Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
5.9.A
observe the way organisms live and survive in their ecosystem by interacting with the living and nonliving components;
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
5.9.B
describe the flow of energy within a food web, including the roles of the Sun, producers, consumers, and decomposers;
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
5.9.C
predict the effects of changes in ecosystems caused by living organisms, including humans, such as the overpopulation of grazers or the building of highways; and
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
SCIENCE.5.5.F
explain the relationship between the structure and function of objects, organisms, and systems; and
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
SCIENCE.5.12.A
observe and describe how a variety of organisms survive by interacting with biotic and abiotic factors in a healthy ecosystem;
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
SCIENCE.5.12.B
predict how changes in the ecosystem affect the cycling of matter and flow of energy in a food web; and
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
SCIENCE.5.12.C
describe a healthy ecosystem and how human activities can be beneficial or harmful to an ecosystem.