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SCIENCE.5.13.B — 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.
record and compare how the structures and behaviors of animals help them find and take in food, water, and air;
record and compare how being part of a group helps animals obtain food, defend themselves, and cope with changes; and
SCIENCE.5.13.B — Breakout of skills
Breakouts are the component parts that make up a student expectation. A breakout shows a distinct concept a student should know or a distinct skill that a student should be able to demonstrate.
Recurring themes and concepts — Connections to the content
Cause-and-effect relationships are relationships between two or more variables or phenomena whereby one variable or event leads to a predictable response. Events have causes—sometimes simple, sometimes multi-faceted.
Both instinctual and learned behaviors show cause-and-effect relationships. For example, when water is scarce, elephants instinctively dig in the ground with their tusks to look for water (effect). When hunting, dolphins encircle a school of fish in a tornado of mud, causing the fish to jump out of the water where other members of the dolphin pod are waiting to catch them (effect).
Cross-curricular Connections
Math.5.1.A apply mathematics to problems arising in everyday life, society, and the workplace
ELAR.5.13.E demonstrate understanding of information gathered