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PDE: Scientific Fact
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PDE: Opinion
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PDE: Ecosystem
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PDE: Living parts of an ecosystem
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PDE: Non-living parts of an ecosystem
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PDE: System roles
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PDE: Concept of "models"
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PDE: Models for observation
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PDE: Systems (e.g., water cycle, sun-Earth-moon system)
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PDE: Patterns (e.g., day/night, seasons, sunrise/sunset, lunar phases)
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PDE: Patterns (e.g., day/night, seasons, sunrise/sunset, lunar phases)
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PDE: Living things
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PDE: Concept of "function"
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PDE: Organisms
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PDE: External characteristics of organisms (e.g., anatomical characteristics: appendages, type of covering, body segments)
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PDE: Concept of "basic needs" (e.g., air, water, food) of plants
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PDE: Concept of "basic needs" (e.g., air, water, food) of animals
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PDE: Interdependence of living things
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PDE: Life cycles of different organisms
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PDE: Characteristics of survival in plants
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PDE: Characteristics of survival in animals
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PDE: Environments (e.g., wetland, tundra, desert, prairie, deep ocean, forest)
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PDE: Adaptations (e.g., protective coloration, mimicry, leaf sizes and shapes, ability to catch or retain water)
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PDE: Organisms
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PDE: Living components of an ecosystem
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PDE: Non-living components of an ecosystem
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PDE: Concept of "interaction"
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PDE: Interaction of living components of an ecosystem (e.g., plants, animals)
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PDE: Interaction of nonliving components of an ecosystem (e.g., water, soil, sunlight, carbon dioxide, temperature, shelter, oxygen)
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PDE: Habitat of living things
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PDE: Changes in the environment (e.g., fire, pollution, flood, building dams)
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PDE: Systems
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PDE: Affect of seasons on plants
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PDE: Affect of seasons on animals
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PDE: Pollution (e.g., litter)
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PDE: Concept of community
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PDE: Concept of change
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PDE: Concept of time
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PDE: Relative size
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PDE: Relative distance
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PDE: Scientific investigations
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PDE: Distinguish between scientific fact and opinion
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PDE: Categorize parts of an ecosystem as living or non living
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PDE: Describe the role of living parts of an ecosystem
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PDE: Describe the role of non-living parts of an ecosystem
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PDE: Identify what different models represent (e.g., maps show physical features, directions, distances; globes represent Earth; drawings of watersheds depict terrain; dioramas show ecosystems; concept maps show relationships of ideas).
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PDE: Use models to make observations
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PDE: Explain how systems work
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PDE: Identify observable patterns
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PDE: Describe observable patterns
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PDE: Predict future conditions/events based on observable patterns
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PDE: Identify life process of living things
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PDE: Compare similar functions of external characteristics of organisms
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PDE: Describe basic needs of plants
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PDE: Describe basic needs of animals
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PDE: Describe how different parts of a living thing work together to provide what the organism needs (e.g., parts of plants: roots, stems, leaves)
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PDE: Describe the life cycles of different organisms (e.g., moth, grasshopper, frog, seed producing plant)
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PDE: Identify characteristics for plant survival in different environments
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PDE: Identify characteristics for animal survival in different environments
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PDE: Explain how specific adaptations can help a living organisms survive
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PDE: Describe living components of a local ecosystem (e.g., lentic and lotic systems, forest, cornfield, grasslands, city park, playground)
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PDE: Describe non-living components of a local ecosystem (e.g., lentic and lotic systems, forest, cornfield, grasslands, city park, playground)
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PDE: Describe interactions between living and nonliving components of a local ecosystem
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PDE: Describe what happens to a living thing when its' habitat is changed
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PDE: Describe how changes in the environment can affect systems
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PDE: Predict how changes in the environment can affect systems
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PDE: Explain how changes in seasons affect plants
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PDE: Predict how changes in seasons affect plants
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PDE: Explain how changes in seasons affect animals (e.g., food availability, shelter, mobility)
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PDE: Predict how changes in seasons affect animals (e.g., food availability, shelter, mobility)
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PDE: Explain how changes in seasons affect daily life (e.g., food availability, shelter, mobility)
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PDE: Predict how changes in seasons affect daily life (e.g., food availability, shelter, mobility)
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PDE: Describe the effects of pollution in the community
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PDE: Generate questions about events that can be answered through scientific investigations
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S4.A.1.1 ~ Identify and explain the pros and cons of applying scientific, environmental, or technological knowledge to possible solutions to problems. (Reference: 3.2.4.A, 3.2.4.C, 3.8.4.C)
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S4.A.1.3 ~ Recognize and describe change in natural or human-made systems and the possible effects of those changes. (Reference: 3.1.4.C, 3.1.4.E, 4.7.4.B, 4.8.4.A, 4.8.4.C)
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S4.A.2.1 ~ Apply skills necessary to conduct an experiment or design a solution to solve a problem. (Reference: 3.2.4.C)
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S4.A.3.1 ~ Identify systems and describe relationships among parts of a familiar system (e.g., digestive system, simple machines, water cycle). (Reference: 3.1.4.A, 4.4.4.C, 4.6.4.A, 4.6.4.B, 3.6.4.A, 3.6.4.B, 3.6.4.C)
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S4.A.3.2 ~ Use models to illustrate simple concepts and compare the models to what it represent. (Reference: 3.1.4.B, 4.3.4.C)
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S4.A.3.3 ~ Identify and make observations about patterns that regularly occur and reoccur in nature. (Reference: 3.1.4.C, 3.2.4.B)
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S4.B.1.1 ~ Identify and describe similarities and differences between living things and their life processes. (Reference: 3.3.4.A, 3.3.4.B, 4.3.4.A, 4.3.4.C, 4.6.4.A)
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S4.B.2.1 ~ Identify and explain how adaptations help organisms to survive. (Reference: 4.7.4.B )
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S4.B.3.1 ~ Identify and describe living and nonliving things in the environment and their interaction. (Reference: 4.6.4.A)
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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. (Reference: 4.2.4.C, 4.3.4.C, 4.6.4.C, 3.1.4.E)
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S4.B.3.3 ~ Identify or describe human reliance on the environment at the individual or the community level. (Reference: 4.3.4.B, 4.4.4.B, 4.5.4.C, 3.8.4.C)
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