Intermediate-Life+Science

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 * Essential Skills and Concepts || Principles Underlying Concept || Big Idea || Unit Plan and Concept Map ||
 * Understand and apply knowledge of basic human body systems and how they work together. || The human organism has systems which interact with one another. These systems include circulatory, respiratory, digestive, musculoskeletal. || The human body has systems that interact with each other. || Peggy Hansen (phansen@griswoldschools.org )



Pella (Jill Parsons pcjejmp@pella.k12.ia.us, Josh Steenhoeck pcjejrs@pella.k12.ia.us Cari Pingel pcjekbp@pella.k12.ia.us ):





Michelle Harris (mharris@anita.k12.ia.us )

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 * Living and Nonliving Organisms || Organisms have characteristics and specific needs. || All living things share common characteristics. || Nicole Cote' (ncote@charter-oak-ute.k12.ia.us )
 * Understand and apply the knowledge of:
 * interdependency of organisms, changes in environmental conditions, and survival of individual species.
 * the cycling of matter and energy in an ecosystem. || All organisms must be able to obtain and use resources, grow, reproduce, and maintain stable internal conditions while living in a constantly changing external environment.

Species acquire many of their unique characteristics through biological adaptation which involves the selection of naturally occuring variations in populations.

For ecosystems, the major source of energy is sunlight. Energy entering ecosystems as sunlight is transfered into chemical energy through photosynthesis. That energy then passes from organism to organism in food webs. || Ecosystems are constantly changing. || Megan Schaaf (mschaaf@fmtabor.k12.ia.us ):

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 * Understand and apply knowledge of organisms and their environments: || structures, characteristics, and adaptations of organisms that allow them to function and survive within their habitats

how individual organisms are influenced by internal and external factors || Plants and animals have basic needs and body parts so they can survive where they live. || Veronica McKee (vmckee@griswoldschools.org ):

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 * Human Body Systems || Humans have body systems that work together to obtain goals. || The human body has systems that work together. || Nicole Cote' (ncote@charter-oak-ute.k12.ia.us ):

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 * Understands and applies knowledge of populations and ecosystems ||  || Living things depend on the ecosystem. || Phyllis Brandes (brandesp@ahst.k12.ia.us ):

|| The details are different for different organisms. Plants and animals closely resemble their parents. Many characteristics of an organism are inherited from the parents, or as a result from an individuals interactions with the environment. || Plants and animals have life cycles which may be different organisms. || Melissa Nielson (nielsonm@ahst.k12.ia.us ):
 * Understands and applies knowledge of life cycles of organisms || Plants and animals have life cycles.

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 * Understand and apply knowledge of organisms and their environments, including the relationships among living and non-living factors in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Understand and apply knowledge of environmental stewardship. || Animals depend on plants. Some animals eat plants for food. Other animals eat animals that eat the plants. An organism's patterns of behavior are related to the nature of tht organism's environment, including the kinds and numbers of other organisms present, the availability of food and resources, and the pysical characteristics of the environment. When the environment changes, some plants and animals survive and reproduce, others die or move to new locations. All organisms cause chagnes in the environment in which hey live. Some of these changes are detrimental to the organism or other organisms, whereas others are beneficial.

Humans change environment in ways that can be either beneficial or detrimental to themselves or other organisms. || Living things depend upon one another and their environment. || Donna Oster (doster@griswoldschools.org ):

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 * Understand and apply knowledge of organisms and their environments: || structures, characteristics, and adaptations of organisms that allow them to function and survive within their habitats

how individual organisms are influenced by internal and external factors || Internal and external factors affect organisms and balance. || Pella (Jill Parsons pcjejmp@pella.k12.ia.us, Josh Steenhoeck pcjejrs@pella.k12.ia.us Cari Pingel pcjekbp@pella.k12.ia.us ):



|| Human Body Unit: || Some traits are learned. Others are inherited. || Reproduction is essential to plants and animals. ||  || ||
 * Loretta Harder || Loretta Harder: || Loretta Harder: || Loretta Harder (harderl@ahst.k12.ia.us )
 * Understands and applies knowledge of reproduction and heredity || asexual, sexual reproduction
 * Understand and apply knowledge of basic human body ststems and how they work together. || The human organism has systems which interact with one another. These systems include circulatory, respiratory, digestive, musculoskeletal,etc. || The human body has systems that interact with each other. || Amanda Crouch (acrouch@fmtabor.k12.ia.us)