Alignment to Standards for DC
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SC.1.4. | Different types of plants and animals inhabit the Earth. |
| 1 | SC.1.4.2. | there can be differences, such as size or markings, among the individuals within one particular plant or animal group (e.g., maple trees, zebras). Variation is a normal characteristic of many kinds of living things. |
| 1 | SC.1.4.5. | Identify the external features that local plants and animals have (such as those found in schoolyards or in city neighborhoods) that enable them to survive in their environment. |
| 2 | G 2.1.1. | Understand how maps and globes depict geographical information in different ways. (G) |
| 2 | SC.2.6. | Plants and animals have structures that serve different functions in growth, survival, and reproduction. |
| 2 | SC.2.6.1. | visible, external features of plants and animals and describe how these features help them live in different environments. |
| 2 | SC.2.7.4. | materials in nature, such as grass, twigs, sticks, and leaves, can be recycled and used again, sometimes in different forms, as birds do in making their nests. |
| 2 | SC.2.8. | Many different types of plants and animals inhabit the Earth. |
| 3 | SC.3.5.1. | living things can be sorted into groups in many ways using various properties, such as how they look, where they live, and how they act, in order to decide which things belong to which group. |
| 3 | SC.3.7.4. | Recognize that food provides energy as well as materials for growth, maintenance, and repair of body parts. |
| 4 | SC.4.7.1. | Explain that organisms interact with one another in various ways, such as providing food, pollination, and seed dispersal. |
| 5 | SC.5.8. | Many characteristics of an organism are inherited from the parents, but others result from the influence of the environment. |
| 5 | SC.5.8.2. | List some characteristics of plants and animals that are fully inherited (e.g., form of flower, shape of leaves) and others that are affected by the climate or environmental conditions (e.g., browning of leaves from too much sun, language spoken). |
| 5 | SC.5.9.7. | Recognize that some behaviors are instinctive (turtles burying their eggs) and others learned (wolfês hunting skills). |
| K | G K.1. 2. | Demonstrate familiarity with what a map is and what a globe is. (G) |
| K | H K.3. 1. | Identify days of the week and months of the year. |
| K-2 | G K-2.1. | Students use map and globe skills to determine the locations of places. |
| K-2 | H K-2.3. | Students distinguish fact from fiction. |
