Alignment to Standards for NC
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SC:1.E.2 | Understand the physical properties of Earth materials that make them useful in different ways. |
| 2 | SC:2.E.1 | Understand patterns of weather and factors that affect weather. |
| 2 | SC:2.E.1.3 | Compare weather patterns that occur over time and relate observable patterns to time of day and time of year. |
| 2 | SC:2.L.2.2 | Recognize that there is variation among individuals that are related. |
| 2 | SS:2-5.01 | Define geography and use geographic terms to describe landforms, bodies of water, weather, and climate. |
| 2 | SS:2-5.06 | Identify and describe the people, vegetation, and animal life specific to certain regions and describe their interdependence. |
| 2 | SS:2-6.01 | Identify natural resources and cite ways people conserve and replenish natural resources. |
| 3 | SC:3.L.2 | Understand how plants survive in their environments. |
| 3 | SC:3.L.2.1 | structures as it relates to the survival of plants in their environments: Roots _ absorb, nutrients, Stems _ provide support, leaves _ synthesize food, Flowers _ attract pollinators and produce seeds for reproduction |
| 4 | SC:4.L.1.2 | how animals meet their needs by using behaviors in response to information received from the environment. |
| 5 | SC:5.L.2 | Understand the interdependence of plants and animals with their ecosystem. |
| 5 | SC:5.L.3.2 | Give examples of likenesses that are inherited and some that are not. |
| K | SC:K.E.1 | Understand change and observable patterns of weather that occur from day to day and throughout the year. |
| K | SC:K.E.1.1 | Infer that change is something that happens to many things in the environment based on observations made using one or more of their senses. |
| K | SC:K.E.1.3 | Compare weather patterns that occur from season to season. |
| K | SC:K.L.1 | Compare characteristics of animals that make them alike and different from other animals and nonliving things. |
| K | SC:K.L.1.1 | Compare different types of the same animal (i.e. different types of dogs, different types of cats, etc.) to determine individual differences within a particular type of animal. |
| K | SC:K.P.2.1 | Classify objects by observable physical properties (including size, color, shape, texture, weight and flexibility). |
