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 12 Describe the different ways that animals, including humans, obtain water and food.

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

1.3 Organisms change in form and behavior as part of their life cycles.

A 16 Describe the life cycles of organisms that grow but do not metamorphose.

2.4 Human beings, like all other living things, have special nutritional needs for survival.

A 23 Identify the sources of common foods and classify them by their basic food groups.