Alignment to Standards for TN
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SC-1.2.3. | Examine interrelationships among plants, animals, and their environment. |
| 1 | SC-1.3.1.a | Recognize the basic needs of living things (e.g., food, water, sunlight, air). |
| 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-2.4.1. | Recognize that living things reproduce. |
| 2 | SC-2.4.1.a | Recognize that all living things come from other living things. |
| 2 | SC-2.4.3. | Recognize that the appearance of plants and animals changes as they mature. |
| 2 | SC-2.4.3.a | Recognize that as an organism grows, its appearance may change. |
| 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 | SC-3.4.1. | Recognize that living things reproduce. |
| 3 | SC-3.4.3. | Recognize that the appearance of plants and animals changes as they mature. |
| 3 | SC-3.4.3.a | Describe how an organism (e.g., frog, butterfly) changes as it matures. |
| 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. |
| 5 | SC-5.3.1. | Realize that plants and animals use food for energy. |
| 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-5.4.2.b | Explain that the continuation of a species is dependent upon the reproduction of its members. |
