Alignment to Standards for TX
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 112.12 (b) (10) | organisms resemble their parents and have structures and processes that help them survive within their environments. |
| 1 | 112.12 (b) (9) | the living environment is composed of relationships between organisms and the life cycles that occur. |
| 1 | 112.12 (b) (9) (C) | interdependence among living organisms such as energy transfer through food chains and animals using plants for shelter. |
| 1 | 113.3. (1.4) (A) | locate places using the four cardinal directions; and |
| 1 | 113.3. (1.5) | The student understands the purpose of maps and globes. |
| 2 | 112.13. (b) (9) | living organisms have basic needs that must be met for them to survive within their environment. |
| 2 | 112.13. (b) (9) (A) | identify the basic needs of plants and animals |
| 2 | 112.13. (b) (9) (C) | ways living organisms depend on each other and on their environments such as food chains |
| 2 | 113.4. (2.5) | uses simple geographic tools such as maps, globes, and photographs. |
| 2 | 113.4. (2.5) (A) | use symbols, find locations, and determine directions on maps and globes; and |
| 3 | 112.14. (b) (10) | organisms undergo similar life processes and have structures that help them survive within their environments. |
| 3 | 112.14. (b) (10) (A) | explore how structures and functions of plants and animals allow them to survive in a particular environment |
| 3 | 112.14. (b) (10) (B) | some characteristics of organisms are inherited such as the number of limbs on an animal or flower color and recognize that some behaviors are learned in response to living in a certain environment such as animals using tools to get food |
| 3 | 112.14. (b) (9) | organisms have characteristics that help them survive and can describe patterns, cycles, systems, and relationships within the environments. |
| 3 | 113.5. (3.5) | The student understands the concepts of location, distance, and direction on maps and globes. |
| 3 | 113.5. (3.5) (C) | identify and use the compass rose, grid, and symbols to locate places on maps and globes; and |
| 4 | 112.15. (b) (10) | organisms undergo similar life processes and have structures that help them survive within their environment. |
| 4 | 112.15. (b) (10) (A) | explore how adaptations enable organisms to survive in their environment such as comparing birds beaks and leaves on plants |
| 5 | 112.16. (b) (10) | organisms undergo similar life processes and have structures that help them survive within their environments. |
| 5 | 112.16. (b) (10) (A) | compare the structures and functions of different species that help them live and survive such as hooves on prairie animals or webbed feet in aquatic animals |
| 5 | 112.16. (b) (10) (B) | differentiate between inherited traits of plants and animals such as spines on a cactus or shape of a beak and learned behaviors such as an animal learning tricks or a child riding a bicycle |
| K | 112.11 (b) (10) | organisms resemble their parents and have structures and processes that help them survive within their environments. |
| K | 112.11 (b) (10) (B) | identify parts of plants such as roots, stem, and leaves and parts of animals such as head, eyes, and limbs |
| K | 112.11 (b) (9) | plants and animals have basic needs and depend on the living and nonliving things around them for survival. |
| K | 112.11 (b) (9) (B) | examine evidence that living organisms have basic needs such as food, water, and shelter for animals and air, water, nutrients, sunlight, and space for plants. |
| K | 113.2. (K.16) (B) | create and interpret visuals including pictures and maps. |
| PK | PK.2. (F) | begins to recognize that living things have similar needs for water, food, and air |
