Alignment to Standards for AK
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MEA-5. | comparing concepts such as before/after, shorter/longer (M2.1.1) |
| 3 | M10.1.1 | Apply mathematical skills and processes to literature. |
| 3 | SB1.1 | an understanding of the structure and properties of matter by classifying matter according to physical properties (i.e., color, size, shape, weight, texture, flexibility) |
| 3 | SB3.1 | effects of interactions between matter and energy: temperature changes cause changes in phases of substances (e.g., ice changing to liquid, water changing to water vapor, and |
| 3 | SC1.1 | sorting Alaskan plants and/or animals using physical characteristics (e.g., leaves, beaks |
| 3 | SC1.2 | describing how some traits (e.g., claws, teeth, camouflage) of living organisms have help |
| 3 | SC2 | structure, function, behavior, development, life cycles, and diversity of living organisms. |
| 3 | SC2.1 | sorting animals and plants into groups based on appearance and behaviors |
| 3 | SC2.2 | observing and comparing external features of plants and of animals that may help them grow, survive, and reproduce |
| 3 | SC3.1 | an understanding that all organisms are linked to each other and their physical environments through the transfer and transformation of matter and energy by identifying and sorting examples of living and non-living things in the local environment (L) |
| 3 | SD1.1 | an understanding of geochemical cycles by recognizing that most rocks are composed of combinations of different substances |
| 3 | SD2 | forces that shape the structure, composition, and physical history of the Earth. |
| 3 | SD2.1 | forces that shape Earth: rivers, deltas, lakes, glaciers, mountains, valleys, and islands) |
| 4 | G-7 | understanding of position and direction by describing the relative location of places or objects on a map using compass directions of north, south, east, or west (L) (M5.2.6) |
| 4 | SB3.1 | an understanding of the interactions between matter and energy and the effects of these interactions on systems by explaining that temperature changes cause changes in phases of substances (e.g., ice changing to liquid water and liquid water to water vapo |
| 4 | SC2 | understanding of the structure, function, behavior, development, life cycles, and diversity of living organisms. |
| 4 | SC2.2 | an understanding of the structure, function, behavior, development, life cycles, and diversity of living organismscharacteristics and requirements of living things |
| 4 | SC3.1 | an understanding that all organisms are linked to each other and their physical environments through the transfer and transformation of matter and energy by identifying examples of living and non-living things and the relationship between them (e.g., livi |
| 4 | SD1.1 | most smaller rocks come from the breaking and weathering of larger rocks as part of the rock cycle |
| 4 | SD1.2 | the physical properties of water as they relate to the rock cycle |
| 4 | SD2 | origins, ongoing processes, and forces that shape the structure, composition, and physical history of the Earth. |
| 4 | SD2.1 | forces that shape Earth by observing models of how waves, wind, water, and ice shape and reshape the Earthês surface by eroding rock and soil (L) |
| 5 | SB1 | understanding of the characteristic properties of matter and the relationship of these properties to their structure and behavior. |
| 5 | SB1.1 | an understanding of the structure and properties of matter by comparing models that represent matter as solids, liquids, or gases and the changes from one state to another (L) |
| 5 | SC2 | structure, function, behavior, development, life cycles, and diversity of living organisms. |
| 5 | SC2.1 | an understanding of the structure, function, behavior, development, life cycles, and diversity of living organisms by identifying and sorting animals into groups using basic external and internal features |
| 5 | SC2.2 | explaining how external features and internal systems of plants and animals |
| 5 | SC3 | understanding that all organisms are linked to each other and their physical environments through the transfer and transformation of matter and energy. (food webs, habitats) |
| 5 | SD2 | understanding of the origins, ongoing processes, and forces that shape the structure, composition, and physical history of the Earth. |
| K | MEA-1. | comparisons between objects using concepts of big/little, long/short, large/small, more/less, same (M2.1.1) |
