Alignment to Standards for NY
Grade | Number | Standard |
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K,1,2,3,4 | K-4..3.1a (iv) | claws, shells, spines, feathers, fur, scales, and color of body covering enable some animals to protect themselves from predators and other environmental conditions, or enable them to obtain food |
K,1,2,3,4 | K-4.1.1a | Animals need air, water, and food in order to live and thrive. |
K,1,2,3,4 | K-4.1.1c | Nonliving things do not live and thrive. |
K,1,2,3,4 | K-4.1.1d | Nonliving things can be human-created or naturally occurring. |
K,1,2,3,4 | K-4.2.2a | Plants and animals closely resemble their parents and other individuals in their species. |
K,1,2,3,4 | K-4.3.1a | Each animal has different structures that serve different functions in growth, survival, and reproduction. |
K,1,2,3,4 | K-4.3.1a (ii) | the mouth, including teeth, jaws, and tongue, enables some animals to eat and drink |
K,1,2,3,4 | K-4.3.1a (iii) | eyes, nose, ears, tongue, and skin of some animals enable the animals to sense their surroundings |
K,1,2,3,4 | K-4.3.1a (v) | some animals have parts that are used to produce sounds and smells to help the animal meet its needs |
K,1,2,3,4 | K-4.3.1c | In order to survive in their environment, plants and animals must be adapted to that environment. |
K,1,2,3,4 | K-4.3.1c (iii) | animal adaptations include coloration for warning or attraction, camouflage, defense mechanisms, movement, hibernation, and migration |
K,1,2,3,4 | K-4.4.2b | Food supplies the energy and materials necessary for growth and repair. |
K,1,2,3,4 | K-4.5.1a | All living things grow, take in nutrients, breathe, reproduce, and eliminate waste. |
K,1,2,3,4 | K-4.5.1b | An organismês external physical features can enable it to carry out life functions in its particular environment. |
K,1,2,3,4 | K-4.5.2b | Animals respond to change in their environment, (e.g., perspiration, heart rate, breathing rate, eye blinking, shivering, and salivating). |
K,1,2,3,4 | K-4.5.2f | Some animal behaviors are influenced by environmental conditions:nest building, hibernating, hunting, migrating, and communicating. |
K,1,2,3,4 | K-4.6.1e | An organismês pattern of behavior is related to the nature of that organismês environment, including the kinds and numbers of other organisms present, the availability of food and other resources, and the physical characteristics of the environment. |