EQ1 What is necessary for life?

EQ2 What conditions create a change?

EQ3 What effect do people have on the environment?

EQ4 How can living things be so different, yet so alike?

evaluate a scientific claim, construct explanations and/or design solutions.

Balance of an ecosystem is subject to change.

Natural, as well as human, interactions cause changes to environmental systems and cycles with predictable effects.

Organisms have structures and processes that serve various functions.

Different species can be classified by common characteristics and life cycles.

All organisms depend on the living and nonliving features of the environment for survival.

An organism's characteristics are inherited, the results of interactions with the environment, or a combination of the two.

the Sun is the primary energy source for food chains and food webs.

most producers need sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make their own food.

consumers are dependent on other organisms for food.

changes in an ecosystem can affect food webs.

structures and their functions enable organisms to survive in their environment.

illustrating, and comparing the patterns of different life cycles.

comparing how similar species might have different structures.

distinguishing between inherited traits and learned behaviors.

communicating scientific explanations and valid conclusions.

reading texts and/or using media to obtain information.