Alignment to Standards for TN
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SC-1.10.1.a | Use observable properties to distinguish among a variety of earth materials. |
| 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-1.5.2.a | Recognize the environment in which an organism is typically found. |
| 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-2.5.2.a | Classify an organism according to the environment in which it can best survive. |
| 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-3.3.2. | Recognize the basic parts of plants. |
| 3 | SC-3.3.2.a | Examine the major parts of plants and determine their functions. |
| 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-4.10.1.a | Classify earth materials according to their use. |
| 4 | SC-4.12.1.b | Describe matter by its observable physical properties (i.e., color, shape, texture, weight, volume, length). |
| 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. |
| 5 | SC-5.10.1. | Recognize that earth materials have a variety of practical uses. |
| 5 | SC-5.2.1. | Investigate the relationships among organisms in a specific ecosystem. |
| 5 | SC-5.4.1.a | Explain the function of the flower in plant reproduction. |
| 5 | SC-5.4.1.b | Observe specific plants and explain how they grow from and produce seeds (i.e. sunflowers, beans). |
| 5 | SC-5.4.1.c | Compare and contrast how different plants reproduce (i.e. flowers, spores). |
| 5 | SC-5.5.2.a | Compare how plants are adapted to different environments (e.g., palm tree, fir tree, cactus). |
| K | SC-K.10.1.a | Recognize a variety of earth materials (e.g., rocks, pebbles, sand). |
| K | SC-K.5.2.a | Know that different organisms tend to be found in different environments. |
