Alignment to Standards for SC
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SS:1-2.2 | Compare ways people use land/natural resources across the world: EE |
| 2 | SC:2-2.1 | Recall the basic needs of animals (including air, water, food, and shelter) for energy, growth, and protection. |
| 2 | SC:2-2.3 | distinct environments throughout the world support the life of different types of animals. |
| 2 | SC:2-2.5 | Illustrate the various life cycles of animals (including birth and the stages of development). |
| 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). |
| 3 | SC:3-2.3 | Recall the characteristics of an organisms habitat that allow the organism to survive there. |
| 3 | SC:3-2.4 | Explain how changes in the habitats of plants and animals affect their survival. |
| 3 | SC:3-3.5 | Illustrate Earths saltwater and freshwater features (including oceans, seas, rivers, lakes, ponds, streams, and glaciers). |
| 5 | SC:5-2.3 | characteristics of different ecosystems (including estuaries/salt marshes, oceans, lakes and ponds, forests, and grasslands). |
| 5 | SC:5-2.5 | Explain how limiting factors (including food, water, space, and shelter) affect populations in ecosystems. |
| K | SC:K-2.1 | Recognize what organisms need to stay alive (including air, water, food, and shelter). |
| K | SC:K-2.2 | Identify examples of organisms and nonliving things. |
| K | SC:K-2.3 | Match parents with their offspring to show that plants and animals closely resemble their parents. |
| K | SC:K-2.5 | Recognize that all organisms go through stages of growth and change called life cycles. |
| K | SS:K-5.4 | Recognize natural features of the environment, including mountains and bodies of water, through pictures, literature, and models. |
