Life Science Crosscutting Disciplinary 2016 Indiana Academic Standards Clarifying Statements Vocabulary Concepts Core Ideas Develop a model to describe the Emphasis is on the idea that matter that is an organism, especially a soil LS2.A: 5.LS.1 (1) decomposer – movement of matter among plants, animals, not food (air, water, decomposed materials in bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that Interdependent decomposers, and the environment. the soil) is changed by plants into matter that decomposes organic material Relationships is food. in Ecosystems (2) Examples of systems could include Systems and organisms, ecosystems, and Earth. System LS2.B: Models Cycles of Matter and Energy Transfer in Ecosystems
Life Science 2016 Indiana Academic Standards Clarifying Statements Vocabulary Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas 5.LS.1 Develop a model to describe the movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment. (1) Emphasis is on the idea that matter that is not food (air, water, decomposed materials in the soil) is changed by plants into matter that is food. (2) Examples of systems could include organisms, ecosystems, and Earth. decomposer – an organism, especially a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that decomposes organic material Systems and System Models LS2.A: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems LS2.B: Cycles of Matter and Energy Transfer in Ecosystems
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