Alignment to Standards for NY
Grade | Number | Standard |
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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-4.3.1a | Each animal has different structures that serve different functions in growth, survival, and reproduction. |
K,1,2,3,4 | K-4.3.1a (iii) | eyes, nose, ears, tongue, and skin of some animals enable the animals to sense their surroundings |
K,1,2,3,4 | K-4.3.1c | 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 (i) | seeds disperse by a plantês own mechanism and/or in a variety of ways that can include wind, water, and animals |
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-4.4.2a (i) | animals convert food to heat and motion |
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-4.5.2f | Some animal behaviors are influenced by environmental conditions:nest building, hibernating, hunting, migrating, and communicating. |
K,1,2,3,4 | K-4.6.1b | All animals depend on plants. Some animals (predators) eat other animals (prey). |
K,1,2,3,4 | K-4.6.1c | Animals that eat plants for food may in turn become food for other animals. This sequence is called a food chain. |
K,1,2,3,4 | K-4.6.1d | Decomposers are living things that play a vital role in recycling nutrients. |
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. |
K,1,2,3,4 | K-4.6.2b | The Sunês energy is transferred on Earth from plants to animals through the food chain. |