Alignment to Standards for MD
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SS-1.3.0.A.1.a | Locate the continents and oceans using maps and a globe |
| 1 | SS-1.3.0.A.1.d | Define map elements as parts of a map that make it easy to use |
| 1 | SS-1.3.0.A.1.e | Describe where places are located on a map using relative distance and direction, such as near-far, above-below and cardinal directions (north, south, east, and west) |
| 1,2 | SS-1&2.3.0.A.1. | Use geographic tools to locate and describe places on Earth |
| 2 | SC-2.3.0.D.1.b | Examine pictures of organisms that lived long ago, such as dinosaurs, and describe how they resemble organisms that are alive today. |
| 2 | SC-2.3.0.D.1.c | Recognize that some kinds of organisms have completely disappeared. |
| 2 | SS-2.3.0.A.1.a | Identify the purpose and use of a globe and a variety of maps and atlases, such as school maps, neighborhood maps and simple atlases |
| 2 | SS-2.3.0.A.1.c | Identify the equator, poles, seven continents, four oceans, and countries on a map and globe |
| 3 | SS-3.3.0.A.1. | Use geographic tools to locate and construct meaning about places on Earth |
| 4 | SC-4.2.0.B.2. | Recognize and explain that fossils provide evidence about the plants and animals that lived long ago and about the nature of the environment at that time. |
| 4 | SC-4.2.0.B.2.a | Recognize and explain that the remains or imprints of plants or animals can become fossils. |
| 4 | SC-4.2.0.B.2.b | Describe the physical structures of an animal or plant based on its fossil remains. |
| 4 | SC-4.2.0.B.2.c | Identify what an animal or plant fossil is able to tell about the environment in which it lived: Water, Land, Topic |
| 4 | SC-4.3.0.D.1.d | Examine and compare fossils to one another and to living organisms as evidence that some individuals survive and reproduce. |
| K | SS-K-3.0.A.1. | globe and maps can be used to help people locate places |
| K | SS-K-3.0.A.1.b | Describe how maps are models showing physical features and/or human features of places |
| K | SS-K-3.0.A.1.d | Identify pictures and photographs that represent places on a map such as a playground and a fire station |
| PK | SS-PK-3.0.A.1. | Recognize that a globe and maps are used to help people locate places |
| PK | SS-PK-3.0.A.1.a | Recognize that maps are models of places |
