National Standards:

• Life Science
  1. Structure and function in living systems
  2. Behavior of organisms
• Science as Inquiry:
1. Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
2. Understandings about scientific inquiry

State Standards:

• Students will describe and compare the life cycles of plants and animals
• Student uses scientific inquiry methods during field and laboratory investigations
• Students collect data by observing and measuring
• Students analyze and interpret information to construct reasonable explanations
• Students communicate valid conclusions