Alignment to Standards for TN
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SC-1.1.2. | Recognize that smaller parts of living things contribute to the operation and well being of entire organisms. |
| 1 | SC-1.2.3. | Examine interrelationships among plants, animals, and their environment. |
| 1 | SC-1.2.3.a | Collect information about organisms that occupy specific environments. |
| 1 | SC-1.3.1.a | Recognize the basic needs of living things (e.g., food, water, sunlight, air). |
| 1 | SC-1.5.1. | Recognize the differences among plants and animals of the same kind. |
| 1 | SC-1.5.1.a | Observe and note differences among plants and animals of the same kind. |
| 1 | SC-1.5.2. | Recognize that living things have features that help them to survive in different environments. |
| 1 | SC-1.5.2.a | Recognize the environment in which an organism is typically found. |
| 1 | SC-1.9.1.a | Distinguish between land and water environments. |
| 1 | SS-1.3.03.c | Compare/contrast natural and artificial features of the earth. |
| 2 | SC-2.2.2.a | Determine how animals interact with the living and non-living elements in their environment through the senses. |
| 2 | SC-2.2.3. | Examine interrelationships among plants, animals, and their environment. |
| 2 | SC-2.2.3.a | Determine how organisms interact with the non-living elements of their environment. |
| 2 | SC-2.3.1. | Recognize the basic requirements of all living things. |
| 2 | SC-2.3.1.a | Compare how plants and animals satisfy their basic requirements for life. |
| 2 | SC-2.5.1. | Recognize the differences among plants and animals of the same kind. |
| 2 | SC-2.5.1.a | Provide specific examples of differences among animals of the same kind. |
| 2 | SC-2.5.2. | Recognize that living things have features that help them to survive in different environments. |
| 2 | SC-2.5.2.a | Classify an organism according to the environment in which it can best survive. |
| 2 | SC-2.9.1.a | Recognize the earthês major geological features (e.g., continents, oceans, lakes). |
| 3 | SC-3.1.2.b | Recognize that smaller parts of organisms are essential to their well being. |
| 3 | SC-3.2.3. | plants and animals depend upon each other and the non-living elements of an environment to meet basic needs. |
| 3 | SC-3.2.3. | Examine interrelationships among plants, animals, and their environment. |
| 3 | SC-3.3.1. | Recognize the basic requirements of all living things. |
| 3 | SC-3.5.1. | Recognize the differences among plants and animals of the same kind. |
| 3 | SC-3.5.2. | Recognize that living things have features that help them to survive in different environments. |
| 3 | SC-3.9.1.a | Compare and contrast a variety of different landforms and bodies of water. |
| 3 | SS-3.3.02.b | List the basic components of earth's physical systems (e.g., landforms, water, climate and weather, erosion and deposition). |
| 3 | SS-3.3.02.c | Understand the concept of an ecosystem. |
| 3 | SS-3.3.02.d | Describe how environments and regions differ around the world. |
| 4 | SC-4.2.1. | Investigate the relationships among organisms in a specific ecosystem. |
| 4 | SC-4.2.1.a | Examine and relate how plants and animals interact with each other and their environment. |
| 4 | SC-4.3.1. | Realize that plants and animals use food for energy. |
| 4 | SC-4.3.1.a | Explain that animals must obtain and use food for energy. |
| 4 | SC-4.3.2. | Recognize the function of specific structures in organisms that allow them to obtain and use energy. |
| 4 | SC-4.5.1. | Realize that plants and animals can be grouped according to similarities and differences in their characteristics. |
| 5 | SC-5.2.1. | Investigate the relationships among organisms in a specific ecosystem. |
| 5 | SC-5.3.1. | Realize that plants and animals use food for energy. |
| 5 | SC-5.3.2. | Recognize the function of specific structures in organisms that allow them to obtain and use energy. |
| 5 | SC-5.5.1. | Realize that plants and animals can be grouped according to similarities and differences in their characteristics. |
| 5 | SC-5.5.2. | Determine that adaptations help organisms to survive in their environments. |
| K | SC-K.5.2. | Recognize that living things have features that help them to survive in different environments. |
| K | SC-K.5.2.a | Know that different organisms tend to be found in different environments. |
| K | SS-K.3.03.a | Identify the concept of physical features as in mountains, plains, hills, oceans, and islands. |
