4.SCI.12.A
Investigate and explain how most producers can make their own food using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide through the cycling of matter.
Grade 4 · Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · TEKS 2022
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producersfoodsunlightwatercarbon dioxidecycling of matter
Skills
- investigate (how producers make their own food) #dok2
- explain (the process by which most producers use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make food) #dok2
- describe (the cycling of matter in relation to food production in producers) #dok2
Learning Targets
- I can investigate how most producers make their own food using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide. #dok2
- I can explain how the cycling of matter allows producers to use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make food. #dok2
- I can describe the process by which producers use resources from their environment to create food. #dok2
Big Ideas
- Most producers make their own food by using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide through the process of cycling matter.
- The cycling of matter through ecosystems is essential for food production and supports life on Earth.
Essential Questions
- How do most producers make their own food?
- What roles do sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide play in food production for producers?
- What is the cycling of matter and how is it related to producers making their own food?
- Why is the ability for producers to make their own food important in ecosystems?
- How does the process used by producers to make food support other organisms in an environment?