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Life Sciences
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These worksheets can assist educators in aligning curriculum and assessments. After reviewing the benchmarks, check the specific grade level benchmarks to be taught, then press 'Create Worksheet'. The resulting worksheet will list the selected grade level benchmarks along with the suggested vocabulary, information, and skills students need to master at that grade level.
 
To generate a worksheet select at least one benchmark below or select all.
 
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Standard 1: 
Knows about the diversity and unity that characterize life
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. Interval Benchmark 1: Knows regulation and behavior
. .a:  Understands humans and other organisms have senses that help them respond to changes in the external environment 

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Standard 2: 
Understands the genetic basis for the transfer of biological characteristics from one generation to the next
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. Interval Benchmark 1: Knows the life cycles of organisms
. .a:  Understands plants and animals have life cycles that include being born, developing into adults, reproducing, and eventually dying 
. .b:  Understands the details of this life cycle are different for different organisms 
. .c:  Describes how plants and animals closely resemble their parents 
. .d:  Understands many characteristics of an organism are inherited from their parents, but other characteristics result from an individual's interactions with the environment 

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Standard 3: 
Knows the general structure and functions of cells in organisms
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. Interval Benchmark 1: Know characteristics of organisms
. .a:  Knows different ways that living things can be grouped and the purposes of different groupings 
. .b:  Understands differences exist among individuals of the same kind of plant or animal 
. .c:  Recognizes plants and animals have features that help them survive in different environments 
. .d:  Understands plants and animals need certain resources for energy, growth, and survival 
. .e:  Understands humans and other organisms have senses that help them respond to changes in the external environment 

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Standard 4: 
Understands how species depend on one another and on the environment for survival
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. Interval Benchmark 1: Knows organisms and environments
. .a:  Recognizes environments as the space, conditions, and factors that affect an individuals' and populations' ability to survive and quality of life 
. .b:  Describes how animals depend on plants through food chain systems 

. Interval Benchmark 2: Know changes in the environment
. .a:  Traces the changes in the environment, natural or man-made, and how such changes affect the health, survival, and activities of organisms 

. Interval Benchmark 3: Knows characteristics and changes in populations
. .a:  Understands all populations will increase unless other factors such as disease or famine decrease the population 
. .b:  Understands humans can change environments in ways that can either beneficial or detrimental for themselves and other populations 

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Standard 5: 
Understands the cycling of matter and flow of energy through the living environment
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. Interval Benchmark 1: Knows types of resources
. .a:  Identifies ways resources can be extended through recycling, reusing, and reducing 


 
For schools using the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) or the Iowa Tests of Educational Development (ITED) to assess grade level skills, a key has been provided to assist in selecting essential or core skills. Benchmarks assessed on the ITBS/ITED are indicated. Asterisks indicate how often a benchmark appears on the ITBS/ITED: *(1-2 questions) **(3-5 questions) or *** (more than 5 questions).
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