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FOSS AND CALIFORNIA STANDARDS
The Environments Module supports the following Life Sciences
Content Standards for grade 4.*
LIFE SCIENCES
LS2. All organisms need energy and matter to live and grow.
As a basis for understanding this concept, students know
LS2a. plants are the primary source of matter and energy
entering most food chains.
LS2b. producers and consumers (herbivores, carnivores,
omnivores, and decomposers) are related in food chains
and food webs and may compete with each other for
resources in an ecosystem.
LS2c. decomposers, including many fungi, insects, and
microorganisms, recycle matter from dead plants and
animals.
LS3. Living organisms depend on one another and on their
environment for survival.
As a basis for understanding this concept, students know
LS3a. ecosystems can be characterized by their living and
nonliving components.
LS3b. in any particular environment, some kinds of plants and
animals survive well, some survive less well, and some
cannot survive at all.
LS3c. many plants depend on animals for pollination and
seed dispersal, and animals depend on plants for food
and shelter.
LS3d. that most microorganisms do not cause disease and that
many are beneficial.
*Science Content Standards for California Public Schools: Kindergarten
through Grade Twelve (Sacramento: California Department of
Education, 2000).
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