Alignment to Standards for MA
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.SS.4. | map is a representation of a space, such as the classroom, the school, the neighborhood, town, city, state, country, or world. (G) |
| 1 | 1.SS.7. | Define and give examples of a continent, mountain, river, lake, and ocean. (G) |
| 2 | 2-SSLS..5 | Locate major mountains or mountain ranges in the world such as the Andes, Alps, Himalayas, Mt. Everest, Mt. McKinley, and the Rocky Mountains. (G) |
| 2 | 2-SSLS..7 | On a map of the world, locate the continent, regions, or countries from which students, their parents, guardians, grandparents, or other relatives or ancestors came. With the help of family members and the school librarian, describe traditional food, cust |
| 2 | 2.SS.4. | Describe how maps and globes depict geographical information in different ways. (G) |
| 4 | 4-SSLS..12 | Identify and describe unique features of the United States (e.g., the Everglades, the Grand Canyon, Mount Rushmore, the Redwood Forest, Yellowstone National Park, and Yosemite National Park). (G) |
| 5-Mar | E&S:3-5.10. | Describe how water on earth cycles in different forms and in different locations, including underground and in the atmosphere. |
| 5-Mar | E&S:3-5.12. | slow processes such as erosion and weathering, and rapid processes such as landslides, volcanic eruptions, and earthquakes. |
| 5-Mar | E&S:3-5.9. | Differentiate between weather and climate. |
| 5-Mar | LS:3-5.1 | Classify plants and animals according to the physical characteristics that they share. |
| 5-Mar | LS:3-5.10 | organisms cause changes in their environment, some of these changes may affect the ecosystem. |
| 5-Mar | LS:3-5.5 | observed characteristics of plants and animals that are fully inherited (e.g., color of flower, shape of leaves, color of eyes, number of appendages) and characteristics that are affected by the climate or environment (e.g., browning |
| 5-Mar | LS:3-5.6 | adaptations to changes in the environment that enable organisms to survive, e.g., shape of beak or feet, placement of eyes on head, length of neck, shape of teeth, color. |
| 5-Mar | LS:3-5.7 | Give examples of how changes in the environment (drought, cold) have caused some plants and animals to die or move to new locations (migration). |
| 5-Mar | LS:3-5.8 | organisms meet needs in an environment by using behaviors in response to information (stimuli) received from the environment. |
| 5-Mar | LS:3-5.9 | Recognize that many plants and animals can survive harsh environments because of seasonal behaviors |
| PK-2 | E&S:PK-2.1. | Recognize that water, rocks, soil, and living organisms are found on the earthês surface. |
| PK-2 | LS:PK-2.4 | Describe ways in which many plants and animals closely resemble their parents in observed appearance. |
| PK-K | K.SS.5. | Tell or show what a map is and what a globe is. (G) |
