Alignment to Standards for DC
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SC.1.4. | Different types of plants and animals inhabit the Earth. |
| 2 | SC.2.6. | Plants and animals have structures that serve different functions in growth, survival, and reproduction. |
| 2 | SC.2.6.1. | visible, external features of plants and animals and describe how these features help them live in different environments. |
| 2 | SC.2.7.1. | Observe and describe how animals may use plants, or even other animals, for shelter and nesting. |
| 2 | SC.2.8. | Many different types of plants and animals inhabit the Earth. |
| 2 | SC.2.8.1. | living things are found almost everywhere in the world in habitats such as the oceans, rivers, rain forests, mountain ranges, arctic tundra, farms, cities, and other environments. Recognize that some habitats are extreme, such a |
| 2 | SC.2.8.2. | the numbers and types of living things can vary greatly from place to place. |
| 2 | SC.2.9.2. | Explain that humans, like all living things, reproduce offspring of their own kind. |
| 2 | SC.2.9.3. | Observe that and describe how offspring are very much, but never exactly, like their parents and like other offspring of the same parents. |
| 3 | SC.3.6. | Plants and animals have predictable life cycles. |
| 3 | SC.3.6.1. | Recognize that plants and animals go through predictable life cycles that include birth, growth, development, reproduction, and death. |
| 3 | SC.3.6.2. | Describe the life cycle of some living things, such as the frog and butterfly, including how they go through striking changes of body shape and function as they go through metamorphosis. |
| 3 | SC.3.6.3. | Compare and contrast how life cycles vary for different living things. |
| 4 | SC.4.7.7. | Explain how in all environments, organisms grow, die, and decay, as new organisms are produced by the older ones. |
| 5 | SC.5.8. | Many characteristics of an organism are inherited from the parents, but others result from the influence of the environment. |
| 5 | SC.5.8.2. | List some characteristics of plants and animals that are fully inherited (e.g., form of flower, shape of leaves) and others that are affected by the climate or environmental conditions (e.g., browning of leaves from too much sun, language spoken). |
| 5 | SC.5.9. | Adaptations in physical structure or behavior may improve an organismês chance for survival. |
| 5 | SC.5.9.7. | Recognize that some behaviors are instinctive (turtles burying their eggs) and others learned (wolfês hunting skills). |
| K | H K.3. 1. | Identify days of the week and months of the year. |
