Plant Parts, Functions, and Growth

Identify life processes that define living organisms and classify plants and animals using observable traits.

Examine the anatomy of flowering plants and explain how each structure supports survival, nutrition, and reproduction.

Analyze animal body structures and physical adaptations across land, air, and aquatic environments.

Sequence and compare the life cycles of insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, and flowering plants while tracking inherited traits.

Model terrestrial and aquatic habitats, construct food chains from the Sun to top consumers, and describe ecological balances.

Discover the roles of fungi and microbes in decomposition and nutrition, and apply safety rules around poisonous plants and venomous creatures.

Identify major human body systems and sensory organs and explain how they work together to keep us moving, breathing, and thinking.

Apply practical habits of hygiene, nutrition, exercise, sleep, sensory organ protection, and disease prevention for lifelong health.