| 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) (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) (B) |
identify and describe a variety of natural sources of water, including streams, lakes, and oceans |
| 1 |
112.12 (b) (7) (C) |
gather evidence of how rocks, soil, and water help to make useful products. |
| 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. |
| 1 |
113.3. (1.5) |
The student understands the purpose of maps and globes. |
| 1 |
113.3. (1.6) (A) |
physical characteristics of places such as landforms, bodies of water, natural resources, and weather; |
| 2 |
111.14 (2.11) (B) |
is expected to draw conclusions and answer questions based on picture graphs and bar-type graphs. |
| 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) (5) (C) |
things can be done to materials to change their physical properties such as cutting, folding, sanding, and melting |
| 2 |
112.13. (b) (7) |
the natural world includes earth materials. |
| 2 |
112.13. (b) (7) (B) |
identify and compare the properties of natural sources of freshwater and saltwater |
| 2 |
112.13. (b) (9) (C) |
ways living organisms depend on each other and on their environments such as food chains |
| 2 |
113.4. (2.5) |
uses simple geographic tools such as maps, globes, and photographs. |
| 2 |
113.4. (2.5) (A) |
use symbols, find locations, and determine directions on maps and globes; and |
| 2 |
113.4. (2.6) |
locations and characteristics of places and regions. |
| 2 |
113.4. (2.6) (A) |
identify major landforms and bodies of water, including continents and oceans, on maps and globes; |
| 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) (5) |
matter has measurable physical properties and those properties determine how matter is classified, changed, and used. |
| 3 |
112.14. (b) (7) |
Earth consists of natural resources and its surface is constantly changing. |
| 3 |
112.14. (b) (7) (C) |
identify and compare different landforms, including mountains, hills, valleys, and plains |
| 3 |
112.14. (b) (7) (D) |
explore the characteristics of natural resources that make them useful in products and materials such as clothing and furniture and how resources may be conserved. |
| 3 |
112.14. (b) (9) |
organisms have characteristics that help them survive and can describe patterns, cycles, systems, and relationships within the environments. |
| 3 |
112.14. (b) (9) (A) |
physical characteristics of environments and how they support populations and communities within an ecosystem |
| 3 |
112.14. (b) (9) (C) |
describe environmental changes such as floods and droughts where some organisms thrive and others perish or move to new locations. |
| 3 |
113.5. (3.5) (A) |
use cardinal and intermediate directions to locate places such as the Amazon River, Himalayan Mountains, and Washington D.C. on maps and globes; |
| 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) (5) |
matter has measurable physical properties and those properties determine how matter is classified, changed, and used. |
| 4 |
112.15. (b) (7) |
Earth consists of useful resources and its surface is constantly changing. |
| 4 |
112.15. (b) (7) (B) |
slow changes to Earths surface caused by weathering, erosion, and deposition from water, wind, and ice |
| 4 |
112.15. (b) (7) (C) |
identify and classify Earths renewable resources, including air, plants, water, and animals; and nonrenewable resources, including coal, oil, and natural gas; and the importance of conservation. |
| 4 |
112.15. (b) (9) |
living organisms within an ecosystem interact with one another and with their environment. |
| 4 |
112.15. (b) (9)(A) |
most producers need sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make their own food, while consumers are dependent on other organisms for food |
| 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) (5) |
matter has measurable physical properties and those properties determine how matter is classified, changed, and used. |
| 5 |
112.16. (b) (7) |
Earths surface is constantly changing and consists of useful resources. |
| 5 |
112.16. (b) (8) (A) |
differentiate between weather and climate |
| 5 |
112.16. (b) (9) |
there are relationships, systems, and cycles within environments. |
| 5 |
112.16. (b) (9) (A) |
observe the way organisms live and survive in their ecosystem by interacting with the living and non-living elements |
| 5 |
112.16. (b) (9) (C) |
predict the effects of changes in ecosystems caused by living organisms, including humans, such as the overpopulation of grazers or the building of highways |
| 5 |
113.7. (5.9) (C) |
analyze the consequences of human modification of the environment in the United States, past and present. |
| 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) (10) (A) |
sort plants and animals into groups based on physical characteristics such as color, size, body covering, or leaf shape |
| K |
112.11 (b) (3) (A) |
identify and explain a problem such as the impact of littering on the playground and propose a solution in his/her own words |
| K |
112.11 (b) (5) (B) |
materials can be changed by heating or cooling. |
| K |
112.11 (b) (7) |
the natural world includes earth materials. |
| K |
112.11 (b) (7) (B) |
observe and describe physical properties of natural sources of water, including color and clarity |
| K |
112.11 (b) (7) (C) |
give examples of ways rocks, soil, and water are useful. |
| K |
113.2. (K.16) (B) |
create and interpret visuals including pictures and maps. |
| K |
113.2. (K.5) (A) |
identify the physical characteristics of places such as landforms, bodies of water, natural resources, and weather; and |
| 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 observe changes in size, color, position, weather, and sound |
| PK |
PK.2. (I) |
identifies similarities and differences among objects and organisms |
