Alignment to Standards for SC
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | SC:2-2.1 | Recall the basic needs of animals (including air, water, food, and shelter) for energy, growth, and protection. |
| 2 | SC:2-2.4 | Summarize the interdependence between animals and plants as sources of food and shelter. |
| 2 | SC:2-2.5 | Illustrate the various life cycles of animals (including birth and the stages of development). |
| 3 | SC:3-2.2 | Explain how physical and behavioral adaptations allow organisms to survive (including hibernation, defense, locomotion, movement, food obtainment, and camouflage for animals and seed dispersal, color, and response to light for plants). |
| 3 | SC:3-2.3 | Recall the characteristics of an organisms habitat that allow the organism to survive there. |
| 4 | SC:4-2.3 | Explain how humans and other animals use their senses and sensory organs to detect signals from the environment and how their behaviors are influenced by these signals. |
| 5 | SC:5-2.5 | Explain how limiting factors (including food, water, space, and shelter) affect populations in ecosystems. |
| K | SC:K-2.2 | Identify examples of organisms and nonliving things. |
| K | SC:K-2.3 | Match parents with their offspring to show that plants and animals closely resemble their parents. |
| K | SC:K-2.5 | Recognize that all organisms go through stages of growth and change called life cycles. |
