From Beneath the Ashes
Correlation of the Discovery Activity to Benchmarks
"Students should explore how various organisms satisfy their needs
in the environments in which they are typically found. They can examine
the survival needs of different organisms and consider how the conditions
in particular habitats can limit what kinds of living things can survive.
...By viewing nature films, students should see a great diversity of life
in different habitats." p.116
- By the end of the 2nd grade, students should know that different plants
and animals have external features that help them thrive in different kinds
of places.
- By the end of the 12th grade, students should know that human beings
are part of the earth's ecosystems. Human activities can, deliberately or
inadvertently, alter the equilibrium in ecosystems.
- By the end of the 12th grade, students should know that like many complex
systems, ecosystems tend to have cyclic fluctuations around a state of rough
equilibrium. In the long run, however, ecosystems always change when climate
changes or when one or more new species appear as a result of migration
or local evolution.
"Career information can be introduced to acquaint students with science
as an occupation in which there is a wide variety of different kinds and
levels of work. ...Teachers should emphasize the diversity to be found in
the scientific community." p. 16
- By the end of the 5th grade, students should know that doing science
involves many different kinds of work and engages men and women of all ages
and backgrounds.
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