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Overview

— Vertical Alignment

Vertical alignment shows student expectations in the same subject area at different grade levels that are related to or build upon one another.

S.2.13.B

record and compare how the structures and behaviors of animals help them find and take in food, water, and air;

S.2.13.C

record and compare how being part of a group helps animals obtain food, defend themselves, and cope with changes; and

hypotheses are tentative and testable statements that must be capable of being supported or not supported by observational evidence. Hypotheses of durable explanatory power that have been tested over a wide variety of conditions are incorporated into theories; and

S.6.12.B

describe and give examples of predatory, competitive, and symbiotic relationships between organisms, including mutualism, parasitism, and commensalism; and

ENVIR.5.A

identify native plants and animals within a local ecosystem and compare their roles to those of plants and animals in other biomes, including aquatic, grassland, forest, desert, and tundra;