Alignment to Standards for PA
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| K-3 | 3.1.4E4. | Describe the change to objects caused by heat, cold, light or chemicals. |
| K-3 | 3.3.4A. | Know the similarities and differences of living things. |
| K-3 | 3.3.4A1. | Identify life processes of living things (growth, digestion, react to environment). |
| K-3 | 3.3.4A2. | some organisms have similar external characteristics: anatomical, appendages, type of covering, body segments; similarities and differences are related to environmental habitat. |
| K-3 | 3.3.4B. | Know that living things are made up of parts that have specific functions. |
| K-3 | 3.3.4B2. | Determine how different parts of a living thing work together to make the organism function. |
| K-3 | 3.3.4C. | Know that characteristics are inherited and, thus, offspring closely resemble their parents. |
| K-3 | 3.3.4C1. | Identify characteristics for animal and plant survival in different climates. |
| K-3 | 3.5.4A. | Know basic landforms and earth history. |
| K-3 | 3.5.4B1. | Identify uses of various earth materials (e.g., buildings, highways, fuels, growing plants). |
| K-3 | 3.5.4D. | identify and describe types of fresh and salt-water bodies. |
| K-3 | 3.5.4D. | Identify examples of water in the form of solid, liquid and gas on or near the surface of the earth. |
| K-3 | 3.5.4D. | Recognize the earthês different water resources. |
| K-3 | 3.5.4D. | Recognize other resources available from water (e.g., energy, transportation, minerals, food). |
| K-3 | 3.5.4D. | Know that approximately three-fourths of the earth is covered by water. |
| K-3 | 3.6.4.C6. | Identify basic resources needed to produce a manufactured item. |
| K-4 | 4.2.A1. | Identify plants, animals, water, air, minerals and fossil fuels as natural resources. |
| K-4 | 4.2.B. | Identify products derived from natural resources. |
| K-4 | 4.2.B2. | Identify by-products of plants and animals. |
| K-4 | 4.3.B. | Identify how human actions affect environmental health. |
| K-4 | 4.3.C1. | Identify some of the organisms that live together in an ecosystem. |
| K-4 | 4.4.4C. | Know that food and fiber originate from plants and animals. |
| K-4 | 4.6.A10. | Identify a simple ecosystem and its living and nonliving components. |
| K-4 | 4.6.A4. | Identify plants and animals with their habitat and food sources. |
| K-4 | 4.6.A6. | Describe how animals interact with plants to meet their needs for shelter. |
| K-4 | 4.7.4A. | Identify differences in living things. |
| K-4 | 4.7.4A1 | Explain why plants and animals are different colors, shapes and sizes and how these differences relate to their survival. |
| K-4 | 4.7.4A3 | Explain why each of the four elements in a habitat is essential for survival. |
| K-4 | 4.7.4B. | Know that adaptations are important for survival. |
| K-4 | 4.7.4B2. | Explain what happens to a living thing when its food, water, shelter or space is changed. |
| K-4 | 4.8.4C. | Explain how human activities may change the environment. |
| K-4 | 4.8.4C2. | how human activities within a community affect the natural environment. |
