Alignment to Standards for MT
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | S3.2.gr1.A. | Define herbivore and carnivore |
| 1 | S3.2.gr1.B. | Classify herbivore/carnivore |
| 1 | S4.1.1-4 | Describe and give examples of earths changing features: Earth, planet, star, sun, land, water, lake, pond, river, mountain, desert, valley, volcano, ocean |
| 1 | S4.1.gr1.A. | Identify examples of land features: mountain, hill, valley, volcano, land, planet |
| 1 | S4.1.gr1.B. | Identify examples of water features: water, lake, pond, river, mountain, desert, valley, volcano, ocean |
| 2 | S3.1.gr3,4 | plants and animals have structures and systems that serve different functions for growth, survival, and reproduction |
| 2 | S3.4.gr4.A. | Use a simple classification system for plants and animals characteristics, classify, classification system |
| 2 | S4.1.gr2.A. | Compare/contrast earths natural features: Earth, land, water, lake, pond, river, mountain, desert, valley, volcano, ocean |
| 2 | S4.1.grK-4 | Describe and give examples of earths changing features |
| 2 | S4.2.grK-4 | Describe and measure the physical properties of earths basic materials (including soil, rocks, water and gases) and the resources they provide |
| 2 | S4.4.gr2.A. | Recognize that all types of precipitation are different forms of water |
| 3 | S2.2.gr3.B. | Classify objects according to their physical properties. i.e., size, shape, color, texture, mass |
| 3 | S3.1.gr3.B. | Identify plant and animal structures, i.e., plants: root, stem, leaf. animal: bones, skin living, plant, animal, energy, habitat, nutrients, oxygen |
| 3 | S3.4.gr3-4 | cause and effect relationships between nonliving and living components with ecosystems; and explain individual response to the changes in the environment including identifying differences between inherited, instinctual, and learned behaviors |
| 3 | S4.1.gr3.A. | Identify examples of Earths features, i.e., rocks and soil |
| 3 | S4.1.gr3.B. | List materials that make up soil, i.e., weathered rock, humus, water, and air |
| 3 | S4.1.gr3.D. | Identify causes of erosion |
| 3 | S4.4.gr3.A. | Differentiate between melting, freezing, evaporation, condensation, and precipitation |
| 3 | S4.5.gr3.A. | Distinguish between weather and climate |
| 3 | S5.4.gr3,4.A. | List and discuss environmental problems and concerns. |
| 4 | S3.1.gr4.D. | Identify that animals have systems for certain functions |
| 4 | S3.2.gr4.A. | Define producer, consumer, decomposer, food chain, food web. |
| 4 | S3.4.gr4.B. | Identify adaptations in a variety of organisms that are specific to survival in their environment. |
| 4 | S3.4.gr4.C. | Define instinctual behaviors, inherited behaviors, and learned behaviors. |
| 4 | S3.4.gr4.D. | Classify living things by instinctual, inherited, and learned behaviors. |
| 4 | S3.4.gr4.E. | Compare and contrast the instinctual, inherited, and learned behaviors |
| 4 | S3.5.grK-4. | Create and use a classification system to group a variety of plants and animals according to their similarities and differences |
| 4 | S3.5.grK-4.D. | Identify rules for classification |
| 4 | S3.5.grK-4.E. | Place organisms into groups according to the classification rules classify, similarities, differences, classification system |
| 4 | S4.1.gr4.A. | Define and illustrate the following terms: erosion, weathering, volcanoes, earthquakes, glaciations |
| 4 | S4.1.gr4.B. | Describe the changes that occur to earth features in each event |
| 4 | S4.1.gr4.C. | Illustrate the effects of the changes in Earths surface |
| K | S3.5.grK B. | Group objects using a simple classification system |
| K | S4.1.grK.B. | List earths features |
| K | S4.1.grK.C. | Identify local land and water features |
| K-4 | S3.K-4 | characteristics, structures and function of living things, the process and diversity of life, and how living organisms interact with each other and their environment. |
| K-4 | SS K-4 3.1. | identify and use various representations of the Earth (e.g., maps, globes, photographs, latitude and longitude, scale). |
| K-4 | SS K-4 3.2. | locate on a map or globe physical features (e.g., continents, oceans, mountain ranges, land forms) natural features (e.g., flora, fauna) and human features (e.g., cities, states, national borders). |
| K-4 | SS K-4 3.5. | use appropriate geographic resources (e.g., atlases, databases, charts, grid systems, technology, graphs, maps) to gather information about local communities, reservations, Montana, the United States, and the world. |
