Alignment to Standards for SC
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SC:1-1.1 | Compare, classify, and sequence objects by number, shape, texture, size, color, and motion, using English units of measurement where appropriate. |
| 1 | SC:1-2.1 | basic needs of plants (air, water, nutrients, space, and light) for energy and growth. |
| 2 | SC:2-2.1 | Recall the basic needs of animals (including air, water, food, and shelter) for energy, growth, and protection. |
| 2 | SC:2-2.4 | Summarize the interdependence between animals and plants as sources of food and shelter. |
| 2 | SC:2-2.5 | Illustrate the various life cycles of animals (including birth and the stages of development). |
| 3 | SC:3-2.1 | Illustrate the life cycles of seed plants and various animals and summarize how they grow and are adapted to conditions within their habitats. |
| 3 | SC:3-2.2 | Explain how physical and behavioral adaptations allow organisms to survive (including hibernation, defense, locomotion, movement, food obtainment, and camouflage for animals and seed dispersal, color, and response to light for plants). |
| 4 | SC:4-2.4 | Distinguish between the characteristics of an organism that are inherited and those that are acquired over time. |
| 4 | SC:4-2.5 | Explain how an organisms patterns of behavior are related to its environment (including the kinds and the number of other organisms present, the availability of food and other resources, and the physical characteristics of the environment). |
| K | SC:K-2.1 | Recognize what organisms need to stay alive (including air, water, food, and shelter). |
| K | SC:K-2.3 | Match parents with their offspring to show that plants and animals closely resemble their parents. |
| K | SC:K-2.4 | Compare individual examples of a particular type of plant or animal to determine that there are differences among individuals. |
| K | SC:K-2.5 | Recognize that all organisms go through stages of growth and change called life cycles. |
