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THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
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Identify the main parts of the respiratory
system and their functions
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Explain the mechanism of breathing
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Recognize common ailments related to the
respiratory system
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Describe ways to keep our respiratory system
healthy
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Explain how breathing and movement are
interrelated
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Recognize the respiratory system in some
animals
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THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
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Identify the main parts of the circulatory
system and their function
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Explain the path of blood from the heart to
all parts of the body and form all parts of the body to the heart
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Experiment
and explain the effects of exercise and rest on pulse rate
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Recognize diseases related to the circulatory
system and abnormalities in the organs of the circulatory system
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Recognize ways we can care for our circulatory
system
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Relate the function of the circulatory system
to that of the digestive and respiratory systems
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3
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DISEASES AND INJURIES
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Understand
that a disease is an illness that can affect a person’s health
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Understand that some disease are communicable
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Recognize diseases that are caused by animals
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Practice safety measures to prevent the spread
of disease caused by animals
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Recognize the need to consult a health/medical
personnel once a year and/or whenever necessary
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Demonstrate first aid measures for insect and
animals bites
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CELLS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS
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Understand
that each kind of cell in our body has a distinct function
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Know that cell need energy to carry out its
function
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INVERTEBRATES
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Describes the observable characteristic of
each group of invertebrates
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PHOTOSYNTHESIS
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Know that plants make their own food in a
process called photosynthesis
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Investigate the requirements for
photosynthesis to take place
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Describe the process of photosynthesis
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REPRODUCTIONS
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Differentiate between sexual reproduction and
asexual reproduction
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Recognize that some living things reproduce
sexually
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Explain the process of fertilization during
sexual reproduction in human
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Know that most living things develop from a
fertilized egg
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8
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REPRODUCTIONS IN FLOWERING PLANTS
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Identify the parts of the flower and their
role in the processes involved in sexual reproduction of flowering plants
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Identify how seeds are dispersed baed their
structure
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Investigated factor that are needed for seed
germination
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Explain the growth of flowering plants form
seedling a stage to flowering and fruiting
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Identify factors essential for the growth of
plant
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9
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ECOSYSTEM
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Identify the biotic and abiotic components of
an ecosystem
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Design a model of an ecosystem
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Recognize that the number of living things an
ecosystem can support depends on resources available and abiotic factors
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ADAPTATIONS OF LIVING THINGS TO THE ENVIRONTMENT
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Describe the structural and behavioral
adaptations of animals to the environment for survival
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Describe the structural and behavioral
adaptations of plants to the environment for survival
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Explain what happen to animals and plants when
the environment changes
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Know that some living things used to exist but
are now extinct
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identify animals and plants that are near
extinction or endangered
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POLLUTION
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Identify that pollution is a change in the
environment
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Describe the effects of pollution
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HUMAN POPULATION
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Understand that the size of a human population
can increase or decrease due to some factors
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Know that a human population can be described
by the population density
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13
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WEATHER
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Observe and identify the different types of
clouds
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Describe how fog, dew, hail, and wind are
formed
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Explain the occurrence of wind due to the
unequal heating of the earth surface
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Recognize that land absorbs and releases heat
faster than water
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Explain the effects of wind on living things
and the environment
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