SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY: Scientific inquiry is a thoughtful and coordinated attempt to search out, describe, explain and predict natural phenomena.

SCIENTIFIC LITERACY: Scientific literacy includes speaking, listening, presenting, interpreting, reading and writing about science.

SCIENTIFIC NUMERACY: Mathematics provides useful tools for the description, analysis and presentation of scientific data and ideas.

1.2 Living things have different structures and behaviors that allow them to meet their basic needs.

A 14 Describe the structures that animals, including humans, use to move around.

1.4 The properties of materials and organisms can be described more accurately through the use of standard measuring units.

A 17 Estimate, measure and compare the sizes and weights of different objects and organisms using standard and nonstandard measuring tools.

3.2 Organisms can survive and reproduce only in environments that meet their basic needs.

B 3 Describe how different plants and animals are adapted to obtain air, water, food and protection in land habitats

B 4 Describe how different plants and animals are adapted to obtain air, water, food and protection in water habitats.

5.1 Sound and light are forms of energy.

B 18 Describe how sound is transmitted, reflected and/or absorbed by different materials.

5.2 Perceiving and responding to information about the environment is critical to the survival of organisms.

B 21 Describe the structure and function of the human senses and the signals they perceive.

5.4 Humans have the capacity to build and use tools to advance the quality of their lives.

B 24 Compare and contrast the structures of the human eye with those of the camera.