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FOSS AND NATIONAL STANDARDS
The Structures of Life Module emphasizes
the development of observation and description skills and
building explanations based on experience. This module supports
the following National Science Education Standards.
SCIENCE AS INQUIRY
Develop students’ abilities to do and understand scientific
inquiry.
- Ask and answer questions.
- Plan and conduct simple investigations.
- Employ tools to gather data.
- Use data to construct reasonable explanations.
- Communicate investigations and explanations.
- Understand that scientists use different kinds of investigations
and tools to develop explanations using evidence and knowledge.
CONTENT: LIFE SCIENCE
Develop students’ understanding of characteristics
of organisms and life cycles of organisms.
- Organisms have basic needs and can survive only in environments
in which their needs can be met.
- Each plant and animal has different structures that serve
different functions in growth, survival, and reproduction.
- Plants and animals have life cycles. The details of this
cycle are different for different organisms.
- Plants and animals closely resemble their parents, and
many characteristics of an organism are inherited from the
parents.
SCIENCE IN PERSONAL AND SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES
Develop students’ decision-making skills.
- People continue inventing new ways of doing things and
solving problems.
HISTORY OF SCIENCE
Develop an understanding of science as a human endeavor.
- Science and technology have been practiced by people for
a long time.
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