2-9-2012 Life Science - Feeding on the Food Chain

Continuing my way through the standards, offering links, lessons, and ideas to help teach the 

Core Curriculum Content Standards

Science Grades 6-8

B. Matter and Energy Transformations :  Food is required for energy and building cellular materials. Organisms in an ecosystem have different ways of obtaining food, and some organisms obtain their food directly from other organisms.
By the end of grade	Content Statement	CPI#	Cumulative Progress Indicator (CPI)	RESOURCES
6	Plants are producers: They use the energy from light to make food (sugar) from carbon dioxide and water. Plants are used as a source of food (energy) for other organisms.	5.3.6.B.1	Describe the sources of the reactants of photosynthesis and trace the pathway to the products.	Living Things Label a Plant Cell Parts of a Plant Helping Plants Grow Photosynthesis and Respiration Plants Scitable Plant Vascular System National Geographic Arkive Sheppard's Software Games UPM Forest Life
6	All animals, including humans, are consumers that meet their energy needs by eating other organisms or their products.	5.3.6.B.2	Illustrate the flow of energy (food) through a community.
8	Food is broken down to provide energy for the work that cells do, and is a source of the molecular building blocks from which needed materials are assembled.	5.3.8.B.1	Relate the energy and nutritional needs of organisms in a variety of life stages and situations, including stages of development and periods of maintenance.
8	All animals, including humans, are consumers that meet their energy needs by eating other organisms or their products.	5.3.8.B.2	Analyze the components of a consumer’s diet and trace them back to plants and plant products.

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