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Museum Ecologist SEEd Standards

SEEd Standards Covered

We do our best to focus our support and tailor each course to the cohort's needs and interests. The Museum Ecologist online and in-person coursework covers:

Strand K.2: Living things and their surroundings

Strand 1.2: The needs of living things and their offspring

Strand 2.1: Changes in the Earth’s surface

Strand 2.2: Living things and their habitats

Strand 3.2: Effects of traits on survival

Strand 4.1: Organisms functioning in their environment

Strand 5.1: Characteristics and interactions of Earth’s systems

Strand 5.3: Cycling of matter in ecosystems

Strand 6.4: Stability and change in ecosystems

Strand 7.3: Structure and function of life

Strand 7.4: Reproduction and inheritance

Strand 7.5: Changes in species over time

Strand 8.3: Life systems store and transfer matter and energy

Strand 8.4: Interactions with natural systems and resources

Strand BIO.1: Interactions with organisms and the environment

Strand BIO.4: Evolutionary change

Stand ESS.4: Stability and change in natural resources

 

Utah Social Studies Standards:

Third Grade Strand 2: Your community

Third Grade Strand 3: Your rights and responsibilities as a community member

Fourth Grade Strand 1: Utah’s unique geography

Fourth Grade Strand 2: Pre-expansion (before 1847) (Museum Ecologist: Deserts)

Fourth Grade Strand 5: A new millenia (2000-present) (Museum Ecologist: Cities)

Fifth Grade Strand 6: Current national issues and potential solutions

Sixth Grade Strand 4: Our modern world (world religions, Cold War era, current global events/issues) (Museum Ecologist: Cities)