Alignment to Standards for NY
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| K,1,2,3,4 | K-4..3.2a | Individuals within a species may compete with each other for food, mates, space, water, and shelter in their environment. |
| K,1,2,3,4 | K-4.1.1b | Plants require air, water, nutrients, and light in order to live and thrive. |
| 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-4.4.2a (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-4.6.1b | 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-4.6.1f | When the environment changes, some plants and animals survive and reproduce, and others die or move to new locations. |
| K,1,2,3,4 | K-4.6.2b | The Sunês energy is transferred on Earth from plants to animals through the food chain. |
| K,1,2,3,4 | K-4.7.1b | Over time humans have changed their environment by cultivating crops and raising animals, creating shelter, using energy, manufacturing goods, developing means of transportation, changing populations, and carrying out other activities. |
| K,1,2,3,4 | K-4.7.1c | Humans, as individuals or communities, change environments in ways that can be either helpful or harmful for themselves and other organisms. |
