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Science
 Standard 7.Understands biological evolution and the diversity of life
   
TopicClassification of organisms
   Level III [Grade 6-8]
   Benchmark 5. Knows ways in which living things can be classified (e.g., taxonomic groups of plants, animals, and fungi; groups based on the details of organisms’ internal and external features; groups based on functions served within an ecosystem such as producers, consumers, and decomposers)
    
Vocabulary terms
A. classification of organisms
B. taxonomy
C. taxonomic group
D. internal feature
E. external feature
F. ecological role
G. ecosystem
H. producer
I. consumer
J. decomposer

Knowledge/skill statements
1. Knows that living things can be classified as decomposers  
2. Knows taxonomic groups of plants  
3. Knows taxonomic groups of animals  A  
4. Knows taxonomic groups of fungi  
5. Knows that living things can be classified based on the details of their internal features  A  
6. Knows that living things can be classified based on the details of their external features  A  
7. Knows that living things can be classified based on their function within an ecosystems  
8. Knows that living things can be classified as producers  
9. Knows that living things can be classified as consumers  


 A  = Assessment items available

Citation Log: BD(2E,104;CAE,98,110;IB2E,27;IBEI,19;IBBE,59;N2I,92;NSE,60;OLI,5c;PE,47;SI,157-158;TE,46,55;*)
Citation reference
BD = benchmark, declarative
BP = benchmark, procedural
BC = benchmark, contextual

1st letter/number of each code in parentheses:
*   McREL Report
2   Project 2061: Benchmarks for Science Literacy
CA   CDE: Science Framework for California Public Schools
DoD   Department of Defense curriculum for Prekindergarten science
FR   France: Pre-Elementary School Program
H   Headstart Child Outcomes Framework
IB1   International Baccalaureate: Primary Years Programme curriculum documents
IB2   International Baccalaureate: Middle Years Program Sciences Guide
IBB   International Baccalaureate: Biology
IBC   International Baccalaureate: Chemistry
IBE   International Baccalaureate: Environmental Systems and Societies Guide
IBP   International Baccalaureate: Physics
IL   Illinois Early Learning Standards
L   Louisana Pre-Kindergarten Content Standards
MH   McGraw-Hill: Pre-Kindergarten Standards: Guidelines for Teaching and Learning
N1   New Standards: Elementary School
N12   NAEP: Released items for grade 12
N2   New Standards: Middle School
N3   New Standards: High School
N4   NAEP: Released items for grade 4
N8   NAEP: Released items for grade 8
NE   National Environmental Education Standards
NS   Science Assessment & Item Specifications for 2009 NAEP, Prepub. Ed.
NZ   New Zealand Early Childhood Curriculum
OL   Ocean Literacy: The essential principles of ocean sciences
P   Pearsall: NSTA: The Content Core
R   Russia: Beginnings: The Fundamentals of Preschool Education
S   NRC: National Science Education Standards
T   TIMSS: Assesment framework for Science
T1   TIMSS: Released items for Population 1 (grade 4)
T2   TIMSS: Released items for Population 2 (grade 8)
T3   TIMSS: Released items for the final year of secondary school (grade 12)
TX   Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines for Science
UK   United Kingdom: Desirable Outcomes for Children’s Learning

2nd letter code :
E = Explicitly stated in document
I = Implicit in document

Number:
Page number of the cited document