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The following standards are for the Florida Everglades:

Strands: Science, Reading, Writing, Technology

Reading

Standard 2: The student constructs meaning from a wide range of texts.

LA.A.2.2.8The student selects and uses a variety of appropriate reference materials, including multiple representations of information such as maps, charts, and photos to gather information for research projects.

Writing

Standard 2: The student writes to communicate ideas and information effectively.

L.A.B.2.2.4 The student uses electronic technology, including word-processing software and electronic encyclopedias, to create, revise, retrieve, and verify information.

Science

Standard 1 The student understands how living things interact with their environment

SC.F.2.2.1 The student knows that many characteristics of an organism are inherited from the parents of the organism, but that other characteristics are learned from an individualÕs interactions with the environment. SC.G.1.2.1 The students knows why plants, animals and protests interact.

SC.G.1.2.2 The student knows that living things compete in a climatic region with other living things and that structural adaptations make them fit for an environment.

SC.G.1.2.4 The Student knows that some organisms decompose dead plants and animals into simple minerals and nutrients for use by living things and thereby recycle matter.

SC.G.1.2.5 The student knows that animals eat plants or other animals to acquire the energy they need for survival.

SC.G. 1.2.7 The student knows that variations in light, water, temperature and soil content are largely responsible for the existence of different kinds of organisms and population densities in an ecosystem.

SC.G.2.2.1 The student knows that all living things must compete for EarthÕs limited resources.

SC.G.2.2.2. The student knows that the size of a population is dependent upon the available resources.

SC.G.2.2.3 The student understands that changes in the habitat of an organism may be beneficial or harmful.