| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|
| 1 |
SC-1.311 |
recognize that in addition to common basic needs, organisms also have specific needs such as type of water, range of temperature, type of food. |
| 1 |
SC-1.314 |
sort and group plants and animals based on their physical properties or behavioral characteristics. |
| 1 |
SC-1.316 |
sort and group solids based on physical properties such as color, shape, ability to roll or stack, hardness, magnetic attraction, or whether they sink or float in water. |
| 2 |
SC-2.316 |
identify and describe specific features of an organism that help it survive in its environment. |
| 4 |
SC-4.317 |
structures in living organisms (plants and animals) that enable them to reproduce, grow, and survive in their environment. |
| 4 |
SC-4.318 |
develop simple classification systems (properties of germination, territorial behavior) based on similarities and differences in the structures or behavior of living organisms. |
| 5 |
SC-5.311 |
relationships within an ecosystem such as food chains or simple food webs. |
| 5 |
SC-5.313 |
food chains or a web of food chains) that include the Sun, producers, consumers, and decomposers. |
| 5 |
SC-5.314 |
categorize the organisms within an ecosystem according to the function they serve: producers, consumers, or decomposers. |
| 5 |
SC-5.315 |
observe a variety of living organisms within natural or simulated ecosystems and identify structures, features, and behaviors of the organisms that enable them to survive in their ecosystems. |
| 5 |
SC-5.317 |
changes to a particular ecosystem from either natural or human-made events and explain whether the changes are beneficial or harmful. |
| K |
SC-K.301 |
observe and describe the properties of a variety of living and non-living things using the 5 senses. |
| K |
SC-K.311 |
observe and describe changes in the physical properties of objects (wood – saw dust, candy bar left in the sun) that take place when they are exposed to a variety of treatments temperature, sunlight, water). : |
