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Inquiry
- Employ
simple equipment/tools to gather data and extend senses.
- Use
data to conduct a reasonable explanation.
- Develop
descriptions, explanations, predictions, and models using evidence.
(5-8)
Life
Science
- Organisms
have basic needs. They can survive only in environments in which
their needs can be met.
- All
animals depend on plants. Some animals eat plants for food.
Others eat animals that eat plants.
- For
ecosystems, the major source of energy is sunlight. Energy entering
ecosystems as sunlight is transferred by producers into chemical
energy through photosynthesis. That energy then passes from
organism to organism in food webs. (5-8)
Earth
and Space Science
- The
sun provides light and heat necessary to maintain the temperature
of the earth.
- Weather
changes from day to day and over the seasons.
- The
sun is the major source of energy for phenomena on the earth's
surface, such as growth of plants, winds, ocean currents, and
the water cycle. (5-8)
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