{"product_id":"chihuahuan-desert-ecosystem","title":"Chihuahuan Desert Ecosystem Investigation Kit","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eIn this investigation, students figure out how changes to the plants or animals in an ecosystem affect the other members of the food web and how that affects the flow of energy in a food web.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eChihuahuan Desert\u003c\/strong\u003e Ecosystem kit includes all the materials students will need to design and carry out an investigation in the 5th-grade science book (NGSS \u0026amp; TEKS Edition). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis kit contains enough materials for 6 groups of students to design and carry out this investigation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW49541750 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW49541750 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW49541750 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW49541750 BCX0\"\u003eAlignment with Academic Standards \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW49541750 BCX0\"\u003efor Science\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW49541750 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW49541750 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW49541750 BCX0\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW49541750 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TableContainer Ltr SCXW49541750 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"{9e731f1e-c24d-4bf9-9a21-d32bad321ea9}{117}\" class=\"WACAltTextDescribedBy SCXW49541750 BCX0\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"Table Ltr TableWordWrap SCXW49541750 BCX0\" border=\"1\" data-tablestyle=\"MsoTableGrid\" data-tablelook=\"1184\" 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BCX0\"\u003ePerformance Expectation, Benchmark or Standard\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW49541750 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr class=\"TableRow SCXW49541750 BCX0\" role=\"row\" aria-rowindex=\"2\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"FirstCol SCXW49541750 BCX0\" role=\"rowheader\" data-celllook=\"0\" style=\"width: 29.1071%;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TableCellContent SCXW49541750 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW49541750 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW49541750 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW49541750 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW49541750 BCX0\"\u003eNGSS (and state standards based on the NGSS)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW49541750 BCX0\" 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