Alignment to Standards for VA
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MA-1.15 | describe the proximity of objects in space (near, far, close by, below, above, up, down, beside, and next to). |
| 1 | SC-1.4a | plants characteristics. Key concepts include needs (food, air, water, light, and a place to grow); |
| 1 | SC-1.5b | animal characteristics:body coverings, body shape, appendages, and methods of movement) |
| 1 | SC-1.5c | animal characteristics. Key concepts include other characteristics (wild/tame, water homes/land homes). |
| 1 | SC-1.8a | natural resources Key concepts include identification of natural resources (plants and animals, water, air, land, minerals, forests, and soil); |
| 1 | SC-1.8b | natural resources Key concepts include factors that affect air and water quality |
| 2 | EC-2.7 | The student will describe the differences between natural resources (water, soil, wood, and coal), human resources (people at work), and capital resources (machines, tools, and buildings). |
| 2 | GEO-2.4c | comparing the climate, land, and plant life of these regions; |
| 2 | SC-2.4b | plant and animal life cycles. Key concepts include flowering plants undergo many changes, from the formation of the flower to the development of the fruit. |
| 2 | SC-2.5a | living things are part of a system. Key concepts include living organisms are interdependent with their living and nonliving surroundings; and |
| 2 | SC-2.5b | living things are part of a system. Key concepts include habitats change over time due to many influences. |
| 2 | SC-2.8a | Plants importance Key concepts include important plant products (fiber, cotton, oil, spices, lumber, rubber, medicines, and paper); |
| 2 | SC-2.8b | Plants importance Key concepts include the availability of plant products affects the development of a geographic area; and |
| 2 | SC-2.8c | Plants importance Key concepts include plants provide homes and food for many animals and prevent soil from washing away. |
| 3 | EC-3.7 | The student will explain how producers use natural resources (water, soil, wood, and coal), human resources (people at work), and capital resources (machines, tools, and buildings) to produce goods and services for consumers. |
| 3 | SC-3.10a | Key concepts include the interdependency of plants and animals; |
| 3 | SC-3.11c | sources of energy. Key concepts include fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas) and wood; and |
| 3 | SC-3.11d | sources of energy. Key concepts include renewable and nonrenewable energy resources. |
| 3 | SC-3.4a | animal adaptations: methods of gathering and storing food, finding shelter, defending themselves, and rearing young; |
| 3 | SC-3.4b | animal adaptations: hibernation, migration, camouflage, mimicry, instinct, and learned behavior. |
| 3 | SC-3.5b | food chains. Key concepts include herbivore, carnivore, omnivore |
| 3 | SC-3.6b | environments Key concepts include dry-land environments (desert, grassland, rain forest, and forest environments) |
| 3 | SC-3.6c | environments Key concepts include population and community. |
| 3 | SC-3.8a | Key concepts include patterns of natural events (day and night, seasonal changes, phases of the moon, and tides); and |
| 3 | SC-3.8b | Key concepts include animal and plant life cycles. |
| 4 | SC-4.5b | plants and animals in an ecosystem Key concepts include organization of communities; |
| 4 | SC-4.5d | Key concepts include habitats and niches; |
| 4 | SC-4.5e | Key concepts include life cycles |
| K | GEO-K.3 | relative location of people, places, and things by using positional words, with emphasis on near/far, above/below, left/right, and behind/in front. |
| K | MA-K.12 | describe the location of one object relative to another (above, below, next to) and identify representations of plane geometric figures (circle, triangle, square, and rectangle) regardless of their position and orientation in space. |
| K | SC-K.4e | physical properties Key concepts include position (over/under, in/out, above/below, left/right) and speed (fast/slow). |
| K | SC-K.6b | basic needs plants and animals. Key concepts include plants and animals live and die (go through a life cycle); and |
| K | SC-K.8a | simple patterns in daily life. Key concepts include weather observations; |
| K | SC-K.8c | simple patterns in daily life. Key concepts include animal and plant growth |
| K | SC-K.9a | change over time Key concepts include natural and human-made things may change over time |
| K | SC-K.9b | change over time Key concepts include changes can be noted and measured. |
