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title: "SEN3: Insects in Food and Commerce (Georgia Science standard)"
code: SEN3
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Science, SEN3
subject: science
grades:
  - high-school
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# SEN3: Insects in Food and Commerce

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the impact of insects on the production of food and other products and in popular culture and commerce.

- Subject: Science
- Appears in: High School, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/science/high-school.md

## Expectations

- **SEN3.a**: Construct explanations of the contributions of insects to human culture and commerce (e.g., music, art, silk, honey, lacquer, and dyes).
- **SEN3.b**: Construct an argument based on evidence to demonstrate the importance of an insect’s ecological niche in food production and food sources (e.g., pollinators of agricultural crops, human protein source, biomass pyramid).
- **SEN3.c**: Analyze and interpret data about the economic impact of insects as pests in agriculture, stored food, buildings, and domesticated animals (e.g., spotted-wing drosophila, sawtooth grain beetle, termites, fleas, flies).

## Georgia Milestones coverage

No Georgia Milestones blueprint cites this standard.

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.