Science 4
HC4.2
Analyze the structures and behaviours of plants and animals that enable them to exist in various habitats.
Indicators for this outcome
| (a) |
Generate questions to investigate about the structures (e.g., beak shape, colour markings, type of feet, and thorny branches) and behaviours (e.g., seasonal migration, living in groups, and growing towards light) of plants and animals that enable them to exist within various habitats (e.g., schoolyard, wildlife reserve area, and creek bank). |
| (b) |
Recognize that each plant and animal depends on a specific habitat to meet its needs. |
| (c) |
Identify factors (e.g., availability of food, water, and shelter, weather conditions, and available living space) that influence the ability of plants and animals to meet their needs within a specific habitat. |
| (d) |
Develop and carry out a plan to investigate safely and respectfully the structures and behaviours of plants and animals within natural (e.g., school yard, meadow, forest, and park) and constructed (e.g., sports field, aquarium, and terrarium) habitats. |
| (e) |
Record observations and information about plant and animal structures and behaviours within natural and constructed habitats using words, diagrams, graphs, photographs, audio and video recordings, and other appropriate technologies. |
| (f) |
Compile and display data collected during a habitat study using tallies, tables, pictographs, and/or bar graphs; compare results obtained with those of other class members; and propose explanations for differences in results. |
| (g) |
Use gathered information to explain how the structures and behaviours of animals and plants enable them to meet their basic needs (e.g., food, water, air, movement, nutrients, reproduction, and light) in their habitat. |
| (h) |
Compare the structural features of plants that enable them to thrive in different kinds of habitats (e.g., bog, forest, grassland, school yard, garden, and sports field). |
| (i) |
Design and carry out a simulation to explore how the appearance of a plant or animal affects its visibility. |
| (j) |
Predict the structural and behavioural adaptations required for a real or imagined animal to live in a particular habitat, either real or imagined. |
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April 9, 2019
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Book
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$25.99
Record posted/updated:
November 28, 2018
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October 13, 2019
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$12.95
Record posted/updated:
November 28, 2018
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November 28, 2018
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Record posted/updated:
July 31, 2019
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November 28, 2018
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$124.00
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November 28, 2018
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$9.95
Record posted/updated:
November 28, 2018
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CD/DVD
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$63.98
Record posted/updated:
November 28, 2018
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November 28, 2018
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Book
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$9.99
Record posted/updated:
November 28, 2018
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$21.99
Record posted/updated:
November 28, 2018
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unavailable
Record posted/updated:
November 28, 2018
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CD/DVD
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$69.95
Record posted/updated:
November 28, 2018
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CD/DVD
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$119.99
Record posted/updated:
July 31, 2019
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Record posted/updated:
November 28, 2018
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$10.50
Record posted/updated:
November 28, 2018
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$19.99
Record posted/updated:
November 28, 2018
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$8.99
Record posted/updated:
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CD/DVD
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$69.95
Record posted/updated:
November 28, 2018
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$19.99
Record posted/updated:
November 28, 2018
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Book
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$17.95
Record posted/updated:
November 28, 2018