| 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.) |
| 3 |
SC:3.2 |
Organisms can survive and reproduce only in environments that meet their basic needs. |
| 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. |
| 4 |
SC:4.2 |
All organisms depend on the living and nonliving features of the environment for survival. |
| 4 |
SC:4.3 |
Water has a major role in shaping the Earth’s surface. |
| 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-4 |
SS K-4:10.f. |
locate Earth’s major physical and human features (including cities, countries, bodies of water, etc.) |
| K-4 |
SS K-4:11.d. |
locate Earth’s major physical and human features (including cities, countries, bodies of water, etc.) |
| K-4 |
SS K-4:12.c. |
use maps, globes, graphs, models, computer programs and texts, as appropriate |
| 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. |