Quarter 4 Content

Social Studies: Ancient China

This quarter we will be learning about ancient China.  Below you will find links to the study guide your child will need to study for the test at the end of the unit.  

Study Guide:

Ancient China Blank Study Guide
Ancient China Study Guide Key

Science: Systems in Nature

Life Processes

SCI.2.4        The student will understand life processes of plants and animals through inquiry.  (SOL 2.4)

SCI.2.4.1     Explain the life cycle of various animals.

·            Animals go through a series of orderly changes for their life cycle.

·            Diagram life cycles of a butterfly and a white-tailed deer.

SCI.2.4.2     Explain the life cycle of various plants.

·            Plants go through a series of orderly changes for their life cycle.

·            Diagram the life cycle of a flowering plant.

Living Systems

SCI.2.5        The student will understand relationships among organisms in living systems through inquiry. (SOL 2.5)

SCI.2.5.1     Describe the interdependent components of an animal’s habitat.

·            Describe the basic components of an animal’s habitat (food, water, shelter or cover, and space).

·            Classify the parts of a habitat as living or nonliving.

SCI.2.5.2     Describe how living and nonliving components of a habitat are influenced by humans and nature.

·            Describe the impact of seasonal changes on plants and animals (e.g., how trees change through the seasons and how animals respond to seasonal changes).

Plant and Animal Responses	Definition	Examples
migration	long distance movement, due to seasonal change	salmon, geese, monarch butterflies
hibernation	long, deep sleep, due to winter or harsh conditions	groundhog, black bear, bats
dormancy	growth and activity are temporarily stopped, due to harsh conditions	skunks, many trees
camouflage	body coloring that makes it blend in with the environment	squirrel, dolphin, Arctic fox

·            Explain the usefulness of camouflage in an animal’s habitat (e.g., coloration patterns of frogs).

·            Describe how animals are dependent on their surroundings. For example, squirrels and other animals are affected by the loss of forest habitat.

SCI.2.5.3     Describe why scientists study fossils.

·            Fossils found provide scientists with information about plants and animals that lived long ago. For example, fossil clams may indicate an area was once under water.

Earth Resources

SCI.2.6        The student will understand the purpose of plants through inquiry. (SOL 2.7, SOL 2.8)

SCI.2.6.1     Identify and classify the sources and uses of plant products.

·            Plants produce oxygen and food used by other living things.

·            Animals use plants or plant parts as shelters.

·            Describe plant products that people use.

Plant Sources	wood	fruits/vegetables	other
Plant Products	lumber, rubber (rubber tree)	apples, soybeans	cotton (flower), peanuts, medicines (various plant parts)

SCI.2.6.2     Describe how plants reduce soil erosion.

·         Erosion is the movement of broken down earth from one location to another.

·         Water, wind, and other weather phenomena can cause erosion to occur quickly or over time.

·         Land surfaces covered or protected by plants are less likely to losse soil to erosion.

Habitat Projects due June 4th