| 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-1.312 |
recognize that organisms grow, change, and die over time and record and communicate various changes observed in living things through writings, drawings, and discussions. |
| 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-2.314 |
observe the life cycle of a selected organism (e.g., plant, butterfly, frog, etc.) and recognize that the phases of the life cycle are predictable and describable. |
| 2 |
SC-2.316 |
identify and describe specific features of an organism that help it survive in its environment. |
| 2 |
SC-2.317 |
observe parents and offspring from a selected species of organism and identify characteristics that offspring have in common with their parents and characteristics which are different from their parents. |
| 2 |
SC-2.318 |
identify evidence of changes in growth and development of an organism such as shedding of skin, increase in body size, increase in excrement, decrease in the amount of food eaten. |
| 2 |
SC-2.319 |
observe growth and change in the life cycle of an organism and relate this to change and growth in their (students) own bodies. |
| 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-5.314 |
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. |
| K |
SC-K.301 |
observe and describe the properties of a variety of living and non-living things using the 5 senses. |
