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From this browse and search tool, you will find the New York State (NYS) Learning Standards statements for all seven standard areas across grades Pre K - 12. The NYS Learning Standards provides the foundation for the NYS Assessments and the local core curriculum.

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Standard Area - MST: Math, Science & Technology

Standard - MST4: Science
Students will understand and apply scientific concepts, principles, and theories pertaining to the physical setting and living environment and recognize the historical development of ideas in science.

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Academic Level - MST4.E: Elementary

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Key Idea Code - MST4.E.LE: The Living Environment

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Key Idea - MST4.E.LE.5:
Organisms maintain a dynamic equilibrium that sustains life.

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Performance Indicator - MST4.E.LE.5.2:
Students describe some survival behaviors of common living specimens.

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Major Understandings - MST4.E.LE.5.2a:
Plants respond to changes in their environment. For example, the leaves of some green plants change position as the direction of light changes; the parts of some plants undergo seasonal changes that enable the plant to grow; seeds germinate, and leaves form and grow.

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Major Understandings - MST4.E.LE.5.2b:
Animals respond to change in their environment, (e.g., perspiration, heart rate, breathing rate, eye blinking, shivering, and salivating).

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Major Understandings - MST4.E.LE.5.2c:
Senses can provide essential information (regarding danger, food, mates, etc.) to animals about their environment.

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Major Understandings - MST4.E.LE.5.2d:
Some animals, including humans, move from place to place to meet their needs.

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Major Understandings - MST4.E.LE.5.2e:
Particular animal characteristics are influenced by changing environmental conditions including: fat storage in winter, coat thickness in winter, camouflage, shedding of fur.

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Major Understandings - MST4.E.LE.5.2f:
Some animal behaviors are influenced by environmental conditions. These behaviors may include: nest building, hibernating, hunting, migrating, and communicating.

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Major Understandings - MST4.E.LE.5.2g:
The health, growth, and development of organisms are affected by environmental conditions such as the availability of food, air, water, space, shelter, heat, and sunlight.