Alignment to Standards for CA
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 S LS--2 | Plants and animals meet their needs in different ways. |
| 1 | 1 S LS--2.a. | Different plants and animals inhabit different kinds of environments and have external features that help them thrive in different kinds of places. |
| 1 | 1 S LS--2.b. | both plants and animals need water, animals need food, and plants need light. |
| 1 | 1 S LS--2.c. | animals eat plants or other animals for food and may also use plants or even other animals for shelter and nesting. |
| 3 | 3 S LS--3 | Adaptations in physical structure or behavior may improve an organisms chance for survival. |
| 3 | 3 S LS--3.a. | plants and animals have structures that serve different functions in growth, survival, and reproduction. |
| 3 | 3 S LS--3.b. | examples of diverse life forms in different environments, such as oceans, deserts, tundra, forests, grasslands, and wetlands. |
| 3 | 3 S LS--3.c. | living things cause changes in the environment in which they live: some of these changes are detrimental to the organism or other organisms, and some are beneficial. |
| 4 | 4 S LS--2 | All organisms need energy and matter to live and grow. |
| 4 | 4 S LS--3 | Living organisms depend on one another and on their environment for survival. |
| 4 | 4 S LS--3.a. | ecosystems can be characterized by their living and nonliving components. |
| 4 | 4 S LS--3.b. | in any particular environment, some kinds of plants and animals survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all. |
| 4 | 4 S LS--3.c. | many plants depend on animals for pollination and seed dispersal, and animals depend on plants for food and shelter. |
| K | K S LS--2.c. | identify major structures of common plants and animals (e.g., stems, leaves, roots, arms, wings, legs). |
| K | K SS 4) | compare/contrast locations of people, places, and environments and describe their characteristics. |
