Plants and Energy

AQHA Plants and Energy grades 3-5

TEKS:

3rd grade---3.3A--(A) In all fields of science, analyze, evaluate and critique scientific explanations by using empirical evidence, logical reasoning, and experimental and observational testing, including examining all sides of scientific evidence of those scientific explanations, so as to encourage critical thinking by the student

3.10A--(A) explore how structures and functions of plants and animals allow them to survive in a particular environment.

4th grade---4.3A--(A)-- In all fields of science, analyze, evaluate and critique scientific explanations by using empirical evidence, logical reasoning, and experimental and observational testing, including examining all sides of scientific evidence of those scientific explanations, so as to encourage critical thinking by the student

4.9A--(A) investigate that most producers need sunlight, water and carbon dioxide to make their own food, while consumers are dependent on other organisms for food

5th grade---5.9B--(B) describe how the flow of energy derived from the Sun, used by producers to create their own food, is transferred through a food chain and food web to consumers and decomposers

5.9D--(D) identify the significance of the carbon dioxide-oxygen cycle to the survival of plants and animals