Academic Standards
II.D.1: The student will understand that changes in speed or direction of motion are caused by forces.
II.D.1.1: The student will investigate the use of a lever, inclined plane and wheel and axle to move objects.
Ants on a Slant (Inclined Plane)
Levers
Wheel and Axle
II.D.1.2: The student will demonstrate that the greater the force applied, the greater the change in motion.
Charge Launcher
Force and Fan Carts
IV.E.1: The student will know that biological populations change over time.
IV.E.1.1: The student will recognize that individuals of the same species differ in their characteristics and that sometimes the differences give individuals an advantage in surviving and reproducing.
IV.E.1.2: The student will recognize that extinction of a species occurs when the environment changes and the adaptive characteristics of a species are insufficient to allow its survival.
IV.F.1: The student will know that matter and energy flow into, out of, and within a biological system.
IV.F.1.1: The student will recognize that organisms need energy to stay alive and grow, and that this energy originates from the sun.
Energy Conversions
Prairie Ecosystem
IV.F.1.2: The student will use food webs to describe the relationships among producers, consumers, and decomposers in an ecosystem in Minnesota.
Forest Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem
IV.F.1.3: The student will recognize that organisms are growing, dying and decaying, and that their matter is recycled.
Correlation last revised: 1/20/2017