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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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Key Idea - MST4.C.LE.LE.1:
Living things are both similar to and different from each other and from nonliving things.

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Performance Indicator - MST4.C.LE.LE.1.3:
Students explain how a one-celled organism is able to function despite lacking the levels of organization present in more complex organisms.

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Major Understandings - MST4.C.LE.LE.1.3a:
The structures present in some single-celled organisms act in a manner similar to the tissues and systems found in multicellular organisms, thus enabling them to perform all of the life processes needed to maintain homeostasis.