.D communicate mathematical ideas, reasoning, and their implications using multiple representations, including symbols, diagrams, graphs, and language as appropriate
Math.3.1.E create and use representations to organize, record, and communicate mathematical ideas
Math.3.1.F analyze mathematical relationships to connect and communicate mathematical ideas
Math.3.1.G display, explain, and justify mathematical ideas and arguments using precise mathematical language in written or oral communication
SS.3.3.B identify and compare how people in different communities adapt to or modify the physical environment in which they live such as deserts, mountains, wetlands, and plains
SS.3.4.A use cardinal and intermediate directions to locate places on maps and globes in relation to the local community
SS.3.4.C identify, create, and interpret maps of places that contain map elements, including a title, compass rose, legend, scale, and grid system