6th Grade Science Standards - Life Science

Checks for Understanding (Formative/Summative Assessment)

0607.2.1	Food Chains - Compare and contrast the different methods used by organisms to obtain nutrition in a biological community
0607.2.2	Biotic Interaction - Create a graphic organizer that illustrates how biotic and abiotic elements of an environment interact
0607.2.3	Food Web - Use a food web or energy pyramid to demonstrate the interdependence of organisms within a specific biome
0607.2.4	Biomes - Create poster presentations to illustrate differences among the world's major biomes
State Performance Indicators
SPI 0607.2.1	Producers, Consumers, Decomposers - Classify organisms as producers, consumers, scavengers, or decomposers according to their role in a food chain or food web
SPI 0607.2.2	Ecosystem - Interpret how materials and energy are transferred through an ecosystem
SPI 0607.2.3	Biotic and Abiotic - Identify the biotic and abiotic elements of the major biomes
SPI 0607.2.4	Interdependencies - Identify the environmental conditions and interdependencies among organisms found in the major biomes