Resource Detail: SciGuide

This resource has 23 correlations with the National Standards.  
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• Life Science
  • The characteristics of organisms
    • Organisms can survive only in environments in which their needs can be met. (K-4)
    • The world has many different environments, and distinct environments support the life of different types of organisms. (K-4)
  • Organisms and environments
    • An organism's patterns of behavior are related to the nature of that organism's environment, including the kinds and numbers of other organisms present, the availability of food and resources, and the physical characteristics of the environment.
    • Humans depend on their natural and constructed environments. Humans change environments in ways that can be either beneficial or detrimental for themselves and other organisms.
  • Populations and ecosystems
    • A population consists of all individuals of a species that occur together at a given place and time. (5-8)
    • All populations living together and the physical factors with which they interact compose an ecosystem. (5-8)
    • Populations of organisms can be categorized by the function they serve in an ecosystem. (5-8)
    • Food webs identify the relationships among producers, consumers, and decomposers in an ecosystem. (5-8)
  • Diversity and adaptations of organisms
    • Species acquire many of their unique characteristics through biological adaptation, which involves the selection of naturally occurring variations in populations. (5-8)
    • Biological adaptations include changes in structures, behaviors, or physiology that enhance survival and reproductive success in a particular environment (5-8)
  • Interdependence of organisms
    • Estuaries are among the richest ecosystems on Earth. (9-12)
    • Human beings live within the world's ecosystems. (9-12)
    • An example of habitat destruction is the draining and clearing of wetlands for farms, residential or commercial development. (9-12)
  • Matter, energy, and organization in living systems
    • The distribution and abundance of organisms and populations in ecosystems are limited by the availability of matter and energy and the ability of the ecosystem to recycle materials. (9-12)

• Science as Inquiry
  • Understandings about scientific inquiry
    • Types of investigations include describing objects, events, and organisms; classifying them; and doing a fair test (experimenting).

• Science in Personal and Social Perspectives
  • Characteristics and changes in populations
    • Human populations include groups of individuals living in a particular location.
    • One important characteristic of a human population is the population density--the number of individuals of a particular population that lives in a given amount of space.
  • Changes in environments
    • Changes in environments can be natural or influenced by humans. Some changes are good, some are bad, and some are neither good nor bad.
  • Natural hazards
    • Internal and external processes of the earth system cause natural hazards (disasters), events that change or destroy human and wildlife habitats, damage property, and harm or kill humans. (5-8)
  • Natural resources
    • Increasing human consumption places severe stress on the natural processes that renew some resources, and it depletes those resources that cannot be renewed. (9-12)
  • Environmental quality
    • A factor that influences environmental quality is overconsumption. (9-12)
    • A factor that influences environmental quality is the capacity of technology to solve problems. (9-12)
  • Natural and human-induced hazards
    • Human activities can enhance potential for hazards. (9-12)