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Subject Area - 4:
Environment and Ecology
  • Standard Area - 4.1: Ecology
  • Grade Level - 4.1.4: GRADE 4
Standard - 4.1.4.A

Explain how living things are dependent upon other living and nonliving things for survival. 

  • Explain what happens to an organism when its food supply, access to water, shelter or space (niche / habitat) is changed.
  • Identify similarities and differences between living organisms, ranging from single-celled to multi-cellular organisms through the use of microscopes, video, and other media.

  • Assessment Anchor - S4.B.1

    Structure and Function of Organisms

    • Anchor Descriptor - S4.B.1.1 Identify and describe similarities and differences between living things and their life processes.
      • Eligible Content - S4.B.1.1.4 Describe how different parts of a living thing work together to provide what the organism needs (e.g., parts of plants: roots, stems, leaves).
      • Eligible Content - S4.B.1.1.5 Describe the life cycles of different organisms (e.g., moth, grasshopper, frog, seed-producing plant).
  • Assessment Anchor - S4.B.3

    Ecological Behavior and Systems

    • Anchor Descriptor - S4.B.3.1 Identify and describe living and nonliving things in the environment and their interaction.
      • Eligible Content - S4.B.3.1.1 Describe the living and nonliving components of a local ecosystem (e.g., lentic and lotic systems, forest, cornfield, grasslands, city park, playground).
    • Anchor Descriptor - S4.B.3.2 Describe, explain, and predict change in natural or human-made systems and the possible effects of those changes on the environment.
      • Eligible Content - S4.B.3.2.1 Describe what happens to a living thing when its habitat is changed.
      • Eligible Content - S4.B.3.2.2 Describe and predict how changes in the environment (e.g., fire, pollution, flood, building dams) can affect systems.
      • Eligible Content - S4.B.3.2.3 Explain and predict how changes in seasons affect plants, animals, or daily human life (e.g., food availability, shelter, mobility).
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