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Colorado: Science [1995]
Standard 3: Life Science: Students know and understand the characteristics and structure of living things, the processes of life, and how living things interact with each other and their environment. (Focus: Biology--Anatomy, Physiology, Botany, Zoology, Ecology) (Grades K - 12)
Currrent Standard
• 3.1 Students know and understand the characteristics of living things, the diversity of life, and how living things interact with each other and with their environment. (Grades K - 12)
Standard's Subset
In grades K-4, what students know and are able to do includes classifying a variety of organisms according to selected characteristics (for example, backbone vs. no backbone); (Grades K - 4)
In grades K-4, what students know and are able to do includes describing the basic needs (for example, food, water, air, shelter, space) of an organism; and (Grades K - 4)
In grades K-4, what students know and are able to do includes distinguishing living from nonliving things; (Grades K - 4)
In grades K-4, what students know and are able to do includes giving examples of how organisms interact with each other and with nonliving parts of their habitat. (Grades K - 4)
As students in grades 5-8 extend their knowledge, what they know and are able to do includes constructing and using classification systems based on the structure of organisms; (Grades 5 - 8)
As students in grades 5-8 extend their knowledge, what they know and are able to do includes creating and interpreting food chains and food webs; (Grades 5 - 8)
As students in grades 5-8 extend their knowledge, what they know and are able to do includes describing the importance of plant and animal adaptations, including local examples; (Grades 5 - 8)
As students in grades 5-8 extend their knowledge, what they know and are able to do includes explaining the interaction and interdependence of nonliving and living components within ecosystems; and (Grades 5 - 8)
As students in grades 5-8 extend their knowledge, what they know and are able to do includes<ul><li>describing how an environment’s ability to provide food, water, space, and essential nutrients determines carrying capacity.</li></ul> (Grades 5 - 8)
As students in grades 9-12 extend their knowledge, what they know and are able to do includes explaining how adaptations (for example, structure, behavior) of an organism determine its niche (role) in the environment; (Grades 9 - 12)
As students in grades 9-12 extend their knowledge, what they know and are able to do includes predicting and describing the interactions of populations and ecosystems; (Grades 9 - 12)
As students in grades 9-12 extend their knowledge, what they know and are able to do includes using and producing a variety of classification systems for organisms (for example, the five-kingdom classification, classification based on behavior); (Grades 9 - 12)
As students in grades 9-12 extend their knowledge, what they know and are able to do includes<ul><li>analyzing the dynamic equilibrium of ecosystems, including interactions among living and nonliving components (for example, tropical deforestation is linked to decreased global precipitation; Mount St. Helens’ eruption had impact on the local ecosystem).</li></ul> (Grades 9 - 12)
As students in grades 9-12 extend their knowledge, what they know and are able to do includes<ul><li>explaining how changes in an ecosystem can affect biodiversity and how biodiversity contributes to an ecosystem’s stability; and</li></ul> (Grades 9 - 12)
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