Pennsylvania State Standards
Environment and Ecology
4.3 Environmental Health
Understand that the elements of natural systems are interdependent.
Identify some of the organisms that live together in an ecosystem.
Understand that the components of a system all play a part in a healthy natural system.
Identify the effects of a healthy environment on the ecosystem.
4.6. Ecosystems and their Interactions
Understand that living things are dependent on nonliving things in the environment for survival.
Identify a local ecosystem and its living and nonliving components.
Identify a simple ecosystem and its living and nonliving components.
4.7. Threatened, Endangered and Extinct Species
Identify local plants or animals and describe their habitat.
Geography
7.1 Basic Geographic Literacy
Regions as areas with unifying geographic characteristics.
Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening
1.1. Learning to Read Independently
Demonstrate after reading understanding and interpretation of both fiction and nonfiction text.
Retell or summarize the major ideas, themes or procedures of the text.
1.2. Reading Critically in All Content Areas
Use and understand a variety of media and evaluate the quality of material produced.
Use electronic media for research.
1.8. Research
Organize and present the main ideas from research.
Take notes from sources using a structured format.
Summarize, orally or in writing, the main ideas
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