Alignment to Standards for CT
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SC:1.2 | Living things have different structures and behaviors that allow them to meet their basic needs. |
| 1 | SC:1.2.a | Animals need air (oxygen), water and food to survive |
| 1 | SC:1.2.a/b5 | Compare and contrast information about animals and plants found in fiction and nonfiction (FCM) sources. |
| 1 | SC:1.2.a1 | most animals and plants need water, food and air to stay alive. |
| 3 | SC:3.2 | Organisms can survive and reproduce only in environments that meet their basic needs. |
| 3 | SC:3.2.a | Plants and animals have structures and behaviors that help them survive in different environments. |
| 3 | SC:3.2.a1 | Compare and contrast the external features and behaviors that enable different animals and plants to get food, water and sunlight; find mates; and be protected in specific land and water habitats. |
| 3 | SC:3.2.a4 | Evaluate whether an adaptation gives a plant or animal a survival advantage in a given environment. |
| 4 | SC:4.2 | All organisms depend on the living and nonliving features of the environment for survival. |
| 4 | SC:4.2.a1 | Give examples of ways that living and nonliving things are interdependent within an ecosystem. |
| K | SC:K.2 | Many different kinds of living things inhabit the Earth. |
| K | SC:K.2.a | Living things have certain characteristics that distinguish them from nonliving things, including growth, movement, reproduction and response to stimuli. |
| K | SC:K.2.a1 | Observe and describe differences between living and nonliving things in terms of growth, offspring and need for energy from –food.” |
| K | SC:K.2.a4 | similarities and differences between plants and animals. |
| Pre-K | SC:PK.2 | Many different kinds of living things inhabit the Earth. |
| Pre-K | SC:PK.2.a. | Living things have certain characteristics that distinguish them from nonliving things, including growth, movement, reproduction and response to stimuli. |
| Pre-K | SC:PK.2.a.1 | Use the senses and simple tools to make observations of characteristics and behaviors of living and nonliving things. |
| Pre-K | SC:PK.2.a.2 | Give examples of living things and nonliving things. |
| Pre-K | SC:PK.2.a.3 | distinguish between the characteristics of plants and animals. |
