Alignment to Standards for IN
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SC-1.4.3 | animals eat plants or other animals for food. |
| 1 | SC-1.4.4 | Explain that most living things need water, food, and air. |
| 2 | SC-2.4.1 | Observe and identify different external features of plants and animals and describe how these features help them live in different environments. |
| 2 | SC-2.4.2 | Observe that and describe how animals may use plants, or even other animals, for shelter and nesting. |
| 2 | SC-2.4.3 | plants and animals both need to take in water, animals need to take in food & oxygen, and plants need light. |
| 2 | SC-2.4.4 | living things are found almost everywhere in the world and that there are somewhat different kinds in different places. |
| 2 | SC-2.4.5 | materials in nature, such as grass, twigs, sticks, and leaves, can be recycled and used again, sometimes in different forms, such as in birdsê nests. |
| 3 | SC-3.4.1 | living things can be sorted into groups in many ways using various features, such as how they look, where they live, and how they act, to decide which things belong to which group. |
| 3 | SC-3.4.2 | Explain that features used for grouping depend on the purpose of the grouping. |
| 3 | SC-3.4.4 | all kinds of animalsê food can be traced back to plants. |
| 3 | SC-3.4.6 | Explain that people need water, food, air, waste removal, and a particular range of temperatures, just as other animals do. |
| 4 | SC-4.4.3 | organisms interact with one another in various ways, such as providing food, pollination, and seed dispersal. |
| 4 | SC-4.4.4 | some source of energy is needed for all organisms to stay alive and grow. |
| K | SC-K.4.1 | Give examples of plants and animals. |
| K | SC-K.4.2 | plants and animals, describing how they are alike and how they are different in the way they look and in the things they do. |
