The Puzzle of our Environment - How are we all connected?

An Integrated, Interdisciplinary, Thematic, Standards-based Unit for sixth grade investigating the relationships between living things and their environments. The study of life science involves interactions between living things and their environments and Diversity and adaptation among living things. Due to changes in our global society, the investigation of how living things interact with one another and with nonliving elements if their environment is vital to the survival if our earth. It is of equal importance to understand the adaptations made by living things in order to survive and thrive in a changing world.