| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|
| 1 |
SC:1.2 |
Living things have different structures and behaviors that allow them to meet their basic needs. |
| 1 |
SC:1.2.a/b5 |
Compare and contrast information about animals and plants found in fiction and nonfiction (FCM) sources. |
| 1 |
SC:1.2.a2 |
Identify structures and behaviors used by mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish and insects to move around, breathe and obtain food and water (e.g., legs/wings/fins, gills/lungs, claws/fingers, etc.) |
| 1 |
SC:1.3.a |
Some organisms undergo metamorphosis during their life cycles; other organisms grow and change, but their basic form stays essentially the same. |
| 1 |
SC:1.3.a1 |
Explain that living things experience a life cycle during which they undergo a predictable sequence of changes from birth, growth, reproduction and death. |
| 1 |
SC:1.3.a2 |
Distinguish between animals that are born alive (e.g., humans, dogs, cows) and those that hatch from eggs (e.g., chickens, sea turtles, crocodiles). |
| 3 |
SC:3.2.a |
Plants and animals have structures and behaviors that help them survive in different environments. |
| 3 |
SC:3.2.a1 |
Compare and contrast the external features and behaviors that enable different animals and plants to get food, water and sunlight; find mates; and be protected in specific land and water habitats. |
| 3 |
SC:3.2.a4 |
Evaluate whether an adaptation gives a plant or animal a survival advantage in a given environment. |
| K |
SC:K.1.a3 |
Classify organisms or objects by one and two observable properties and explain the rule used for sorting (e.g., size, color, shape, texture or flexibility). |
| K |
SC:K.1.a6 |
Count, order and sort objects by their observable properties.6. |
| K |
SC:K.2 |
Many different kinds of living things inhabit the Earth. |
| K |
SC:K.2.a4 |
similarities and differences between plants and animals. |
| K |
SC:K.2.a6 |
varied individuals of the same kind of living thing (e.g., different color rabbits are all rabbits; different breeds of dogs are all dogs). |
| K |
SC:K.4.a3 |
Compare and contrast the materials used by humans and animals to build shelters. |
| Pre-K |
SC:PK.2 |
Many different kinds of living things inhabit the Earth. |
| Pre-K |
SC:PK.2.a.3 |
distinguish between the characteristics of plants and animals. |
