Focus Skills  for the 5thGrading Period

 (1) Scientific investigation and reasoning. The student conducts classroom and outdoor investigations following home and school safety procedures and environmentally appropriate practices. The student is expected to:

    (A) demonstrate safe practices as described in Texas Education Agency-approved safety standards during classroom and outdoor investigations using safety equipment as appropriate, including safety goggles or chemical splash goggles, as appropriate, and gloves; 

3.9(A) observe and describe the physical characteristics of environments and how they support populations and communities within an ecosystem

3.9(B) identify and describe the flow of energy in a food chain and predict how changes in a food chain affect the ecosystem such as removal of frogs from a pond or bees from a field

3.9(C) describe environmental changes such as floods and droughts where some organisms thrive and others perish or move to new locations