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National
Science Education Content Standards: Science
Standards
A self-guided
tour of the Tennessee Aquarium enables your students to apply
many of your state curriculum objectives. The examples listed
below indicate a few of the many ways the Tennessee Aquarium can
connect your field trip to your state science standards.
Hamilton
County, TN Learning Expectations:
Kindergarten
through Fifth Grade
• Recognize that living things have features that help them
survive in different environments. (K-3)
• Realize that organisms use their senses to interact with
their environment. (K-3)
• Examine interrelationships among plants, animals and their
environment. (1-3)
• Recognize that the environment and the organisms that
live in it can be affected by pollution. (1,2)
• Recognize the basic requirements of all living things.
(1,2)
• Recognize the differences among plants and animals of
the same kind. (1-3)
• Recognize that the appearance of plants and animals changes
as they mature. (2)
• Investigate the relationships among organisms in a specific
ecosystem. (4,5)
• Recognize that organisms are able to change their environment.
(4,5)
• Recognize the function of specific structures in organisms
that allow them to obtain and use energy. (4,5)
• Investigate the life cycle of different organisms. (4,5)
• Realize that plants and animals can be grouped according
to their similarities and differences in their characteristics.
(4,5)
• Determine that adaptations help organisms to survive in
their environments. (4,5)
Sixth
through Eighth Grade
• Examine the competitive relationships among organisms
within an ecosystem. (6)
• Recognize relationships within food chains. (6)
• Understand how organisms are adapted for surviving in
particular environments. (6)
• Reason how environmental changes are associated with the
extinction of a species. (6)
• Describe the movement of oxygen and carbon dioxide between
living things and the environment. (7)
• Identify characteristics used by scientists to classify
organisms into different categories. (7)
• Identify the major biomes of the world. (7)
Ninth
through Twelfth Grade Grademarkers
• Investigate the diversity of organisms by analyzing systems
of classification, exploring diverse environments and comparing
life cycles. (Biology 1)
• Describe the transfer of energy among organisms, systems
and communities. (Biology 1)
• Investigate the interactions of organisms with their environment
through different relationships, population dynamics and patterns
of behavior. (Biology 1)
Tennessee
Science Curriculum Content Standards:
Kindergarten
through Eighth Grade
• The student will investigate how living things interact
with one another and with non-living elements of their environment.
(K-3, 4-5, 6-8)
• The student will study the basic parts of plants, investigate
how plants produce food and discover that plants and animals use
food to sustain life. (K-3, 4-5, 6-7)
• The student will understand the basic principles of inheritance.
(K-3, 4-5, 7-8)
• The student will understand that living things have characteristics
that enable them to survive in their environment. (K-3, 4-5, 6,
8)
• The student will understand that the earth has many geological
features that are constantly changing. (K-3)
• The student will understand that living things have changed
over time. (4-5, 6)
Ninth
through Twelfth Grade
• The student will investigate the relationship and interaction
between living organisms and their environment. (Life Science)
• The student will investigate the diversity of organisms
by analyzing taxonomic systems, exploring diverse environments
and comparing life cycles. (Life Science, Biology I)
• The student will investigate the interactions of organisms
within their environments through different relationships, population
dynamics and patterns of behavior. (Biology I)
• The student will investigate factors that influence and
are influenced by the natural environment. (Environmental Science,
Ecology)
The student will trace the interaction of humans with their environment.
(Environmental Science, Ecology)
Georgia
Science Performance Standards:
Kindergarten
through Second Grade
• Students will communicate scientific ideas and activities
clearly. (K-2)
• Students will sort living organisms and non-living materials
into groups by observable physical attributes. (K)
• Students will compare the similarities and differences
in groups of organisms. (K)
• Students will investigate the characteristics and basic
needs of plants and animals. (1)
• Students will investigate the life cycles of different
living organisms. (2)
Third
through Fifth Grade
• Students will investigate the habitats of different organisms
and the dependence of organisms on their habitat. (3)
• Students will recognize the effects of pollution and humans
on the environment. (3)
• Students will describe the roles of organisms and the
flow of energy within an ecosystem. (4)
• Students will identify factors that affect the survival
or extinction of organisms such as adaptation, variation of behaviors
(hibernation) and external features (camouflage and protection).
(4)
• Students will classify organisms into groups and relate
how they determined the groups with how and why scientists use
classification. (5)
Sixth
through Eighth Grade
• Students will use the ideas of system, model, change and
scale in exploring scientific and technological matters. (6-8)
• Students will communicate scientific ideas and activities
clearly. (6-8)
• Students will investigate the diversity of living organisms
and how they can be compared scientifically. (7)
• Students will examine the dependence of organisms on one
another and their environments. (7)
Ninth
through Twelfth Grade
• Students will identify and investigate problems scientifically.
• Students will derive the relationship between single-celled
and multi-celled organisms and the increasing complexity of systems.
• Students will assess the dependence of all organisms on
one another and the flow of energy and matter within their ecosystems.
Alabama
Science Course of Study Content Standards:
Kindergarten
through Second Grade
• Compare size, shape, structure and basic needs of living
things. (K)
• Classify objects using the five senses. (K)
• Describe survival traits of living things, including color,
shape, size, texture and covering. (1)
• Identify characteristics of animals, including behavior,
size and body covering. (2)
Third
through Fifth Grade
• Identify how organisms are classified in the Animalia
and Plantae kingdoms. (3)
• Describe ways to sustain natural resources, including
recycling, reusing, conserving and protecting the environment.
(3)
• Describe the interdependence of plants and animals. (4)
• Classify animals as vertebrates or invertebrates and as
endotherms or ectotherms. (4)
• Describe the relationship of populations within a habitat
to various communities and
ecosystems. (5)
Sixth
through Eighth Grade
• Describe Earth’s biomes. (6)
• Describe organisms in the six-kingdom classification system
by their characteristics. (7)
• Describe evidence of species variation due to climate,
changing landforms, interspecies interaction and genetic mutation.
(7)
• Describe biotic and abiotic factors in the environment.
(7)
Ninth
through Twelfth Grade
• Differentiate between the previous five-kingdom and current
six-kingdom classification systems. (Biology)
• Describe protective adaptations of animals, including
mimicry, camouflage, beak type, migration and hibernation. (Biology)
• Trace the flow of energy as it decreases through the trophic
levels from producers to the quaternary level in food chains,
food webs and energy pyramids. (Biology)
• Identify biomes based on environmental factors and native
organisms. (Biology)
• Differentiate among freshwater, brackish water and saltwater
ecosystems. (Aquascience, Marine Science)
• Describe adaptations that allow organisms to exist in
specific aquatic environments. (Aquascience)
• Identify patterns and interrelationships among producers,
consumers, scavengers and decomposers in a marine ecosystem. (Marine
Science)
• Describe the anatomy and physiology of representative
aquatic organisms. (Marine Science)
• Define basic anatomical terminology associated with the
study of animals. (Zoology)
National
Science Education Content Standards:
Kindergarten
through Fourth Grade
• Develop abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry.
• Develop an understanding of the characteristics of organisms.
• Develop an understanding of organisms and environments.
Fifth
through Eighth Grade
• Develop an understanding of regulation and behavior in
animals.
• Develop an understanding of diversity and adaptations
of organisms.
• Develop an understanding of structure and function in
living systems.
Kindergarten
through Fourth Grade
• Develop an understanding of the interdependence of organisms.
• Develop an understanding of natural and human induced
hazards.
• Develop an understanding of environmental quality.
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