Alignment to Standards for VA
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 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-1.7b | Seasonal changes: Key concepts include how temperature, light, and precipitation bring about changes in animals (behaviors, hibernation, migration, body covering, and habitat); and |
| 2 | GEO-2.5a | locating the equator, the seven continents, and the four oceans on maps and globes; |
| 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-2.6a | weather. Key concepts include temperature, wind, precipitation, drought, flood, and storms; and |
| 2 | SC-2.7a | Seasonal changes: Key concepts include effects on growth and behavior of living things (migration, hibernation, camouflage, adaptation, dormancy); and |
| 3 | GEO-3.6 | The student will interpret geographic information from maps, tables, graphs, and charts. |
| 3 | SC-3.10a | Key concepts include the interdependency of plants and animals; |
| 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-3.6a | environments Key concepts include water-related environments (pond, marshland, swamp, stream, river, and ocean environments); |
| 4 | SC-4.5a | plants and animals in an ecosystem Key concepts include behavioral and structural adaptations; |
| 4 | SC-4.6b | Key concepts include weather phenomena (fronts, clouds, and storms). |
| 5 | SC-5.7e | Earth surface constantly changes. Key concepts include weathering and erosion; and |
| K | GEO-K.4 | simple maps and globes to develop an awareness that a map is a drawing of a place to show where things are located and that a globe is a round model of the Earth; |
| K | SC-K.8a | simple patterns in daily life. Key concepts include weather observations; |
| 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. |
