Alignment to Standards for CO
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SC/1 2.2 | An organism is a living thing that has physical characteristics to help it survive |
| 1 | SS/1 2.1. | Geographic tools such as maps and globes to represent places |
| 1 | SS/1 2.1.d | Distinguish between land and water on a map or globe |
| 2 | SC/2 2.2 | Each plant or animal has different structures or behaviors that serve different functions |
| 2 | SC/2 3.1 | Weather and the changing seasons impact the environment and organisms such as humans, plants, and other animals |
| 2 | SC/2 3.1a | how the weather and changing seasons impacts the organisms such as humans, plants, and other animals _ and the environment |
| 2 | SC/2 3.1b | temperatures in different locations (Sun or shade) at different times and seasons as evidence of how organisms and the environment are influenced by the weather and changing seasons |
| 2 | SC/2 3.1c | ways in which severe weather contributes to catastrophic events such as floods and forest fires |
| 2 | SS/2 2.1.b | Identify and locate various physical features on a map |
| 3 | SS/3 2.1. | Use various types of geographic tools to develop spatial thinking |
| 3 | SS/3 2.1.b | Find oceans and continents, major countries, bodies of water, mountains, and urban areas, the state of Colorado, and neighboring states on maps |
| 4 | SC/4 2.3 | There is interaction and interdependence between and among living and nonliving components of systems |
| 5 | SC/5 2.1 | All organisms have structures and systems with separate functions |
| 5 | SC/5 3.2 | Earthês surface changes constantly through a variety of processes and forces (plate tectonics, erosion, deposition, solar influences, climate, and human activity) |
| 5 | SC/5 3.3 | Weather conditions change because of the uneven heating of Earthês surface by the Sunês energy. Weather changes are measured by differences in temperature, air pressure, wind and water in the atmosphere and type of precipitation |
| PK | SC/PK 2.1 | Living things have characteristics and basic needs |
| PK | SC/PK 3.2 | Events such as night, day, the movement of objects in the sky, weather, and seasons have patterns |
