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1.B Life Systems – Needs and Characteristics of Living Things

B1.2 identify actions that can be taken to contribute to a healthy environment

B2. Exploring and Understanding Concepts

B2.2 identify the basic needs of living things, including the need for air, water, food, heat, shelter, and space

B2.3 identify the physical characteristics of various plants and animals, including humans, and explain how these characteristics help the plants and animals meet their basic needs

B2.4 identify the location and the function of various parts of the human body, including sensory organs

B2.5 describe the characteristics of a healthy environment, including clean air and water and nutritious food, and how a healthy environment enables living things to meet their needs

B2.6 describe ways in which living things provide for the needs of other living things

1.C Matter and Energy – Energy in Our Lives

C1.2 describe how the lives of people and other living things would be affected if electrical energy were no longer available

C2. Exploring and Understanding Concepts

C2.2 demonstrate an understanding that the Sun is Earth’s principal source of energy, including how it warms the air, land, and water; is a source of light for Earth; and makes it possible for plants to grow

C2.3 identify food as a source of energy for living things

C2.4 identify everyday uses of various sources of energy

C2.5 demonstrate an understanding that humans get the energy resources they need from the world around them, and that the supply of many of these resources is limited

C2.6 describe seasonal differences in how we use energy and in the forms of energy we use

1.D Structures and Mechanisms – Everyday Materials, Objects, and Structures

D1.2 assess everyday objects, including structures, that have similar purposes, in terms of the materials they are made from, the source of these materials, and what happens to these objects when they are worn out or no longer needed

D2. Exploring and Understanding Concepts

D2.2 identify structures that are objects designed to support a load, including those acting as supporting frameworks for objects

D2.3 identify materials that are used to make various everyday objects, including structures

D2.4 describe observable characteristics of various everyday objects, including structures, using qualitative information gathered through their senses

D2.5 describe purposes of everyday objects, including structures

D2.6 identify properties of materials that enable the objects made from them to perform their intended function

D2.7 identify different kinds of fasteners and describe uses for each

D2.8 identify sources in nature of some common materials that are used to make various objects, including structures

1.E Earth and Space Systems – Daily and Seasonal Changes

E1.2 assess ways in which daily and seasonal changes have an impact on society, the environment, and living things in the natural environment

E2. Exploring and Understanding Concepts

E2.2 demonstrate an understanding that a cycle is a series of repeating events, and that cycles can be observed in daily and seasonal changes

E2.3 describe the changes in the amount of light and heat from the Sun that occur throughout the day and in the four seasons

E2.4 describe and compare the four seasons in terms of the weather, including precipitation and temperature, in their local area

E2.5 describe changes in the appearance or behaviour of living things that are adaptations to seasonal changes

E2.6 describe how humans prepare for, and respond to, daily and seasonal changes