Plants

=Plants:= __First Grade:__ 1.01 Investigate the needs of a variety of different plants: air, water, light and space. 1.04 Identify local environments that support the needs of common NC plants and animals. 1.05 Discuss the wide variety of living things on Earth. __Third Grade:__ 1.01 Observe and measure how the quantities and qualities of nutrients, light, and water in the environment affect plant growth. 1.02 Observe and describe how environmental conditions determine how well plants survive and grow in a particular environment. [|The Great Plant Escape] 1.03 Investigate and describe how plants pass through distinct stages in their life cycle including: growth, survival and reproduction. [|Parts of a Plant] [|Bulbs and Tubers] 1.04 Explain why the number of seeds a plant produces depends on variables such as light,water, nutrients and pollination. [|Seed to Plant] [|Plant to Plant] 1.05 Observe and discuss how bees pollinate flowers. 1.06 Observe, describe and record properties of germinating seeds. [|Growing Lettuce] __Fifth Grade:__ 1.01 Describe and compare several common ecosystems. [|Biomes] [|Windows Into Wonderland]
 * Goal 1: The learner will conduct investigations and make observations to build an understanding of the needs of living organisms.**
 * Goal 1: The learner will conduct investigations and build an understanding of plant growth and adaptations.**
 * Goal 1: The learner will conduct investigations to build an understanding of the interdependences of plants and animals.**

1.02 Identify and analyze the functions of organism within the population of the ecosystem: producers,consumers and decomposers. 1.03 Explain why an ecosystem can support a variety of organisms. 1.04 Discuss and determine the role of light, temperature and soil composition in an ecosystem's capacity to support life. 1.05 Determine the interaction of organisms within an ecosystem. 1.06 Explain and evaluate some ways that human affect ecosystems: habitat reduction, pollutants and increased nutrients. 1.07 Determine how materials are recycled in nature.