PENNSYLVANIA. All living things need to interact in an ecosystem in order to survive.

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1 S4.A Essential Explain a relationship between the living and nonliving components in a system (e.g., food web, terrarium). S4.A Essential Categorize the parts of an ecosystem as either living or non-living and describe their roles in the system. S4.B Essential Identify characteristics for plant and animal survival in different environments (e.g., wetland, tundra, desert, prairie, deep ocean, forest). All living things need to interact in an ecosystem in order to survive. S4.A Essential Explain a relationship between the living and nonliving components in a system (e.g., food web, terrarium, bicycle). S4.A Essential 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). S4.B Essential Identify characteristics for plant and animal survival in different environments (e.g., wetland, tundra, desert, prairie, deep ocean, forest) A2. -- Essential ENERGY FLOW - Describe the basic needs of living things and their dependence on light, food, air, water, and shelter. S4.B Essential Describe interactions between living and nonliving components (e.g. plants - water, soil, sunlight, carbon dioxide, temperature; animals - food, water, shelter, oxygen, temperature) of a local ecosystem. S4.B Essential Describe what happens to a living thing when its habitat is changed. S4.B Important Describe and predict how changes in the environment (e.g., fire, pollution, flood, building dams) can affect systems. S4.A Explain a relationship between the living and nonliving components in a system (e.g., food web, terrarium, bicycle). S4.A 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). S4.B Describe how different parts of a living thing work together to provide what the organism needs (e.g., parts of plants: roots, stems, leaves). S4.B Identify characteristics for plant and animal survival in different environments (e.g., wetland, tundra, desert, prairie, deep ocean, forest). S4.B Explain how specific adaptations can help a living organism survive (e.g., protective coloration, mimicry, leaf sizes and shapes, ability to catch or retain water) A2. - ENERGY FLOW - Describe the basic needs of living things and their dependence on light, food, air, water, and shelter. Page 1 of 9

2 S4.B Important Explain and predict how changes in seasons affect plants, animals, or daily human life (e.g., food availability, shelter, mobility) A2. -- Essential ENERGY FLOW - Describe the basic needs of living things and their dependence on light, food, air, water, and shelter A. -- Essential Differentiate between the living and nonliving components in an environment E. -- Essential Identify changes in the environment over time D.a -- Essential Identify organisms that are dependent on one another in a given ecosystem D.b -- Essential Define habitat and explain how a change in habitat affects an organism A.a -- Important Explain how living things are dependent upon other living and nonliving things for survival. Page 2 of 9

3 4.1.4.A.c -- Essential Identify similarities and differences between living organisms, ranging from singlecelled to multi-cellular organisms through the use of microscopes, video, and other media A.b -- Essential Explain what happens to an organism when its food supply, access to water, shelter or space (niche / habitat) is changed D. -- Essential Explain how specific adaptations can help organisms survive in their environment C. -- Important Identify different types of pollution and their sources C. -- Important Identify plants and animals that live in lakes, ponds, streams, and wetlands. S4.A Explain what happens to a living organism when its food supply, access to water, shelter, or space is changed (e.g., they might die, migrate, change behavior, eat something else). S4.A Explain a relationship between the Page 3 of 9

4 living and nonliving components in a system (e.g., food web, terrarium). S4.A Categorize the parts of an ecosystem as either living or non-living and describe their roles in the system. S4.B Identify life processes of living things (e.g., growth, digestion, respiration). S4.B Compare similar functions of external characteristics of organisms (e.g., anatomical characteristics: appendages, type of covering, body segments). S4.B Describe basic needs of plants and animals (e.g., air, water, food). S4.B Describe the life cycles of different organisms (e.g., moth, grasshopper, frog, seed producing plant). S4.B Identify characteristics for plant and animal survival in different environments (e.g., wetland, tundra, desert, prairie, deep ocean, forest). S4.B Explain how specific adaptations can help a living organism survive (e.g., protective coloration, Page 4 of 9

5 mimicry, leaf sizes and shapes, ability to catch or retain water). S4.B Identify physical characteristics (e.g., height, hair color, eye color, attached earlobes, ability to roll tongue) that appear in both parents and could be passed on to offspring. S4.B Describe interactions between living and nonliving components (e.g. plants - water, soil, sunlight, carbon dioxide, temperature; animals - food, water, shelter, oxygen, temperature) of a local ecosystem. S4.B Describe what happens to a living thing when its habitat is changed. S4.B Describe and predict how changes in the environment (e.g., fire, pollution, flood, building dams) can affect systems. S4.B Explain and predict how changes in seasons affect plants, animals, or daily human life (e.g., food availability, shelter, mobility) A1. - COMMON CHARACTERISTICS OF LIFE - Describe characteristics of living things that help to identify and classify Page 5 of 9

6 them A2. - ENERGY FLOW - Describe the basic needs of living things and their dependence on light, food, air, water, and shelter A3. - LIFE CYCLES - Illustrate how plants and animals go through predictable life cycles that include birth, growth, development, reproduction, and death B1. - HEREDITY - Understand that plants and animals closely resemble their parents B5. - UNIFYING THEMES - PATTERNS Identify characteristics that appear in both parents and offspring C1.a - NATURAL SELECTION - Recognize that plants survive through adaptations, such as stem growth towards light and root growth downward in response to gravity C1.b - NATURAL SELECTION - Recognize that many plants and animals can survive harsh environments because of seasonal behaviors (e.g. hibernation, migration, trees shedding leaves) C2. - ADAPTATION - Page 6 of 9

7 Describe animal characteristics that are necessary for survival A. - Differentiate between the living and nonliving components in an environment D.a - Identify organisms that are dependent on one another in a given ecosystem D.b - Define habitat and explain how a change in habitat affects an organism. Page 7 of 9

8 Which standards are students learning in this unit? S4.A Essential Explain a relationship between the living and nonliving components in a system (e.g., food web, terrarium, bicycle). S4.A Essential Categorize the parts of an ecosystem as either living or non-living and describe their roles in the system. S4.A Essential 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). S4.B Essential Identify characteristics for plant and animal survival in different environments (e.g., wetland, tundra, desert, prairie, deep ocean, forest). S4.B Essential Describe interactions between living and nonliving components (e.g. plants - water, soil, sunlight, carbon dioxide, temperature; animals - food, water, shelter, oxygen, temperature) of a local ecosystem. S4.B Essential Describe what happens to a living thing when its habitat is changed. S4.B Important Describe and predict how changes in the environment (e.g., fire, pollution, flood, building dams) can affect systems. S4.B Important Explain and predict how changes in seasons affect plants, animals, or daily human life (e.g., food availability, shelter, mobility) A2. -- Essential ENERGY FLOW - Describe the basic needs of living things and their dependence on light, food, air, water, and shelter A. -- Essential Differentiate between the living and nonliving components in an environment E. -- Essential Identify changes in the environment over time A. -- Important Identify resources humans take from the environment for their survival D.a -- Essential Identify organisms that are dependent on one another in a given ecosystem. Page 8 of 9

9 4.5.3.D.b -- Essential Define habitat and explain how a change in habitat affects an organism A.a -- Important Explain how living things are dependent upon other living and nonliving things for survival A.c -- Essential Identify similarities and differences between living organisms, ranging from single-celled to multi-cellular organisms through the use of microscopes, video, and other media A.b -- Essential Explain what happens to an organism when its food supply, access to water, shelter or space (niche / habitat) is changed D. -- Essential Explain how specific adaptations can help organisms survive in their environment C. -- Important Identify different types of pollution and their sources C. -- Important Identify plants and animals that live in lakes, ponds, streams, and wetlands. Page 9 of 9

10 Key Learning: All living things in an ecosystem need to interact in order to survive. Unit Essential Question(s): How do living and nonliving things within an ecosystem affect each other? Concept: Ecosystems S4.A.3.1.2, S4.A.3.1.3, S4.B.3.1.2, A., D.a, D.b, A.a, C., S4.B Concept: Changes in Ecosystems S4.B.2.1.1, S4.B.3.2.1, S4.B.3.2.2, S4.B.3.2.3, E., D.b, A.b, C., A. Lesson Essential Question(s): What are the parts of an ecosystem? (A) How does matter cycle through an ecosystem? (A) (A) What are some different ecosystems? (A) Lesson Essential Question(s): How do organisms respond to changes in habitats? (A) What natural and human influences affect an ecosystem? (A) How do organisms respond to changes in habitats? (A) How do changes in the environment affect ecosystems? (A) Vocabulary: wetland, tundra, prairie, desert, deep ocean, forest, food chain, producer, consumer, decomposer, interdependency, food web, carnivore, herbivore, omnivore, habitat, environment, ecosystem, community, grasslands, predator, prey, rainforest, deciduous, coniferous Vocabulary: adaptation, extinction, pollution, habitat destruction, poaching Page 1 of 2

11 Additional Information: Ecosystems and Biomes: Ecosystem Videos HSP Science Discovery Education Science Online Science Netlinks Science A-Z Biology4Kids Interactive Games Endangered Ecosystem Webrangers Magic School Bus Attached Document(s): Page 2 of 2

12 Vocab Report for Concept: Ecosystems wetland - tundra - prairie - desert - deep ocean - forest - food chain - producer - consumer - decomposer - interdependency - food web - carnivore - herbivore - omnivore - habitat, environment - ecosystem, community, grasslands, predator, prey - rainforest - deciduous, coniferous - Concept: Changes in Ecosystems adaptation - extinction - pollution, habitat destruction - poaching - Page 1 of 1