Alignment to Standards for MD
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SC-1.3.0.B.2.c | Describe some parts of plants and describe what they do for the plant. |
| 1 | SC-1.3.0.E.1. | Describe some of the ways in which animals depend on plants and on each other. |
| 1 | SS-1.3.0.B.1. | Describe places in the environment using geographic characteristics |
| 1 | SS-1.3.0.B.1.a | Identify and describe physical characteristics of a place (physical features, climate, vegetation and animal life) |
| 2 | SC-2.3.0.C.1.a | Investigate and describe that seeds change and grow into plants. |
| 2 | SC-2.3.0.F.1. | Explain that organisms can grow and survive in many very different habitats. |
| 2 | SC-2.3.0.F.1.a | Investigate a variety of familiar and unfamiliar habitats and describe how animals and plants found there maintain their lives and survive to reproduce. |
| 2 | SC-2.3.0.F.1.b | Explain that organisms live in habitats that provide their basic needs: Food, Water, Air, Shelter |
| 2 | SS-2.3.0.B.1. | Classify places and regions in an environment using geographic characteristics |
| 2 | SS-2.3.0.B.1.b | Describe and classify regions using climate, vegetation, animal life, and natural/physical features |
| 4 | SC-4.3.0.E.1.c | Identify the things that are essential for plants to grow and survive. |
| 4 | SC-4.3.0.F.1.a | Explain ways that individuals and groups of organisms interact with each other and their environment. |
| 4 | SC-4.3.0.F.1b | Identify and describe the interactions of organisms present in a habitat: Competition for space, food, and water |
| 5 | SC-5.3.0.A.1. | Explain the idea that in any particular environment, some kinds of plants and animals survive well, some less well, and some cannot survive at all. |
| K | SC-K.3.0.D.1. | living things are found almost everywhere in the world and that there are somewhat different kinds of living things in different places. |
| K | SC-K.3.0.D.1.b | describe and compare living things found in other states such as Texas and Alaska to those found in Maryland. |
| K | SC-K.3.0.E.1.a | Make observations of the features and behaviors of many different kinds of animals within an environment to identify and begin building a list of some of the basic needs these organisms share, such as water, air, etc. |
| K | SC-K.3.0.E.1.c | Make observations of the features of many different kinds of plants within an environment to identify and begin building a list of some of the basic needs these organisms share, such as water, light, etc. |
| K | SC-K.3.0.E.1.d | Describe the way that most plants manage to bring water from the environment into the plant. |
| K | SC-K.3.0.F.1. | Investigate a variety of familiar places where plants and animals live to describe the place and the living things found there. |
| K | SC-K.3.0.F.1.c | Describe ways that animals and plants found in each place interact with each other and with their environment. |
| PK | SS-PK-3.6.0.E.1.a | Distinguish factual from fictional information (anthropomorphic) |
