Alignment to Standards for CT
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SC:1.2 | Living things have different structures and behaviors that allow them to meet their basic needs. |
| 1 | SC:1.2.a/b5 | Compare and contrast information about animals and plants found in fiction and nonfiction (FCM) sources. |
| 1 | SC:1.2.a2 | Identify structures and behaviors used by mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish and insects to move around, breathe and obtain food and water (e.g., legs/wings/fins, gills/lungs, claws/fingers, etc.) |
| 1 | SC:1.4.a3 | Select appropriate tools for measuring length, height, weight or liquid volume.3. |
| 3 | SC:3.2.a | Plants and animals have structures and behaviors that help them survive in different environments. |
| 3 | SC:3.2.a1 | Compare and contrast the external features and behaviors that enable different animals and plants to get food, water and sunlight; find mates; and be protected in specific land and water habitats. |
| 3 | SC:3.2.a4 | Evaluate whether an adaptation gives a plant or animal a survival advantage in a given environment. |
| 4 | SC:4.2.a5 | Distinguish between naturally occurring changes in ecosystems and those caused by human activity. |
| 4 | SC:4.2.a6 | Predict the effect an environmental change, such as drought or forest destruction, might have on the community of living things. |
| K | SC:K.2 | Many different kinds of living things inhabit the Earth. |
| K | SC:K.2.a3 | Use nonstandard measures to estimate and compare the height, length or weight of different kinds of plants and animals. |
| K | SC:K.2.a4 | similarities and differences between plants and animals. |
| K | SC:K.2.a6 | varied individuals of the same kind of living thing (e.g., different color rabbits are all rabbits; different breeds of dogs are all dogs). |
| K | SC:K.4.a3 | Compare and contrast the materials used by humans and animals to build shelters. |
| K-4 | SS K-4:12.e. | explain ways in which humans use and interact with environments |
| Pre-K | SC:PK.2 | Many different kinds of living things inhabit the Earth. |
| Pre-K | SC:PK.2.a.3 | distinguish between the characteristics of plants and animals. |
