Alignment to Standards for GA
Grade | Number | Standard |
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1 | S1CS3. | Students will use tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating objects in scientific activities. |
1 | S1CS4. c | Compare very different sizes, weights, ages (baby/adult), and speeds (fast/slow) of both human made and natural things. |
1 | S1L1. d. | Compare and describe various animalsãappearance, motion, growth, basic needs. |
2 | S2CS3. | Students will use tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating objects in scientific activities. |
2 | S2E3. a. | effects that occur in a specific area caused by weather, plants, animals, and/or people. |
3 | S3CS3. | Students will use tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating objects in scientific activities |
4 | S4L1. c. | Predict how changes in the environment would affect a community (ecosystem) of organisms. |
4 | S4L2. | identify factors that affect the survival or extinction of organisms such as adaptation, variation of behaviors (hibernation), and external features (camouflage and protection). |
4 | S4L2. a. | Identify external features of organisms that allow them to survive or reproduce better than organisms that do not have these features (for example: camouflage, use of hibernation, protection, etc.). |
5 | S5L2. | Students will recognize that offspring can resemble parents in inherited traits and learned behaviors. |
5 | S5L2. a. | Compare and contrast the characteristics of learned behaviors and of inherited traits. |
K | SKCS3. | Students will use tools and instruments for observing, measuring, and manipulating objects in scientific activities. |
K | SKL1. b | Group animals according to their observable features such as appearance, size, motion, where it lives, etc. (Example: A green frog has four legs and hops. A rabbit also hops.) |
K | SKL2. | Students will compare the similarities and differences in groups of organisms. |
K | SKL2. a | Explain the similarities and differences in animals. (color, size, appearance, etc.) |
K | SKL2. d | Match pictures of animal parents and their offspring explaining your reasoning. (Example: dog/puppy; cat/kitten; cow/calf; duck/ducklings, etc.) |