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Subject Area - 3:
Science and Technology and Engineering Education
Science and Technology and Engineering Education
- Standard Area - 3.1: Biological Sciences
- Organizing Category - 3.1.A: Organisms and Cells
- Grade Level - 3.1.5.A:
GRADE 5
Standard - 3.1.5.A5
Explain the concept of a cell as the basic unit of life.
Compare and contrast plant and animal cells.
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Assessment Anchor - S5.A.1 Reasoning and Analysis
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Anchor Descriptor - S5.A.1.1 Explain, interpret, and apply scientific, environmental, or technological knowledge presented in a variety of formats (visuals, scenarios, graphs).
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Eligible Content - S5.A.1.1.1 Explain how certain questions can be answered through scientific inquiry and/or technological design (e.g., investigate to find out if all clay or foil boats designs react the same when filled with paperclips).
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Eligible Content - S5.A.1.1.2 Explain how observations and/or experimental results are used to support inferences and claims about an investigation or relationship (e.g., make a claim based on information on a graph).
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Eligible Content - S5.A.1.1.3 Describe how explanations, predictions, and models are developed using evidence.
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Assessment Anchor - S5.A.2 Processes, Procedures, and Tools of Scientific Investigations
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Anchor Descriptor - S5.A.2.1 Apply knowledge of scientific investigation or technological design to make inferences and solve problems.
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Eligible Content - S5.A.2.1.1 Design a simple, controlled experiment (fair test) identifying the independent and dependent variables, how the dependent variable will be measured and which variables will be held constant (e.g., relate the effect of variables [mass, release height, length of string] to number of swings of a pendulum, investigate the relationships between variables in paper airplane designs).
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Eligible Content - S5.A.2.1.2 Describe relationships between variables through interpretation of data and observations (i.e., make predictions for the outcome of a controlled experiment using data tables and graphs).
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Anchor Descriptor - S5.A.2.2 Apply appropriate instruments for specific purposes and describe the information the instruments can provide.
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Eligible Content - S5.A.2.2.1 Describe the appropriate use of instruments and scales to accurately measure time, mass, distance, volume, and temperature safely under a variety of conditions (e.g., use a thermometer to observe and compare the interaction of food coloring in water at different temperatures).
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Eligible Content - S5.A.2.2.2 Explain how technology extends and enhances human abilities for specific purposes (e.g., use hand lens to examine crystals in evaporation dishes; use graduated cylinders to measure the amount of water used in a controlled plant experiment).
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Assessment Anchor - S5.A.3 Systems, Models, and Patterns
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Anchor Descriptor - S5.A.3.1 Apply knowledge of systems and patterns to make predictions.
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Eligible Content - S5.A.3.1.1 Make predictions based on patterns in natural systems (e.g., phases of the Moon, time [day, month, and year], weather, seasons).
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Anchor Descriptor - S5.A.3.2 Apply knowledge of models to make predictions or explain technological concepts.
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Eligible Content - S5.A.3.2.1 Describe how models are used to better understand the relationships in natural systems (e.g., water cycle, Sun‐Earth‐ Moon system, ecosystems, observe and draw a diagram to show the effects of flowing water in a watershed).
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Assessment Anchor - S5.B.1 Structure and Function of Organisms
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Anchor Descriptor - S5.B.1.1 Describe how the cell is the basic unit of structure and function for all living things.
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Eligible Content - S5.B.1.1.1 Recognize that all organisms are composed of cells.
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Eligible Content - S5.B.1.1.2 Explain the concept of the cell as the basic structural unit of all living things.
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Eligible Content - S5.B.1.1.3 Compare the structure and function of basic cell parts in organisms (i.e., plants and animals).
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Assessment Anchor - S5.B.2 Continuity of Life
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Anchor Descriptor - S5.B.2.1 Explain how certain inherited traits and/or behaviors allow some organisms to survive and reproduce more successfully than others.
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Eligible Content - S5.B.2.1.1 Differentiate between inherited and acquired traits (e.g., scars, injuries).
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Eligible Content - S5.B.2.1.2 Explain how inherited traits help organisms survive and reproduce in different environments.
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Eligible Content - S5.B.2.1.3 Explain how certain behaviors help organisms survive and reproduce in different environments.
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Eligible Content - S5.B.2.1.4 Identify changes in environmental conditions that can affect the survival of populations and entire species.
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Assessment Anchor - S5.B.3 Ecological Behavior and Systems
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Anchor Descriptor - S5.B.3.1 Describe the relationships between organisms in different ecosystems.
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Eligible Content - S5.B.3.1.1 Describe the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers within a local ecosystem.
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Eligible Content - S5.B.3.1.2 Describe the relationships between organisms in different food webs.
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Anchor Descriptor - S5.B.3.2 Explain how renewable and nonrenewable resources provide for human needs.
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Eligible Content - S5.B.3.2.1 Identify fossil fuels and alternative fuels used by humans.
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Eligible Content - S5.B.3.2.2 Describe the usefulness of Earth’s physical resources as raw materials for the human‐made world.
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Eligible Content - S5.B.3.2.3 Explain how different items are recycled and reused.
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Assessment Anchor - S6.A.1 Reasoning and Analysis
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Anchor Descriptor - S6.A.1.1 Explain, interpret, and apply scientific, environmental, or technological knowledge presented in a variety of formats (visuals, scenarios, graphs).
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Eligible Content - S6.A.1.1.1 Explain how certain questions can be answered through scientific inquiry and/or technological design (e.g., consumer product testing, common usage of simple machines, modern inventions).
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Eligible Content - S6.A.1.1.2 Use evidence to support inferences and claims about an investigation or relationship (e.g., common usage of simple machines).
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Eligible Content - S6.A.1.1.3 Predict the outcome of an experiment based on previously collected data.
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Anchor Descriptor - S6.A.1.2 Identify and analyze evidence that certain variables may have caused measurable changes in natural or human-made systems.
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Eligible Content - S6.A.1.2.1 Use evidence, observations, or explanations to make inferences about changes in systems over time.
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Eligible Content - S6.A.1.2.2 Identify variables that cause changes in natural or human-made systems.
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