Information Literacy Skill(s):
Exploration: Exploring a range of information resources.
Collection: Locating relevant information within selected resources, extracting information from selected resources.
Information Literacy Standard(s): Standard 1: The student who is information literate accesses information efficiently and effectively.
Standard 2: The student who is information literate evaluates information critically and competently.
Standard 3: The student who is information literate uses information accurately and creatively.
Related Subject Area(s): Science
Related Content Standard(s): National Science Education Standards- As a result of activities in grades K-4, students should develop an understanding of the following fundamental concepts and principles:
Organisms have basic needs, for example, animals need air, water, and food.
Organisms can survive only in environments in which their needs can be met
- Each animal has different structures that serve different functions in growth, survival, and reproduction.
- Animals have life cycles that include being born, developing into adults, reproducing, and dying. The details of this life cycle are different for different animals.
- Some animals eat plants for food. Other animals eat animals that eat the plants
- All organisms cause changes in the environment where they live. Some of these changed are detrimental to the organism or other organisms, whereas others are beneficial.