GSE Alignment – Grade 6
Populations and Ecosystems
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LS1 (5-6) – 1 Students demonstrate understanding of biodiversity by…
1a recognizing that organisms have different features and behaviors for meeting their needs to survive (e.g., fish have gills for respiration, mammals have lungs, bears hibernate).
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Populations & Ecosystems: Lesson 8 – Adaptations
*minimal coverage of GSE |
This is minimally addressed in the Populations & Ecosystems kit.
District-created materials will address this gap.
Readings: Prentice Hall Science Explorer Animals pages 6-9 |
Biomes program will address this concept.
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LS1 (7-8) – 1 Students demonstrate understanding of biodiversity by…
1a giving examples of adaptations or behaviors that are specific to a niche (role) within an ecosystem.
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Populations & Ecosystems: Lesson 10 – Natural Selection
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Readings: Prentice Hall Science Explorer Life Science pages 250-252, 382-385, 387-389
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Biomes program will minimally address this concept.
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LS1 (7-8) – 1 Students demonstrate understanding of biodiversity by…
1b explaining how organisms with different structures and behaviors have roles that contribute to each other’s survival and the stability of the ecosystem.
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Populations & Ecosystems: Lesson 8 – Adaptations
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This is minimally addressed in the Populations & Ecosystems kit.
Readings: Prentice Hall Science Explorer Life Science pages 704-708
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Biomes program will address this concept.
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LS1 (5-6) – 2 Students demonstrate understanding of structure and function-survival requirements by…
2a describing structures or behaviors that help organisms survive in their environment (e.g., defense, obtaining nutrients, reproduction, and eliminating waste
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Populations & Ecosystems: Lesson 8 – Adaptations
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Readings: Prentice Hall Science Explorer Life Science pages 436-442 |
Biomes program will address this concept.
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LS1 (7-8) – 2 Students demonstrate understanding of structure and function-survival requirements by…
2a explaining how the cell, as the basic unit of life, has the same survival needs as an organism (i.e., obtain energy, grow, eliminate waste, reproduce, provide for defense).
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This is not addressed in the Populations & Ecosystems kit.
Lessons from district-designed Cells unit will address the gap. |
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LS1 (7-8) – 2 Students demonstrate understanding of structure and function-survival requirements by…
2c observing, describing and charting the growth, motion, responses of living organisms
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Populations & Ecosystems: Lesson 6- Population Size |
Readings: Prentice Hall Science Explorer Life Science pages 284-287
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Biomes program will address this concept.
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LS1 (7-8) – 2 Students demonstrate understanding of structure and function-survival requirements by… 2b observing and describing (e.g., drawing, labeling) individual cells as seen through a microscope targeting cell membrane, cell wall, nucleus, and chloroplasts.
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This is not addressed in the Populations & Ecosystems kit.
Lessons from district-designed Cells unit will address the gap. |
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LS1 (7-8)–3Students demonstrate an understanding of reproduction by …
3a explaining reproduction as a fundamental process by which the new individual receives genetic information from parent(s).
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Populations & Ecosystems Lesson 9- Genetic Variation |
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LS1 (7-8)–3Students demonstrate an understanding of reproduction by …
3b describing forms of asexual reproduction that involve the genetic contribution of only one parent (e.g., binary fission, budding, vegetative propagation, regeneration).
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This is not addressed in the Populations & Ecosystems kit.
Lessons from district-designed Cells unit will address the gap.
Readings on pages 192-193 and 212-213 in the Concepts and Challenges text will also address the gap. |
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LS1 (7-8)–3Students demonstrate an understanding of reproduction by …
3c describing sexual reproduction as a process that combines genetic material of two parents to produce a new organism (e.g., sperm/egg),
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Populations & Ecosystems Lesson 9- Genetic Variation |
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LS1 (5-6) –4 Students demonstrate understanding of differentiation by…
4a identifying cells as the building blocks of organisms.
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This is not addressed in the Populations & Ecosystems kit.
Lessons from district-designed Cells unit will address the gap.
Readings on pages 40-41 in the Concepts and Challenges text will also address the gap.
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LS1 (5-6) –4 Students demonstrate understanding of differentiation by…
4b recognizing and illustrating (e.g. flow chart) the structural organization of an organism from a cell to tissue to organs to organ systems to organisms
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This is not addressed in the Populations & Ecosystems kit.
Lessons from district-designed Cells unit will address the gap.
Readings on pages 306-309 in the Concepts and Challenges text will also address the gap. |
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LS1 (7-8)–4 Students demonstrate understanding of differentiation by…
4a explaining that specialized cells perform specialized functions. (e.g., muscle cells contract, nerve cells transmit impulses, skin cells provide protection).
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This is not addressed in the Populations & Ecosystems kit.
Lessons from district-designed Cells unit will address the gap.
Readings on pages 48-49 in the Concepts and Challenges text will also address the gap.
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LS1 (7-8)–4 Students demonstrate understanding of differentiation by…
4b comparing individual cells of tissues and recognizing the similarities of cells and how they work together to perform specific functions.
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This is not addressed in the Populations & Ecosystems kit.
Lessons from district-designed Cells unit will address the gap.
Readings on pages 48-49 in the Concepts and Challenges text will also address the gap.
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LS1 (7-8)–4 Students demonstrate understanding of differentiation by…
4c explaining how each type of cell, tissue, and organ has a distinct structure and set of functions that serve the organism as a whole.
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This is not addressed in the Populations & Ecosystems kit.
Lessons from district-designed Cells unit will address the gap.
Readings on pages 48-49 in the Concepts and Challenges text will also address the gap.
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LS2 (5-6) –5 Students demonstrate an understanding of equilibrium in an ecosystem by …
5a identifying and defining an ecosystem and the variety of relationships within it (e.g., predator/prey, consumer/ producer/decomposer, host/parasite, catastrophic events).
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Populations & Ecosystems Lesson 6- Population Size (minimally) Lesson 7- Ecoscenarios |
Host/Parasite Relationships gap will be addressed by readings on pages 288-289 in the Concepts and Challenges text, page 729 in the Prentice Hall Science Explorer (Life Science) text, or Prentice Hall Science Explorer (Animals) pages 28-29, 52-53, 89. |
Populations & Ecosystems Lesson 4- Mono Lake Lesson 5- Finding the Energy |
LS2 (7-8) –5Students demonstrate an understanding of equilibrium in an ecosystem by …
5c predicting the outcome of a given change in biotic and abiotic factors in an ecosystem.
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Populations & Ecosystems Lesson 7- Ecoscenarios |
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LS2 (7-8) –5Students demonstrate an understanding of equilibrium in an ecosystem by …
5d using a visual model (e.g., graph) to track population changes in an ecosystem.
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Populations & Ecosystems Lesson 6- Population Size |
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LS2 (7-8) –6 Students demonstrate an understanding of food webs in an ecosystem by …
6d creating or interpreting a model that traces the flow of energy in a food web.
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Populations & Ecosystems Lesson 7- Ecoscenarios |
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Populations & Ecosystems Lesson 5 - Finding the Energy
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LS2 (5-6)-7Students demonstrate an understanding of recycling in an ecosystem by …
7b completing a basic food web for a given ecosystem. |
Populations & Ecosystems Lesson 7- Ecoscenarios
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Populations & Ecosystems Lesson 4 - Mono Lake Lesson 5 - Finding the Energy
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LS2 (7-8)-7Students demonstrate an understanding of recycling in an ecosystem by …
7b developing a model for a food web of local aquatic and local terrestrial environments.
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Populations & Ecosystems Lesson 7- Ecoscenarios
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LS2 (7-8)-7Students demonstrate an understanding of recycling in an ecosystem by …
7d conducting a controlled investigation that shows that the total amount of matter remains constant, even though its form and location change as matter is transferred among and between organisms and the physical environment (e.g., bottle biology, mass of a closed system over time).
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This is not addressed in the Populations & Ecosystems kit.
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Properties of Matter kit addresses Law of Conservation of Matter in depth during GRADE 7. |
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LS3 (7-8) – 8Students demonstrate an understanding of classification of organisms by …
8b explaining how species with similar evolutionary histories/characteristics are classified more closely together with some organisms than others (e.g., a fish and human have more common with each other than a fish and jelly fish)
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This is not addressed in the Populations & Ecosystems kit.
Gap will be addressed by readings on pages 102-103 in the Concepts and Challenges text.
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LS3 (5-6) -9 Students demonstrate an understanding of Natural Selection/evolution by …
9a explaining how a population’s or species’ traits affect their ability to survive over time.
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Populations & Ecosystems: Lesson 8- Adaptations Lesson 10- Natural Selection |
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LS3 (5-6) -9 Students demonstrate an understanding of Natural Selection/evolution by …
9b researching or reporting on possible causes for the extinction of an animal or plant.
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This is not addressed in the Populations & Ecosystems kit.
Populations & Ecosystems: Lesson 7-Ecoscenarios This lesson has been modified so that students investigate endangered or extinct organisms within their ecoscenario.
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LS3 (5-6) -9 Students demonstrate an understanding of Natural Selection/evolution by …
9c explaining how fossil evidence can be used to understand the history of life on Earth.
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This is not addressed in the Populations & Ecosystems kit.
Lessons from district-designed Genetics/ Evolution unit will address the gap.
Readings on pages 100-101, 112-113 in the Concepts and Challenges text will also address the gap.
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LS3 (7-8) -9 Students demonstrate an understanding of Natural Selection/ evolution by …
9a explaining that genetic variations/traits of organisms are passed on through reproduction and random genetic changes.
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Populations & Ecosystems Lesson 9- Genetic Variation
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LS3 (7-8) -9 Students demonstrate an understanding of Natural Selection/ evolution by …
9b gathering evidence that demonstrates evolutionary relationships among organisms (e.g., similarities in body structure, early development, traits).
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Populations & Ecosystems Lesson 9- Genetic Variation Lesson 10- Natural Selection
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LS3 (7-8) -9 Students demonstrate an understanding of Natural Selection/ evolution by …
9c differentiating between acquired and inherited characteristics and giving examples of each.
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This is not addressed in the Populations & Ecosystems kit.
District-created lesson to supplement Lesson 9 (Genetic Variation) will address this gap.
Readings on pages 248-249 in the Concepts and Challenges text will also address the gap.
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LS3 (7-8) -9 Students demonstrate an understanding of Natural Selection/ evolution by …
9d explaining how natural selection leads to evolution (e.g., survival of the fittest).
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Populations & Ecosystems Lesson 10- Natural Selection
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LS3 (7-8) -9 Students demonstrate an understanding of Natural Selection/ evolution by …
9e describing how scientists’ understanding of the way species originate or become extinct has changed over time.
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This is not addressed in the Populations & Ecosystems kit.
District-designed lesson involving a “History of Evolution” webquest will address the gap. |
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LS4 (5-6)-11Students demonstrate an understanding of human heredity by…
11a differentiating between inherited and acquired traits.
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This is not addressed in the Populations & Ecosystems kit.
Lessons from district-designed Genetics/Evolution unit will address the gap.
Readings on pages 248-249 in the Concepts and Challenges text will also address the gap.
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LS4 (5-6)-11Students demonstrate an understanding of human heredity by…
11b observing, recording and comparing differences in inherited traits (e.g. connected earlobe, tongue rolling).
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This is not addressed in the Populations & Ecosystems kit.
Lessons from district-designed Genetics/ Evolution unit will address the gap. |
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LS4 (7-8)-11 Students demonstrate an understanding of human heredity by…
11a recognizing that characteristics of an organism result from inherited traits of one or more genes from the parents and others result from interactions with the environment.
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Populations & Ecosystems Lesson 9- Genetic Variation (non-human examples only) Lesson 10- Natural Selection (non-human examples only) |
Human heredity is not addressed in the Populations & Ecosystems kit.
Lessons from district-designed Genetics/ Evolution unit will address the gap.
Readings on pages 110-111 in the Concepts and Challenges text will also address the gap.
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LS4 (7-8)-11 Students demonstrate an understanding of human heredity by… 11b tracing a genetic characteristic through a given pedigree (e.g., genealogical chart, Queen Victoria – hemophilia or hypothetical example) to demonstrate the passage of traits.
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Populations & Ecosystems Lesson 9- Genetic Variation (non-human examples only)
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Human heredity is not addressed in the Populations & Ecosystems kit.
Lessons from district-designed Genetics/ Evolution unit will address the gap.
Reading (and a “Family Puzzle” activity) on pages 153-156 in the Prentice Hall Science Explorer (Life Science) text and page 83 in the Concepts and Challenges text will address the gap.
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LS4 (7-8)-11 Students demonstrate an understanding of human heredity by… 11c identifying that genetic material (i.e. chromosomes and genes) is located in the cell’s nucleus.
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Populations & Ecosystems Lesson 9- Genetic Variation (non-human examples only)
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Human heredity is not addressed in the Populations & Ecosystems kit.
Lessons from district-designed Cells unit will address the gap.
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