The STANDARDS CORRELATION chart suggests which Mississippi Statewide Competencies you can cover using PASSPORT TO THE RAINFOREST in your classroom. We hope you will discover additional standards you can use. These are the ones our Instructional Materials Development team felt most directly related to the activities contained in PASSPORT TO THE RAINFOREST.
For additional Mississippi Statewide Competencies you can cover see the STANDARDS CORRELATION chart for the following PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE projects:
PASSPORT TO WEATHER AND CLIMATE
Elementary Standards: First Grade,
Second Grade, Third Grade,
Fourth Grade, Fifth Grade
Middle School Standards: Sixth Grade, Seventh Grade,
Eighth Grade
High School Standards: Biology, Environmental Science,
The competencies for Grades K-8 science emphasize four major strands: Life Science, Earth Science, Physical Science, and Science Skills. Kindergarten science is designed to cover basic characteristics of living things, planet Earth, environmental concerns, recycling, and properties of matter. Throughout the teaching process, safety skills, scientific method processes, measuring, use of scientific equipment, current events, environmental issues, and hands-on activities will be emphasized.
The competencies are those elements in the document representing a general concept or performance that is required to be taught to all students by the school district.
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1. Develop an understanding that living things have identifiable characteristics.
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3. Discover how environmental concerns relate to the lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere (land, water, air).
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5. Demonstrate the proper use and care for scientific equipment.
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6. Apply safety rules in the classroom science environment.
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7. Integrate computers, calculators, and multimedia technology into classroom activities.
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8. Apply the components of scientific processes and methods.
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9. Investigate the interrelationships of science, technology, and society.
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10. Communicate results of scientific investigations in oral, written, and graphic form.
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11. Research current scientific topics using resources in addition to the textbook.
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1. Explore the basic patterns of living systems.
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2. Investigate the diversity of living things.
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6. Discover how environmental concerns relate to the hydrosphere, lithosphere, and atmosphere (water, land, air).
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7. Explore the different types of observable and measurable changes that matter can undergo.
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8. Demonstrate the proper use and care for scientific equipment.
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9. Apply safety rules in the classroom science environment.
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10. Integrate computers, calculators, and multimedia technology into classroom activities.
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11. Apply the components of scientific processes and methods.
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12. Investigate the interrelationships of science, technology, and society.
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13. Communicate results of scientific investigations in oral, written, and graphic form.
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14. Research current scientific topics using resources in addition to the textbook.
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1. Investigate the components and roles of living things within their respective systems.
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2. Explore the diversity and interaction of living things.
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6. Discover how environmental concerns relate to the lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere (land, water, air).
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7. Explore the predictable effects that forces and energy have on matter.
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8. Demonstrate the proper use and care for scientific equipment.
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9. Apply safety rules in the classroom science environment.
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10. Integrate computers, calculators, and multimedia technology into classroom activities.
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11. Apply the components of scientific processes and methods.
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12. Investigate the interrelationships of science, technology, and society.
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13. Communicate results of scientific investigations in oral, written, and graphic form.
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14. Research current scientific topics using resources in addition to the textbook.
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1. Investigate how objects and organisms influence other objects and organisms.
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2. Explore the contribution of the components of a system to the operation of a system.
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3. Explore the diversity of living things.
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7. Discover how environmental concerns relate to the hydrosphere, lithosphere, and atmosphere (water, land, air).
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8. Investigate the effect of forces and energy on matter.
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9. Explore changes in matter.
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10. Demonstrate the proper use and care for scientific equipment.
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11. Apply safety rules in the classroom science environment.
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12. Integrate computers, calculators, and multimedia technology into classroom activities.
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13. Apply the components of scientific processes and methods.
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14. Investigate the interrelationships of science, technology, and society.
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15. Communicate results of scientific investigations in oral, written, and graphic form.
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16. Research current scientific topics using resources in addition to the textbook.
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1. Investigate the capacity of living things to adapt to their environment.
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2. Explore the interactions of components in simple systems.
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3. Discover how systems respond to stress.
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7. Discover how environmental concerns relate to the hydrosphere, lithosphere, and atmosphere (water, land, air).
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8. Investigate that a change in the form of matter or energy does not result in a change in the amount of matter or energy.
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9. Investigate that some changes in matter result in new substances and in some changes the substances stay the same.
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10. Demonstrate the proper use and care for scientific equipment.
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11. Apply safety rules in the classroom science environment.
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12. Integrate computers, calculators, and multimedia technology into classroom activities.
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13. Apply the components of scientific processes and methods.
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14. Investigate the interrelationships of science, technology, and society.
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15. Communicate results of scientific investigations in oral, written, and graphic form.
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16. Research current scientific topics using resources in addition to the textbook.
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1. Investigate the structure and processes of living things.
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2. Investigate the diversity of structure and methods by which living things meet their needs.
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4. Investigate the structure of the atmosphere (gas-air), hydrosphere (liquid water), and lithosphere (solid-land) and changes that occur within.
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5. Investigate environmental concerns related to the lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere.
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6. Investigate structure, properties, and changes of matter.
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7. Investigate the occurrence of energy in many different forms.
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8. Demonstrate the proper use and care for scientific equipment.
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9. Apply safety rules in the classroom science environment.
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10. Integrate computers, calculators, and multimedia technology into classroom activities.
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11. Apply the components of scientific processes and methods.
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12. Investigate the interrelationships of science, technology, and society.
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13. Communicate results of scientific investigations in oral, written, and graphic form.
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14. Research current scientific topics using resources in addition to the textbook.
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1. Investigate the processes and structures of living things.
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2. Investigate the diversity of methods by which living things meet their needs.
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4. Investigate the structure of the atmosphere (gas-air), hydrosphere (liquid water), and lithosphere (solid-land), and changes that occur within.
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5. Investigate environmental concerns related to the lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere.
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6. Investigate structure, properties, and changes of matter.
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7. Investigate the different forms of energy and the changes they cause.
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8. Demonstrate the proper use and care for scientific equipment.
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9. Apply safety rules in the classroom science environment.
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10. Integrate computers, calculators, and multimedia technology into classroom activities.
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11. Apply the components of scientific processes and methods.
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12. Investigate the interrelationships of science, technology, and society.
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13. Communicate results of scientific investigations in oral, written, and graphic form.
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14. Research current scientific topics using resources in addition to the textbook.
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1. Investigate the processes and structures of living things.
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2. Investigate the relationships of organisms to their environment.
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4. Investigate the structure of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere and changes that occur within.
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5. Investigate environmental concerns related to the lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere.
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6. Investigate structure, properties, and changes of matter.
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7. Investigate the different forms of energy, changes they cause, and transformations that occur.
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8. Demonstrate the proper use and care for scientific equipment.
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9. Apply safety rules in the classroom science environment.
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10. Integrate computers, calculators, and multimedia technology into classroom activities.
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11. Apply the components of scientific processes and methods.
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12. Investigate the interrelationships of science, technology, and society.
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13. Communicate results of scientific investigations in oral, written, and graphic form.
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14. Research current scientific topics using resources in addition to the textbook.
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1. Analyze structure and function of organisms.
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2. Investigate the diversity of life based on patterns of similarity and difference that occur in organisms.
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3. Investigate cycles which affect living things.
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5. Investigate the relationship between and results produced by the interacting forces in the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere. 8.5
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6. Investigate environmental concerns related to the lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere.
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7. Investigate the structure, properties, and changes of matter.
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8. Investigate the different forms of energy, changes they cause, and transformations that occur.
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10. Demonstrate the proper use and care for scientific equipment.
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11. Apply safety rules in the classroom science environment.
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12. Integrate computers, calculators, and multimedia technology into classroom activities.
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13. Apply the components of scientific processes and methods.
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14. Investigate the interrelationships of science, technology, and society.
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15. Communicate results of scientific investigations in oral, written, and graphic form.
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16. Research current scientific topics using resources in addition to the textbook.
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5. Apply criteria used in classification of living organisms.
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6. Examine the diversity of life within a selected habitat, including interrelationships among organisms.
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8. Explain how individual organisms and populations of organisms alter the environment.
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9. Investigate the stability of ecosystems and identify cycle fluctuations.
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10. Relate the structure of biological molecules to their function in living organisms.
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11. Explain how energy is transferred from one organism to another.
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12. Relate the use of modern biological techniques and methods of analysis to careers and real life situations.
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13. Demonstrate the proper use and care for scientific equipment.
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14. Observe and practice safe procedures in the classroom and laboratory.
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15. Integrate computers, calculators, and multimedia technology into classroom and laboratory activities.
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16. Apply the components of scientific processes and methods in classroom and laboratory investigations.
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17. Investigate the interrelationships of science, technology, and society.
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18. Communicate results of scientific investigations in oral, written, and graphic form.
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19. Research current scientific topics using resources in addition to the textbook.
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1. Analyze ways in which the environment shapes living communities.
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2. Describe energy flow in ecosystems.
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3. Explain how materials are cycled through the biosphere.
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4. Explore ways in which populations of organisms are shaped by their environments.
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5. Examine ways in which species interact to form recognizable communities.
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6. Demonstrate the proper use and care for scientific equipment.
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7. Observe and practice safe procedures in the classroom and laboratory.
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8. Integrate computers, calculators, and multimedia technology into classroom and laboratory activities.
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9. Apply the components of scientific processes and methods in classroom and laboratory investigations.
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10. Investigate the interrelationships of science, technology, and society.
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11. Communicate results of scientific investigations in oral, written, and graphic form.
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12. Research current scientific topics using resources in addition to the textbook.
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