Life Science: Habitats

Students will be expected to:

• Identify questions to investigate the types of plants and/or animals at a local habitat using the terms habitat, population, and community
• Examine and investigate, using various methods and questions, local habitats and their associated populations of plants and animals
• Identify their own and their families’ impact on habitats and describe how personal actions can help conserve habitats
• Classify organisms and draw diagrams to illustrate their role in a food chain
• Predict how the removal of a plant or animal population affects the rest of the community and relate habitat loss to the endangerment or extinction of plants and animals