For Elementary School Educators

(5) Matter and energy. The student knows that matter has physical properties and those properties determine how it is described, classified, changed, and used. The student is expected to:

• (D) combine materials that when put together can do things that they cannot do by themselves such as building a tower or a bridge and justify the selection of those materials based on their physical properties.

7) Earth and space. The student knows that the natural world includes earth materials. The student is expected to:

• (A) observe, describe, and compare rocks by size, texture, and color.

(9) Organisms and environments. The student knows that living organisms have basic needs that must be met for them to survive within their environment. The student is expected to:

• (A) identify the basic needs of plants and animals;
• (B) identify factors in the environment, including temperature and precipitation, that affect growth and behavior such as migration, hibernation, and dormancy of living things; and
• (C) compare the ways living organisms depend on each other and on their environments such as through food chains.

(10) Organisms and environments. The student knows that organisms resemble their parents and have structures and processes that help them survive within their environments. The student is expected to:

• (A) observe, record, and compare how the physical characteristics and behaviors of animals help them meet their basic needs.

(1) Movement. The student demonstrates competency in fundamental movement patterns and proficiency in a few specialized movement forms. The student is expected to:

• (A) travel independently in a large group while safely and quickly changing speed and direction.

(3) Physical activity and health. The student exhibits a health enhancing, physically-active lifestyle that improves health and provides opportunities for enjoyment and challenge. The student is expected to:

• (A) describe and select physical activities that provide opportunities for enjoyment and challenge;
• (B) participate in moderate to vigorous physical activities on a daily basis that cause increased heart rate, breathing rate, and perspiration.

(5) Matter and energy. The student knows that matter has measurable physical properties and those properties determine how matter is classified, changed, and used. The student is expected to:

• (B) describe and classify samples of matter as solids, liquids, and gases and demonstrate that solids have a definite shape and that liquids and gases take the shape of their container;
• (D) explore and recognize that a mixture is created when two materials are combined such as gravel and sand or metal and plastic paper clips.

(7) Earth and space. The student knows that Earth consists of natural resources and its surface is constantly changing. The student is expected to:

• (A) explore and record how soils are formed by weathering of rock and the decomposition of plant and animal remains;
• (B) investigate rapid changes in Earth's surface such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and landslides; and
• (C) explore the characteristics of natural resources that make them useful in products and materials such as clothing and furniture and how resources may be conserved.

(9) Organisms and environments. The student knows and can describe patterns, cycles, systems, and relationships within the environments. The student is expected to:

• (A) observe and describe the physical characteristics of environments and how they support populations and communities of plants and animals within an ecosystem;
• (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.

(10) Organisms and environments. The student knows that organisms undergo similar life processes and have structures that help them survive within their environments. The student is expected to:

• (A) explore how structures and functions of plants and animals allow them to survive in a particular environment.

(7) Earth and space. The students know that Earth consists of useful resources and its surface is constantly changing. The student is expected to:

• (B) observe and identify slow changes to Earth's surface caused by weathering, erosion, and deposition from water, wind, and ice; and
• (C) identify and classify Earth's renewable resources, including air, plants, water, and animals, and nonrenewable resources, including coal, oil, and natural gas, and the importance of conservation.

(9) Organisms and environments. The student knows and understands that living organisms within an ecosystem interact with one another and with their environment. The student is expected to:

• (A) investigate that most producers need sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make their own food, while consumers are dependent on other organisms for food; and
• (B) describe the flow of energy through food webs, beginning with the Sun, and predict how changes in the ecosystem affect the food web.

(10) Organisms and environments. The student knows that organisms undergo similar life processes and have structures and behaviors that help them survive within their environment. The student is expected to:

• (A) explore how structures and functions enable organisms to survive in their environment;
• (B) explore and describe examples of traits that are inherited from parents to offspring such as eye color and shapes of leaves and behaviors that are learned such as reading a book and a wolf pack teaching their pups to hunt effectively; and
• (C) explore, illustrate, and compare life cycles in living organisms such as beetles, crickets, radishes, or lima beans.

(7) Earth and space. The student knows Earth's surface is constantly changing and consists of useful resources. The student is expected to:

• (A) explore the processes that led to the formation of sedimentary rocks and fossil fuels; and
• (B) recognize how landforms such as deltas, canyons, and sand dunes are the result of changes to Earth's surface by wind, water, or ice.

(9) Organisms and environments. The student knows that there are relationships, systems, and cycles within environments. The student is expected to:

• (A) observe the way organisms live and survive in their ecosystem by interacting with the living and nonliving components;
• (B) describe the flow of energy within a food web, including the roles of the Sun, producers, consumers, and decomposers;
• (C) predict the effects of changes in ecosystems caused by living organisms, including humans, such as the overpopulation of grazers or the building of highways; and
• (D) identify fossils as evidence of past living organisms and the nature of the environments at the time using models.

(10) Organisms and environments. The student knows that organisms have structures and behaviors that help them survive within their environments. The student is expected to:

• (A) compare the structures and functions of different species that help them live and survive in a specific environment such as hooves on prairie animals or webbed feet in aquatic animals.