RPSEC Student Programs for
South Carolina & Georgia Schools

South Carolina Schools

Georgia Schools

Grade 5: SCSS 2.1
Grade 7: SCSS 2.1, 2.2

Grade 5 Science
Ecosystems: Terrestrial and Aquatic
Standard 5-2: The student will demonstrate an understanding of relationships among biotic and abiotic factors within terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. (Life Science)

Indicators:
2.1 Recall the cell as the smallest unit of life and identify its major structures (including cell membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus, and vacuole).

Grade 7 Science
Cells and Heredity
Standard 7-2: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the structure and function of cells, cellular reproduction, and heredity. (Life Science)

Indicators:
2.1 Summarize the structures and functions of the major components of plant and animal cells (including the cell wall, the cell membrane, the nucleus, chloroplasts, mitochondria, and vacuoles).
2.2 Compare the major components of plant and animal cells.

Grade 5: S5L3 b
Grade 7: S7L2 a, b, c, d

Grade 5 Science
S5L3: Students will diagram and label parts of various cells (plant, animal, single-celled, multi-celled).

Indicator:
b. Identify parts of a plant cell (membrane, wall, cytoplasm, nucleus, chloroplasts) and of an animal cell (membrane, cytoplasm, and nucleus) and determine the function of the parts.

Grade 7 Science
S7L2: Students will describe the structure and function of cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems.

Indicators:
a. Explain that cells take in nutrients in order to grow and divide and to make needed materials.
b. Relate cell structures (cell membrane, nucleus, cytoplasm, chloroplasts, mitochondria) to basic cell functions.
c. Explain that cells are organized into tissues, tissues into organs, organs into systems, and systems into organisms.
d. Explain that tissues, organs, and organ systems serve the needs cells have for oxygen, food, and waste removal.