| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|
| 1 |
112.12 (b) (10) |
organisms resemble their parents and have structures and processes that help them survive within their environments. |
| 1 |
112.12 (b) (10) (A) |
external characteristics of an animal are related to where it lives, how it moves, and what it eats |
| 1 |
112.12 (b) (10) (D) |
observe and record life cycles of animals such as a chicken, frog, or fish. |
| 1 |
112.12 (b) (5) (A) |
classify objects by observable properties of the materials from which they are made such as larger and smaller, heavier and lighter, shape, color, and texture |
| 1 |
112.12 (b) (7) |
the natural world includes rocks, soil, and water that can be observed in cycles, patterns, and systems. |
| 1 |
112.12 (b) (8) (C) |
identify characteristics of the seasons of the year and day and night |
| 1 |
112.12 (b) (9) |
the living environment is composed of relationships between organisms and the life cycles that occur. |
| 1 |
112.12 (b) (9) (C) |
interdependence among living organisms such as energy transfer through food chains and animals using plants for shelter. |
| 2 |
112.13. (b) (10) (A) |
compare how the physical characteristics and behaviors of animals help them meet their basic needs such as fins help fish move and balance in the water |
| 2 |
112.13. (b) (8) |
there are recognizable patterns in the natural world and among objects in the sky. |
| 2 |
112.13. (b) (8) (B) |
identify the importance of weather and seasonal information to make choices in clothing, activities, and transportation |
| 2 |
112.13. (b) (9) (B) |
factors in the environment, including temperature and precipitation, that affect growth and behavior such as migration, hibernation, and dormancy of living things |
| 2 |
112.13. (b) (9) (C) |
ways living organisms depend on each other and on their environments such as food chains |
| 3 |
112.14. (b) (10) |
organisms undergo similar life processes and have structures that help them survive within their environments. |
| 3 |
112.14. (b) (10) (A) |
explore how structures and functions of plants and animals allow them to survive in a particular environment |
| 3 |
112.14. (b) (10) (B) |
some characteristics of organisms are inherited such as the number of limbs on an animal or flower color and recognize that some behaviors are learned in response to living in a certain environment such as animals using tools to get food |
| 3 |
112.14. (b) (10) (C) |
how animals and plants undergo a series of orderly changes in their diverse life cycles such as tomato plants, frogs, and lady bugs. |
| 3 |
112.14. (b) (8) |
The student knows there are recognizable patterns in the natural world and among objects in the sky. |
| 3 |
112.14. (b) (9) |
organisms have characteristics that help them survive and can describe patterns, cycles, systems, and relationships within the environments. |
| 4 |
112.15. (b) (10) |
organisms undergo similar life processes and have structures that help them survive within their environment. |
| 4 |
112.15. (b) (10) (A) |
explore how adaptations enable organisms to survive in their environment such as comparing birds beaks and leaves on plants |
| 4 |
112.15. (b) (10) (C) |
explore, illustrate, and compare life cycles in living organisms such as butterflies, beetles, radishes, or lima beans. |
| 4 |
112.15. (b) (8) (C) |
collect and analyze data to identify sequences and predict patterns of change in shadows, tides, seasons, and the observable appearance of the Moon over time. |
| 5 |
112.16. (b) (10) |
organisms undergo similar life processes and have structures that help them survive within their environments. |
| 5 |
112.16. (b) (10) (A) |
compare the structures and functions of different species that help them live and survive such as hooves on prairie animals or webbed feet in aquatic animals |
| 5 |
112.16. (b) (10) (B) |
differentiate between inherited traits of plants and animals such as spines on a cactus or shape of a beak and learned behaviors such as an animal learning tricks or a child riding a bicycle |
| 5 |
112.16. (b) (8) |
there are recognizable patterns in the natural world and among the Sun, Earth, and Moon system. |
| 5 |
112.16. (b) (8) (A) |
differentiate between weather and climate |
| 5 |
112.16. (b) (9) |
there are relationships, systems, and cycles within environments. |
| K |
112.11 (b) (10) |
organisms resemble their parents and have structures and processes that help them survive within their environments. |
| K |
112.11 (b) (3) (B) |
make predictions based on observable patterns in nature such as the shapes of leaves |
| K |
112.11 (b) (8) |
there are recognizable patterns in the natural world and among objects in the sky. |
| K |
112.11 (b) (8) (A) |
observe and describe weather changes from day to day and over seasons |
| K |
112.11 (b) (8) (B) |
identify events that have repeating patterns, including seasons of the year and day and night |
| PK |
PK.1. (J) |
compares objects and organisms and identifies similarities and differences |
| PK |
PK.1. (K) |
sorts objects and organisms into groups and begins to describe how groups were organized |
| PK |
PK.2. (B) |
describes properties of objects and characteristics of living things |
| PK |
PK.2. (C) |
begins to recognize patterns in their environment (e.g., day follows night, repeated phrases in storybooks, patterns in carpeting or clothing) |
| PK |
PK.2. (H) |
uses patterns (such as growth and day following night to predict what happens next) |
| PK |
PK.2. (I) |
identifies similarities and differences among objects and organisms |
