Alignment to Standards for VA
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SC-1.4a | plants characteristics. Key concepts include needs (food, air, water, light, and a place to grow); |
| 1 | SC-1.4b | plants characteristics. Key concepts include parts (seeds, roots, stems, leaves, blossoms, fruits); and |
| 1 | SC-1.4c | plants characteristics. Key concepts include characteristics (edible/non-edible, flowering/non-flowering, evergreen/deciduous). |
| 1 | SC-1.5a | animal characteristics. Key concepts: life needs (air, food, water, and a suitable place to live); |
| 1 | SC-1.5c | animal characteristics. Key concepts include other characteristics (wild/tame, water homes/land homes). |
| 1 | SC-1.6a | sun and the Earth. Key concepts include the sun is the source of heat and light that warms the land, air, and water; and |
| 3 | SC-3.10a | Key concepts include the interdependency of plants and animals; |
| 3 | SC-3.11a | sources of energy. Key concepts include the sunês ability to produce light and heat energy; |
| 3 | SC-3.5a | food chains. Key concepts include producer, consumer, decomposer; |
| 3 | SC-3.9c | Key concepts include water is essential for living things |
| 4 | SC-4.4 | basic plant anatomy and life processes: dormancy, photosyntheses, plant parts, processes |
| 4 | SC-4.5c | Key concepts includeflow of energy through food webs; |
| K | SC-K.6a | basic needs plants and animals. Key concepts include living things change as they grow, and they need food, water, and air to survive; |
