| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|
| 1 |
GEO-1)2.A.1 |
Understand maps and globes as representations of places and phenomena. |
| 1 |
SC-1)2.2.1.2. |
living organisms inhabit various environments and have various external features to help them satisfy their needs (e.g., leaves, legs, claws). |
| 1 |
SC-1)2.2.1.3. |
differences and similarities among living organisms (e.g., plants, animals). |
| 1 |
SC-1)2.2.3.1. |
simple body functions (e.g., breathing, eating, sleeping) |
| 1 |
SC-1)2.2.3.3. |
some parts of human bodies differ from similar parts of other animals (hands and feet/paws; ears). |
| 1 |
SC-1)2.3.1.1. |
changes that occur in the sky as day changes into night and night into day. |
| 1 |
SC-1)2.3.1.2. |
the basic patterns of objects as they move through the sky: |
| 1 |
SC-1)2.3.1.2.a |
sun appears in the day |
| 1 |
SC-1)2.3.1.2.c |
sun and moon appear to move across the sky |
| 1 |
SC-1)2.3.1.3. |
the sun, moon, and stars all appear to move slowly across the sky. |
| 1 |
SC-1)2.3.2.2. |
different climates (e.g., desert, arctic, rainforest). |
| 2 |
GEO-2)2.A.1. |
Use a variety of maps to locate specific places and regions. |
| 2 |
GEO-2)2.A.2 |
Identify major landforms, bodies of water, and other places of significance in selected countries, continents, and oceans. |
| 2 |
GEO-2)2.D.1 |
Describe the physical processes that affect the Earth’s features |
| 2 |
SC-2)2.2.2.3. |
the environment influences some characteristics of living things (e.g., amount of sunlight required for plant growth). |
| 3 |
GEO-3)2.A1 |
Identify and use the mapping tools of scale, compass rose, grid, symbols, and mental mapping to locate and draw places on maps and globes. |
| 3 |
SC-3)2.2.1.1. |
an adaptation in physical structure or behavior can improve an organism’s chance for survival (e.g., horned toads, chameleons, cacti, mushrooms). |
| 3 |
SC-3)2.2.1.2. |
plants and animals have structures that serve different functions (e.g., shape of animals’ teeth). |
| 3 |
SC-3)2.2.1.3. |
Classify common animals according to their observable characteristics (e.g., body coverings, structure). |
| 4 |
GEO-4)2.D.1 |
Explain how the Earth-Sun relationships produce day and night, seasons, major climatic variations, and cause the need for time zones. |
| 4 |
GEO-4)2.D.2 |
four provinces (plains, mountains, plateau, and basin and range) that make up New Mexico’s land surface (geographic conditions). |
| 4 |
SC-4)2.2.1.1. |
different living organisms have distinctive structures and body systems that serve specific functions (e.g., walking, flying, swimming). |
| 4 |
SC-4)2.2.2.2. |
a change in physical structure or behavior can improve an organism’s chance of survival (e.g., a chameleon changes color, a turtle pulls its head into its shell, a plant grows toward the light). |
| 4 |
SC-4)2.2.2.3. |
living organisms have developed characteristics to improve chances of survival (e.g., spines on cacti, long beaks on hummingbirds, good eyesight on hawks). |
| K |
GEO-K)2.B.1 |
Identify natural characteristics of places (e.g., climate, topography). |
| K |
GEO-K)2.C.2 |
natural characteristics of places: landforms, bodies of water, natural resources, and weather). |
| K |
SC-K)2.2.1.1. |
major structures of common livings organisms (e.g., stems, leaves, and roots of plants; arms, wings, and legs of animals). |
| K |
SC-K)2.2.2.1. |
similarities and differences in the appearance and behavior of living organisms (e.g., plants, animals). |
| K |
SC-K)2.3.1.2. |
the location and movements of objects in the sky (e.g., stars, sun, moon). |
