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Below you will find a listing of where the concept of interdependence can be found in the Illinois State Standards, the National Science Standards, and the Project 2061 Science and Math Benchmarks. Project 2061 Benchmarks 3-5th Grade By the end of 5th grade students should know: Organisms interact with one another in various ways besides providing food. (Pollination, seed dispersal) 6-8th Grade By the end of 8th grade students should know that: Two types of organisms may interact with one another in several ways: They may be in a producer/consumer, predator/prey, or parasite/host relationship. Or one organism may scavenge or decompose another. Relationships may be competitive or mutually beneficial. Illinois State Standard 12.B: Know and apply concepts that describe how living things interact with each other and with their environment. Late Elementary, 12.B.2a: Describe relationships among various organisms in their environments (e.g., predator/prey, parasite/host, food chains and food webs). Performance Descriptors for Illinois State Standard 12B 4-5th Grade Diagramming a simple relationship between plants and/or animals (i.e., predator/prey, parasite/host, consumer/producer) commonly found in local habitats. 6-7th Grade Identifying different niches and relationships found among organisms in an Illinois habitat. download this page as a PDF (39K)  |
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