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GUIDING PRINCIPLES
Each Maine student must leave school as:
A CLEAR AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATOR
uses oral, written, visual, artistic and technological
modes of expression;
reads, listens to and interprets messages from multiple
sources; and
uses English and at least one other language.
CONTENT AREAS, STANDARDS,
AND PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
The explosive growth of scientific knowledge and
continuing developments in technology are transforming society.
These rapid changes require that students learn to access, understand,
and evaluate current information by utilizing the skills and knowledge
of science and technology. Science includes processes and a body
of knowledge.
A. CLASSIFYING LIFE FORMS
Students will understand that there are similarities
within the diversity of all living things.
Modern classification systems are based on comparisons of
the structure, function, life-cycles, and behavior of organisms.
ELEMENTARY GRADES Pre-K-2
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Identify the differences between living and nonliving
things.
Describe characteristics of different living things.
Explain, draw, or otherwise demonstrate the life
cycle of an organism.
Design and describe a classification system for objects.
EXAMPLE
Given a collection of shells, sort them into groups
and describe the "rule" for each group.
