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Colorado Reader - Teacher’s Guide Ag in the Classroom - Helping the Next Generation Understand Their Connection to Agriculture Colorado Native Plants Colorado Academic Standard Focus 4th and 5th Grade Life Science: • Analyze the relationship between structure and function in living systems at a variety of organizational levels, and recognize living systems’ dependence on natural selection • Explain and illustrate with examples how living systems interact with the biotic and abiotic environment • Analyze how various organisms grow, develop, and d