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    Kindergarten · Science

    Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems: Animals, Plants, and Their Environment

    SCIENCE-GK-IRE

    4
    Essential Learning Outcomes
    18
    Specific Curriculum Outcomes
    SCIENCE-GK-IRE-ELO1

    Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.

    3 specific outcomes

    Specific Curriculum Outcomes
    • SCIENCE-GK-IRE-ELO1-SCO1understand the difference between living and non-living things
    • SCIENCE-GK-IRE-ELO1-SCO2understand which living things are plants and which living things are animals
    • SCIENCE-GK-IRE-ELO1-SCO3understand that humans are animals
    SCIENCE-GK-IRE-ELO2

    Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the environment to meet their needs.

    9 specific outcomes

    Specific Curriculum Outcomes
    • SCIENCE-GK-IRE-ELO2-SCO1understand what 'survive' means
    • SCIENCE-GK-IRE-ELO2-SCO2understand that all living things need water
    • SCIENCE-GK-IRE-ELO2-SCO3understand plants need light to live and grow.
    SCIENCE-GK-IRE-ELO3

    Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live.

    3 specific outcomes

    Specific Curriculum Outcomes
    • SCIENCE-GK-IRE-ELO3-SCO1understand why different plants and animals live where they do (their needs are met)
    • SCIENCE-GK-IRE-ELO3-SCO2create a model to show where a plant or animal lives and what they find there that helps them to survive.
    • SCIENCE-GK-IRE-ELO3-SCO3understand the way that plants and animals depend on each other and on the environment where they live – it's a system
    SCIENCE-GK-IRE-ELO4

    Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.

    3 specific outcomes

    Specific Curriculum Outcomes
    • SCIENCE-GK-IRE-ELO4-SCO1understand that things that people do to live comfortably can affect the world around them.
    • SCIENCE-GK-IRE-ELO4-SCO2understand that we can do some things to reduce the impact of humans on the environment
    • SCIENCE-GK-IRE-ELO4-SCO3understand that each child can make choices to reduce their impacts on the land, water, air, and other living things.
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    SCIENCE-GK-IRE-ELO2-SCO4understand that plants do not need to move around because they make their own food.
  1. SCIENCE-GK-IRE-ELO2-SCO5understand that some plants need different things to survive than other plants.
  2. SCIENCE-GK-IRE-ELO2-SCO6understand that all animals need food to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals.
  3. SCIENCE-GK-IRE-ELO2-SCO7understand that some animals need different kinds of food to survive from other animals
  4. SCIENCE-GK-IRE-ELO2-SCO8can give a specific example of how a plant or animal can change their environment to meet their needs.
  5. SCIENCE-GK-IRE-ELO2-SCO9can explain that we know that plants and animals can change their environment because we have evidence