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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.6:
Plants and animals depend on each other and their physical environment.

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Introduction - MST4.E.LE.6.Introduction:

Plants and animals interact in a number of ways that affect their survival. The survival of plants and animals varies, in response to their particular environment. As the physical environment changes over time, plants and animals change.

Younger students should focus on simple, observable associations of organisms with their environments. Their studies of interactions among organisms within an environment should start with relationships they can directly observe.

Note: Although the concept of plants making their own food may be difficult for elementary students to grasp, they should understand that the Sun is the ultimate source of energy for life and physical cycles on Earth.

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Performance Indicator - MST4.E.LE.6.1:
Students describe how plants and animals, including humans, depend upon each other and the nonliving environment.

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Performance Indicator - MST4.E.LE.6.2:
Students describe the relationship of the sun as an energy source for living and nonliving cycles.