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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.I: Intermediate

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

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

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Performance Indicator - MST4.I.LE.1.2:
Students explain the functioning of the major human organ systems and their interactions.

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Major Understandings - MST4.I.LE.1.2h:
The nervous and endocrine systems interact to control and coordinate the body's responses to changes in the environment, and to regulate growth, development, and reproduction. Hormones are chemicals produced by the endocrine system; hormones regulate many body functions.