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4th quarter: Earth's Structure and materials
We are learning about Earth's Structure, the Rock Cycle and Classification of Rocks. Textbook support for these lessons is Chapter 3 pages 98-131. The Florida Next Generation Sunshine State Standards for instruction in this topic are as follows:
Big Idea 6: Earth Structures
Over geologic time, internal and external sources of energy have continuously altered the features of Earth by means of both constructive and destructive forces. All life, including human civilization, is dependent on Earth's internal and external energy and material resources.
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Describe the layers of the solid Earth, including the lithosphere, the hot convecting mantle, and the dense metallic liquid and solid cores.
Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: Moderate
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Identify the patterns within the rock cycle and relate them to surface events (weathering and erosion) and sub-surface events (plate tectonics and mountain building). Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: High
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Recognize that heat flow and movement of material within Earth causes earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, and creates mountains and ocean basins. Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: Moderate
We are learning about Earth's Structure, the Rock Cycle and Classification of Rocks. Textbook support for these lessons is Chapter 3 pages 98-131. The Florida Next Generation Sunshine State Standards for instruction in this topic are as follows:
Big Idea 6: Earth Structures
Over geologic time, internal and external sources of energy have continuously altered the features of Earth by means of both constructive and destructive forces. All life, including human civilization, is dependent on Earth's internal and external energy and material resources.
SC.7.E.6.1
Describe the layers of the solid Earth, including the lithosphere, the hot convecting mantle, and the dense metallic liquid and solid cores.
Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: Moderate
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Identify the patterns within the rock cycle and relate them to surface events (weathering and erosion) and sub-surface events (plate tectonics and mountain building). Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: High
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Recognize that heat flow and movement of material within Earth causes earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, and creates mountains and ocean basins. Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: Moderate
Earth's Geologic History:
Including its birth, age, fossils, fossil records, the Law of Superposition, Relative Dating and Radioactive Dating to determine the age of rock layers, rocks, fossils, and geologic time. Textbook support for these lessons are in chapter 4 pages 136-165. The Florida Next Generation Sunshine State Standards that students will be tested on and that guide this instruction are as follows:
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Identify current methods for measuring the age of Earth and its parts, including the law of superposition and radioactive dating.
Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: Moderate
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Explain and give examples of how physical evidence supports scientific theories that Earth has evolved over geologic time due to natural processes. Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: High
TEST: To be Determined
Including its birth, age, fossils, fossil records, the Law of Superposition, Relative Dating and Radioactive Dating to determine the age of rock layers, rocks, fossils, and geologic time. Textbook support for these lessons are in chapter 4 pages 136-165. The Florida Next Generation Sunshine State Standards that students will be tested on and that guide this instruction are as follows:
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Identify current methods for measuring the age of Earth and its parts, including the law of superposition and radioactive dating.
Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: Moderate
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Explain and give examples of how physical evidence supports scientific theories that Earth has evolved over geologic time due to natural processes. Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: High
TEST: To be Determined
Plate Tectonics, Volcanoes, and Earthquakes
The Florida Next Generation Sunshine state standards that guide instruction for this content are as follows:
Big Idea 6 Earth Structures
Over geologic time, internal and external sources of energy have continuously altered the features of Earth by means of both constructive and destructive forces. All life, including human civilization, is dependent on Earth's internal and external energy and material resources.
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Explain and give examples of how physical evidence supports scientific theories that Earth has evolved over geologic time due to natural processes. Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: High
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Explore the scientific theory of plate tectonics by describing how the movement of Earth's crustal plates causes both slow and rapid changes in Earth's surface, including volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and mountain building.Cognitive Complexity Rating: Moderate
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Recognize that heat flow and movement of material within Earth causes earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, and creates mountains and ocean basins.Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: Moderate
The Florida Next Generation Sunshine state standards that guide instruction for this content are as follows:
Big Idea 6 Earth Structures
Over geologic time, internal and external sources of energy have continuously altered the features of Earth by means of both constructive and destructive forces. All life, including human civilization, is dependent on Earth's internal and external energy and material resources.
SC.7.E.6.4
Explain and give examples of how physical evidence supports scientific theories that Earth has evolved over geologic time due to natural processes. Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: High
SC.7.E.6.5
Explore the scientific theory of plate tectonics by describing how the movement of Earth's crustal plates causes both slow and rapid changes in Earth's surface, including volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and mountain building.Cognitive Complexity Rating: Moderate
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Recognize that heat flow and movement of material within Earth causes earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, and creates mountains and ocean basins.Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: Moderate
3rd Quarter: Physical Science
Ch 10 Energy and Heat
Chapter 10 Energy and Heat
State Standards for these lessons:
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Recognize that adding heat to or removing heat from a system may result in a temperature change and possibly a change of state.
Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: Low
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Investigate and describe the transformation of energy from one form to another.
Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: Moderate
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Cite evidence to explain that energy cannot be created nor destroyed, only changed from one form to another.
Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: High
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Observe and describe that heat flows in predictable ways, moving from warmer objects to cooler ones until they reach the same temperature (thermal Equilibrium) Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: Moderate
State Standards for these lessons:
SC.7.P.11.1
Recognize that adding heat to or removing heat from a system may result in a temperature change and possibly a change of state.
Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: Low
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Investigate and describe the transformation of energy from one form to another.
Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: Moderate
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Cite evidence to explain that energy cannot be created nor destroyed, only changed from one form to another.
Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: High
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Observe and describe that heat flows in predictable ways, moving from warmer objects to cooler ones until they reach the same temperature (thermal Equilibrium) Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: Moderate
Ch 10 Essential Questions you must be able to answer
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Vocabulary you must know
Energy State (of matter): Solid, Liquid, Gas Freezing vs Freezing point Boil vs Boiling point Melt vs Melting Point Potential Energy vs Kinetic Energy Thermal Energy Electrical Energy Electromagnetic Energy Nuclear Energy Chemical Energy Law of Conservation of Energy Energy Transformation Friction Temperature vs Thermal Energy Fahrenheit, Celsius, Kevin Heat (Heat Transfer) Conduction, Convection, Radiation Thermal Equilibrium |
3rd-4th Quarter: Physical Science
2/22-3/17:
Ch 9 Waves, Light, and Sound: TEST 3/17/17
Big Idea 11: Energy Transfer and Transformations
A. Waves involve a transfer of energy without a transfer of matter.
B. Water and sound waves transfer energy through a material.
C. Light waves can travel through a vacuum and through matter.
Big Idea 10: Forms of Energy
A. Energy is involved in all physical processes and is a unifying concept in many areas of science. B. Energy exists in many forms and has the ability to do work or cause a change.
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Illustrate that the sun's energy arrives as radiation with a wide range of wavelengths, including infrared, visible, and ultraviolet, and that white light is made up of a spectrum of many different colors.
Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: Low
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Observe and explain that light can be reflected, refracted, and/or absorbed. Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: High
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Recognize that light waves, sound waves, and other waves move at different speeds in different materials.
Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: Low
A. Waves involve a transfer of energy without a transfer of matter.
B. Water and sound waves transfer energy through a material.
C. Light waves can travel through a vacuum and through matter.
Big Idea 10: Forms of Energy
A. Energy is involved in all physical processes and is a unifying concept in many areas of science. B. Energy exists in many forms and has the ability to do work or cause a change.
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Illustrate that the sun's energy arrives as radiation with a wide range of wavelengths, including infrared, visible, and ultraviolet, and that white light is made up of a spectrum of many different colors.
Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: Low
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Observe and explain that light can be reflected, refracted, and/or absorbed. Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: High
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Recognize that light waves, sound waves, and other waves move at different speeds in different materials.
Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: Low
2nd Quarter: Life Science
Ch 14 Populations and Communities
Big Idea 17: Interdependence
A. Plants and animals, including humans, interact with and depend upon each other and their environment to satisfy their basic needs.
B. Both human activities and natural events can have major impacts on the environment.
C. Energy flows from the sun through producers to consumers.
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Explain and illustrate the roles of and relationships among producers, consumers, and decomposers in the process of energy transfer in a food web. Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: High
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Compare and contrast the relationships among organisms such as mutualism, predation, parasitism, competition, and commensalism.
Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: Moderate
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Describe and investigate various limiting factors in the local ecosystem and their impact on native populations, including food, shelter, water, space, disease, parasitism, predation, and nesting sites. Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: High
A. Plants and animals, including humans, interact with and depend upon each other and their environment to satisfy their basic needs.
B. Both human activities and natural events can have major impacts on the environment.
C. Energy flows from the sun through producers to consumers.
SC.7.L.17.1
Explain and illustrate the roles of and relationships among producers, consumers, and decomposers in the process of energy transfer in a food web. Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: High
SC.7.L.17.2
Compare and contrast the relationships among organisms such as mutualism, predation, parasitism, competition, and commensalism.
Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: Moderate
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Describe and investigate various limiting factors in the local ecosystem and their impact on native populations, including food, shelter, water, space, disease, parasitism, predation, and nesting sites. Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: High
2nd-3rd Quarter: LIFE SCIENCE
Ch 12 & 13 Genetics, DNA, and Human Inheritance
Ch 11 - Change over time (Evolution)
Big Idea 15
Diversity & Evolution of Living Organisms
A. The scientific theory of evolution is the organizing principle of life science.
B. The scientific theory of evolution is supported by multiple forms of evidence.
C. Natural Selection is a primary mechanism leading to change over time in organisms.
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Recognize that fossil evidence is consistent with the scientific theory of evolution that living things evolved from earlier species.
Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: Moderate
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Explore the scientific theory of evolution by recognizing and explaining ways in which genetic variation and environmental factors contribute to evolution by natural selection and diversity of organisms. Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: High
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Explore the scientific theory of evolution by relating how the inability of a species to adapt within a changing environment may contribute to the extinction of that species.
Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: High
Diversity & Evolution of Living Organisms
A. The scientific theory of evolution is the organizing principle of life science.
B. The scientific theory of evolution is supported by multiple forms of evidence.
C. Natural Selection is a primary mechanism leading to change over time in organisms.
SC.7.L.15.1
Recognize that fossil evidence is consistent with the scientific theory of evolution that living things evolved from earlier species.
Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: Moderate
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Explore the scientific theory of evolution by recognizing and explaining ways in which genetic variation and environmental factors contribute to evolution by natural selection and diversity of organisms. Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: High
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Explore the scientific theory of evolution by relating how the inability of a species to adapt within a changing environment may contribute to the extinction of that species.
Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: High
Big Idea 16 Heredity & Reproduction
A. Reproduction is characteristic of living things and is essential for the survival of species.
B. Genetic information is passed from generation to generation by DNA; DNA controls the traits of an organism.
C. Changes in the DNA of an organism can cause changes in traits, and manipulation of DNA in organisms has led to genetically modified organisms.
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Understand and explain that every organism requires a set of instructions that specifies its traits, that this hereditary information (DNA) contains genes located in the chromosomes of each cell, and that heredity is the passage of these instructions from one generation to another. Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: High
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Determine the probabilities for genotype and phenotype combinations using Punnett Squares and pedigrees. Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: Moderate
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Compare and contrast the general processes of sexual reproduction requiring meiosis and asexual reproduction requiring mitosis.
Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: Moderate
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Recognize and explore the impact of biotechnology (cloning, genetic engineering, artificial selection) on the individual, society and the environment. Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: High
A. Reproduction is characteristic of living things and is essential for the survival of species.
B. Genetic information is passed from generation to generation by DNA; DNA controls the traits of an organism.
C. Changes in the DNA of an organism can cause changes in traits, and manipulation of DNA in organisms has led to genetically modified organisms.
SC.7.L.16.1
Understand and explain that every organism requires a set of instructions that specifies its traits, that this hereditary information (DNA) contains genes located in the chromosomes of each cell, and that heredity is the passage of these instructions from one generation to another. Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: High
SC.7.L.16.2
Determine the probabilities for genotype and phenotype combinations using Punnett Squares and pedigrees. Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: Moderate
SC.7.L.16.3
Compare and contrast the general processes of sexual reproduction requiring meiosis and asexual reproduction requiring mitosis.
Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: Moderate
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Recognize and explore the impact of biotechnology (cloning, genetic engineering, artificial selection) on the individual, society and the environment. Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: High
Midterm EXAM is scheduled for the half days on Dec. 14-16
These Exams cover Nature of Science, which covers Chapter 1-2, and Life Science, which covers Chapters 11-14
Remember - MAKE UP WORK is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY whether you are absent for an illness, doctor's appointment, FSA testing, or other reason.
1st Quarter: Nature of Science (& Science Fair ongoing)
We are now learning about how to design a good quality controlled experiment. This is particularly important for the successful completion of a Science Fair project (also called the Experimental Research Expo)
Our current focus is on Chapter 1 Lessons 1, 2, & 6
Big Idea 1: The Practice of Science
A: Scientific inquiry is a multifaceted activity; The processes of science include the formulation of scientifically investigable questions, construction of investigations into those questions, the collection of appropriate data, the evaluation of the meaning of those data, and the communication of this evaluation.
B: The processes of science frequently do not correspond to the traditional portrayal of "the scientific method."
C: Scientific argumentation is a necessary part of scientific inquiry and plays an important role in the generation and validation of scientific knowledge.
D: Scientific knowledge is based on observation and inference; it is important to recognize that these are very different things. Not only does science require creativity in its methods and processes, but also in its questions and explanations.
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Define a problem from the seventh grade curriculum, use appropriate reference materials to support scientific understanding, plan and carry out scientific investigation of various types, such as systematic observations or experiments, identify variables, collect and organize data, interpret data in charts, tables, and graphics, analyze information, make predictions, and defend conclusions.
Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: High
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Differentiate replication (by others) from repetition (multiple trials).
Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: Moderate
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Distinguish between an experiment (which must involve the identification and control of variables) and other forms of scientific investigation and explain that not all scientific knowledge is derived from experimentation.
Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: Moderate
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Identify test variables (independent variables) and outcome variables (dependent variables) in an experiment.
Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: Low
We are now learning about how to design a good quality controlled experiment. This is particularly important for the successful completion of a Science Fair project (also called the Experimental Research Expo)
Our current focus is on Chapter 1 Lessons 1, 2, & 6
Big Idea 1: The Practice of Science
A: Scientific inquiry is a multifaceted activity; The processes of science include the formulation of scientifically investigable questions, construction of investigations into those questions, the collection of appropriate data, the evaluation of the meaning of those data, and the communication of this evaluation.
B: The processes of science frequently do not correspond to the traditional portrayal of "the scientific method."
C: Scientific argumentation is a necessary part of scientific inquiry and plays an important role in the generation and validation of scientific knowledge.
D: Scientific knowledge is based on observation and inference; it is important to recognize that these are very different things. Not only does science require creativity in its methods and processes, but also in its questions and explanations.
SC.7.N.1.1
Define a problem from the seventh grade curriculum, use appropriate reference materials to support scientific understanding, plan and carry out scientific investigation of various types, such as systematic observations or experiments, identify variables, collect and organize data, interpret data in charts, tables, and graphics, analyze information, make predictions, and defend conclusions.
Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: High
SC.7.N.1.2
Differentiate replication (by others) from repetition (multiple trials).
Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: Moderate
SC.7.N.1.3
Distinguish between an experiment (which must involve the identification and control of variables) and other forms of scientific investigation and explain that not all scientific knowledge is derived from experimentation.
Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: Moderate
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Identify test variables (independent variables) and outcome variables (dependent variables) in an experiment.
Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: Low
4th quarter: Earth Science
Ch 8 Land, Air, & Water Resources
The Florida Next Generation Sunshine state standards that guide instruction for this content are as follows:
Wrapping up - Big Idea 6 Earth Structures
Over geologic time, internal and external sources of energy have continuously altered the features of Earth by means of both constructive and destructive forces. All life, including human civilization, is dependent on Earth's internal and external energy and material resources.
SC.7.E.6.6
Identify the impact that humans have had on Earth, such as deforestation, urbanization, desertification, erosion, air and water quality, changing the flow of water. Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: Moderate
Beginning - Big Idea 17: Interdependence
A. Plants and animals, including humans, interact with and depend upon each other and their environment to satisfy their basic needs.
B. Both human activities and natural events can have major impacts on the environment.
C. Energy flows from the sun through producers to consumers.
SC.7.L.17.1
Explain and illustrate the roles of and relationships among producers, consumers, and decomposers in the process of energy transfer in a food web. Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: High
SC.7.L.17.2
Compare and contrast the relationships among organisms such as mutualism, predation, parasitism, competition, and commensalism.
Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: Moderate
SC.7.L.17.3
Describe and investigate various limiting factors in the local ecosystem and their impact on native populations, including food, shelter, water, space, disease, parasitism, predation, and nesting sites. Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: High
Wrapping up - Big Idea 6 Earth Structures
Over geologic time, internal and external sources of energy have continuously altered the features of Earth by means of both constructive and destructive forces. All life, including human civilization, is dependent on Earth's internal and external energy and material resources.
SC.7.E.6.6
Identify the impact that humans have had on Earth, such as deforestation, urbanization, desertification, erosion, air and water quality, changing the flow of water. Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: Moderate
Beginning - Big Idea 17: Interdependence
A. Plants and animals, including humans, interact with and depend upon each other and their environment to satisfy their basic needs.
B. Both human activities and natural events can have major impacts on the environment.
C. Energy flows from the sun through producers to consumers.
SC.7.L.17.1
Explain and illustrate the roles of and relationships among producers, consumers, and decomposers in the process of energy transfer in a food web. Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: High
SC.7.L.17.2
Compare and contrast the relationships among organisms such as mutualism, predation, parasitism, competition, and commensalism.
Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: Moderate
SC.7.L.17.3
Describe and investigate various limiting factors in the local ecosystem and their impact on native populations, including food, shelter, water, space, disease, parasitism, predation, and nesting sites. Cognitive Complexity/Depth of Knowledge Rating: High