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Science - Ecology

Earth and Space Science
Water: Model/Creating/Flows
The learner will be able to demonstrate how water flows in a local site by creating a model or cross-sectional drawing.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 3, Std 1.0 Home
  
Natural Resources: List
The learner will be able to list examples of resources that are renewable or nonrenewable.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 1, Std 3.0 Home
  
Natural Resources: Limitations/Identify
The learner will be able to identify that there are limitations in the use of natural resources.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 1, Std 3.0 Home
  
Natural Resources: Conserved/Observe
The learner will be able to observe non-energy natural resources and how they are conserved.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Std 3.0 Home
  
Natural Resources: Investigate/Types
The learner will be able to investigate the types of non-energy renewable and nonrenewable resources.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, 3.1 Home
  
Natural Resources: Investigate/Uses
The learner will be able to investigate the uses of non-energy renewable and nonrenewable resources.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, 3.1 Home
  
Natural Resources: Investigate/History
The learner will be able to investigate the history of non-energy renewable and nonrenewable resources.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, 3.1 Home
  
Natural Resources: Explore/Conserved
The learner will be able to explore the ways in which basic non-energy resources are conserved.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, 3.2 Home
  
Natural Resources: Ways/Judge/Conserved
The learner will be able to judge the ways natural resources are conserved.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 2, Std 3.0 Home
  
Natural Resources: Non-energy/Assess
The learner will be able to assess the use of the principle, non-energy, renewable and nonrenewable resources.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 2, Std 3.0 Home
  
Natural Resources: Assess/Status
The learner will be able to assess the future status of the principle renewable and nonrenewable nonenergy resources.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 2, Std 3.0 Home
  
Resources: Society/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize the ways in which society wastes and conserves resources.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 1, Std 3.0 Home
  
Minerals: Forecast/Impact
The learner will be able to forecast the impact of shortages in principle mineral resources.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 2, Std 3.0 Home
  
Water: Quality/Interpret/Tests
The learner will be able to interpret the outcome of different water quality tests.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 2, Std 5.0 Home
  
Water: Quality/Perform/Tests
The learner will be able to perform different tests to determine water quality.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 2, Std 5.0 Home
  
Acid Rain: Investigate/Environment
The learner will be able to investigate the effect of acid rain on the environment.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 1, Std 5.0 Home
  
Watershed: Propose/Steps/Mitigate
The learner will be able to propose steps to mitigate the effects of human activity on watersheds.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 2, Std 5.0 Home
  
Watershed: Perform/Study
The learner will be able to perform a study of a local watershed.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 3, Std 5.0 Home
  
Watershed: Human/Assess/Effects
The learner will be able to assess the effects of human activity on watersheds.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 2, Std 5.0 Home
  
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Graphs: Population/Factors/List
The learner will be able to list factors that may result in trends in population graphs after reading and interpreting the data presented in them.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 2, Std 1.0 Home
  
Organisms: Extinction/Investigate
The learner will be able to investigate the factors that make organisms vulnerable to extinction.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, 1.6 Home
  
Ecosystems: Structure/Comprehend
The learner will be able to comprehend the structure of ecosystems.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, 1.1 Home
  
Ecosystems: Show/Functions/Earth
The learner will be able to show a comprehension of the functions of the principal ecosystems on earth.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, 1.1 Home
  
Environment: Solves/Perform/Problem
The learner will be able to perform an environmental action that solves an environmental problem.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 2, Std 6.0 Home
  
Environment: Factors/Explore/Affect
The learner will be able to explore factors that affect and are affected by the natural environment.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Std 1.0 Home
  
Environment: Problem/Study
The learner will be able to study an environmental problem caused by government or industry.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 3, Std 3.0 Home
  
Environment: Issue/Develop/Action
The learner will be able to develop a personal plan of action designed to find a specific solution to an environmental issue.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 3, Std 6.0 Home
  
Biology: Components/Describe/Processes
The learner will be able to describe biological processes in terms of their chemical components.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 2, Std 1.0 Home
  
Careers: Pollution/Explore
The learner will be able to explore careers relating to environmental health, sustainability, and/or pollution.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 1, Std 5.0 Home
  
Food Webs: Compose/Roles
The learner will be able to given examples of living things and their roles in the environment, compose a food web.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 1, Std 1.0 Home
  
Food Webs: Create/State
The learner will be able to create food webs for living things in a region of his/her own state.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 3, Std 1.0 Home
  
Biomes: Biodiversity/Investigate
The learner will be able to investigate the biodiversity within the major biomes of the earth.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 1, Std 1.0, 1.2 Home
  
Biomes: Present/Explore/Class
The learner will be able to explore a particular biome and present the data to the class.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 2, Std 1.0 Home
  
Biomes: Ecosystems/Explore
The learner will be able to explore the major biomes of the world's ecosystems.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, 1.2 Home
  
Living Systems: Trace/Energy
The learner will be able to trace how energy flows and matter cycles between living systems and the physical environment.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 1, Std 1.0 Home
  
Human Population: Recognize/Stability
The learner will be able to recognize countries that are nearing population stability.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 2, Std 2.0 Home
  
Human Population: Identify/Cultures/View
The learner will be able to identify how different cultures view the relationship between humans and the environment.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 3, Std 2.0 Home
  
Human Population: Consequences/List
The learner will be able to list the consequences of continued population growth as they relate to ecological issues.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 2, Std 2.0 Home
  
Human Population: Global/Identify
The learner will be able to identify that there have been significant changes in global population.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 1, Std 2.0 Home
  
Human Population: List/Consequences
The learner will be able to list the consequences of population growth on the economy.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 2, Std 2.0 Home
  
Human Population: Dynamics/Comprehend
The learner will be able to comprehend the characteristics of human population dynamics.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Std 2.0 Home
  
Human Population: Explain/Economy
The learner will be able to explain the effect of population growth on the economy.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 2, Std 2.0 Home
  
Human Population: Summarize/Stable
The learner will be able to summarize the individual actions that can be taken to achieve a stable world population.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 3, Std 2.0 Home
  
Human Population: Explain/Demographic
The learner will be able to explain the meaning of demographic transition.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 2, Std 2.0 Home
  
Human Population: Impacts/Talk/Birth
The learner will be able to talk about the impacts of health care and education on the birth rate.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 2, Std 2.0 Home
  
Human Population: Talk/Perceptions/Rural
The learner will be able to talk about how environmental perceptions change as societies shift from rural to urban.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 3, Std 2.0 Home
  
Human Population: Provide/Examples
The learner will be able to provide examples of the principle causes of the population explosion.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 2, Std 2.0 Home
  
Human Population: Dynamics/Analyze
The learner will be able to analyze factors that impact human population dynamics.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, 2.1 Home
  
Human Population: Find/Profiles
The learner will be able to find similarities and differences in the population profiles of different countries.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 2, Std 2.0 Home
  
Human Population: Demographic/Study
The learner will be able to study demographic information for relationships.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 3, Std 2.0 Home
  
Human Population: Sustainability/Study
The learner will be able to using the idea of carrying capacity, study the sustainability of the current trends in population growth and the consumption of natural resources.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 2, Std 2.0 Home
  
Human Population: Assess/Consequences
The learner will be able to assess the consequences related to human population growth.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, 2.2 Home
  
Human Health: Impacts/List/Hazards
The learner will be able to list the possible health impacts of exposure to hazards in the environment.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 2, Std 5.0 Home
  
Human Health: Effects/Explore
The learner will be able to explore the effects of the environment on human health.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, 5.2 Home
  
Environment: Conserve/List/Energy
The learner will be able to list actions that individuals and corporations can take in order to conserve energy.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 1, Std 4.0 Home
  
Environment: Conserve/Find
The learner will be able to find similarities and differences in ways to conserve energy.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, 4.3 Home
  
Environment: Human/Identify
The learner will be able to identify his/her rights and responsibilities as a citizen in preserving a healthy environment.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, 6.2 Home
  
Environment: Human/Recognize/Support
The learner will be able to recognize ways that he/she can act to support the quality of the surrounding environment.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 1, Std 6.0 Home
  
Environment: Human/Communicate
The learner will be able to communicate his/her personal environmental perspectives.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, 6.1 Home
  
Environment: Human/Effect/Explain
The learner will be able to explain the effect citizens may potentially have by participating in issues related to their community and environment.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 2, Std 6.0 Home
  
Environment: Human/Track
The learner will be able to track human interactions with the environment around them.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Std 5.0 Home
  
Environment: Human/Participate/Decision
The learner will be able to participate in environmental decision-making in a thoughtful and effective way.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 3, Std 6.0 Home
  
Environment: Human/Support/Position
The learner will be able to provide support for a position on an important environmental issue.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 2, Std 6.0 Home
  
Environment: Human/Compare/Costs
The learner will be able to use the idea of costs and benefits to compare Integrated Pest Management plans.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 2, Std 5.0 Home
  
Environment: Human/Actions/Examine
The learner will be able to examine how his/her personal actions impact the environment.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 1, Std 6.0 Home
  
Environment: Assess/Perspectives
The learner will be able to assess his/her personal environmental perspectives.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, 6.1 Home
  
Ecosystems: Energy/Matter/Flow
The learner will be able to follow the path of energy through an ecosystem.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 2, Std 1.0 Home
  
Environment: Population/Examine/Density
The learner will be able to examine how changes in a habitat relate to the population density of plants and animals in the habitat.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 2, Std 1.0 Home
  
Environment: Population/Explore
The learner will be able to explore solutions to overpopulation.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, 2.3 Home
  
Food Chains: Explain/Harmful/Levels
The learner will be able to explain that at successive levels in food chains, the concentration of harmful substances can increase.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 3, Std 5.0 Home
  
Plants: Photosynthesis/Demonstrate
The learner will be able to demonstrate that plants capture sunlight through the process of photosynthesis, which provides energy for life.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 1, Std 1.0 Home
  
Environment: Resources/Conserving
The learner will be able to create a plan to conserve natural resources.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 3, Std 3.0 Home
  
Ecosystems: Population/Variation
The learner will be able to describe how variations in the traits of a population increase the chances for survival.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 1, Std 1.0 Home
  
Ecosystems: Population/Demonstrate
The learner will be able to demonstrate that the number and distribution of organisms are limited by the amount of energy and matter in an ecosystem.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 2, Std 1.0 Home
  
Environment: Policy/Recognize/Risk
The learner will be able to given a scenario in which there is a risk of exposure, recognize appropriate actions that would reduce risks.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 2, Std 5.0 Home
  
Environment: Perform/Responsibility
The learner will be able to perform actions that demonstrate responsibility and stewardship toward the environment.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Std 6.0 Home
  
Population: Talk About/Change
The learner will be able to talk about how populations change over time.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 1, Std 1.0 Home
  
Population: Changes/Explore
The learner will be able to explore changes in an experimental population over time.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 3, Std 1.0 Home
  
Population: Dynamics/Interpret
The learner will be able to interpret population dynamics.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, 1.3 Home
  
Population: Dynamics/Examine
The learner will be able to examine population dynamics.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, 1.3 Home
  
Fossil Fuels: House/Plan/Free
The learner will be able to plan a house that would be virtually free of using fossil fuels for heating and electrical power.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 3, Std 4.0 Home
  
Fossil Fuels: Rely/Assess
The learner will be able to assess the consequences of continuing to rely on fossil fuels.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 2, Std 4.0 Home
  
Waste: Affect/Discover/Environment
The learner will be able to discover how waste production and management affect the environment.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, 3.3 Home
  
Waste: Study/Efforts
The learner will be able to study governments or industries that make efforts to reduce waste production.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 3, Std 3.0 Home
  
Waste: Management/Find/Impacts
The learner will be able to find the similarities and differences in the impacts waste management methods have on the reserves of resources.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 2, Std 3.0 Home
  
Agriculture: History/Study
The learner will be able to study agricultural history, including technological changes, legislation, values and attitudes, and local and global interactions.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 3, Std 5.0 Home
  
Pollution: Comprehend/Energy
The learner will be able to comprehend pollution as it relates to types of energy.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, 4.2 Home
  
Pollution: Impacts/Understand
The learner will be able to understand how pollution impacts the environment.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, 5.1 Home
  
Pollution: Control/Comprehend
The learner will be able to comprehend ways to control pollution.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, 5.1 Home
  
Pollution: Causes/Know
The learner will be able to know the causes of pollution.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, 5.1 Home
  
Pollution: Chemistry/Describe
The learner will be able to describe the chemistry related to different pollution problems.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 3, Std 5.0 Home
  
Pollution: Trade-off/Analyze/Scenarios
The learner will be able to analyze scenarios where there are issues of pollution prevention, control, and remediation by applying the concept of trade-off.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 2, Std 5.0 Home
  
Pollution: Find/Similarities/Differences
The learner will be able to given data, find similarities and differences between problems concerning pollution in different regions of his/her state, or in the US.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, Indicators, Level 1, Std 5.0 Home
  
Ecosystems: Dependency/Relationships
The learner will be able to comprehend patterns of interdependency in ecosystems.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Ecology, 1.5 Home
  
Ecosystems: Succession/Explain<