Alignment to Standards for IN
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SC-1.1.2 | seek answers to questions about the world, such as –In what ways do animals move?” |
| 1 | SC-1.4.3 | animals eat plants or other animals for food. |
| 1 | SS-1.3.6 | Explain the effect of seasonal change on plants, animals, and people. |
| 1 | SS-1.4.1 | Identify goods that people use. |
| 2 | SC-2.3.1 | some events in nature have a repeating pattern, such as seasons, day and night, life cycles, and migrations. |
| 2 | SC-2.3.1 | Investigate by observing and then describe that some events in nature have a repeating pattern, such as seasons, day and night, life cycles, and migrations. |
| 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-2.4.4 | 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-3.3.5 | Give examples of how change, such as weather patterns, is a continual process occurring on Earth. |
| 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-3.4.3 | Observe that and describe how offspring are very much, but not exactly, like their parents and like one another. |
| 3 | SC-3.4.4 | all kinds of animalsê food can be traced back to plants. |
| 3 | SS-3.3.7 | Describe how climate and the physical characteristics of a region affect the vegetation and animal life living there. |
| 4 | SC-4.3.3 | Identify salt as the major difference between fresh and ocean waters. |
| 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. |
| 4 | SC-4.4.6 | Explain how in all environments, organisms are growing, dying, and decaying, and new organisms are being produced by the old ones. |
| 5 | SC-5.4.2 | Observe and describe that some living things consist of a single cell that needs food, water, air, a way to dispose of waste, and an environment in which to live. |
| 5 | SC-5.4.4 | in any particular environment, some kinds of plants and animals survive well, some do not survive as well, and some cannot survive at all. |
| 5 | SC-5.4.4 | Explain that in any particular environment, some kinds of plants and animals survive well, some do not survive as well, and some cannot survive at all. |
| 5 | SC-5.4.5 | Explain how changes in an organismês habitat are sometimes beneficial and sometimes harmful. |
| K | SC-K.2.1 | Use whole numbers*, up to 10, in counting, identifying, sorting, and describing objects and experiences. |
| 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. |
| K | SS-K.3.5 | seasonal weather changes and weather affects people and the environment. |
