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) (10) (A) | external characteristics of an animal are related to where it lives, how it moves, and what it eats |
| 1 | 112.12 (b) (5) (A) | classify objects by observable properties of the materials from which they are made such as larger and smaller, heavier and lighter, shape, color, and texture |
| 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. (1.5) | The student understands the purpose of maps and globes. |
| 1 | 113.3. (1.6) (A) | physical characteristics of places such as landforms, bodies of water, natural resources, and weather; |
| 2 | 112.13. (b) (10) (A) | compare how the physical characteristics and behaviors of animals help them meet their basic needs such as fins help fish move and balance in the water |
| 2 | 112.13. (b) (10) (B) | observe, record, and compare how the physical characteristics of plants help them meet their basic needs such as stems carry water throughout the plant |
| 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 |
| 2 | 113.4. (2.6) | locations and characteristics of places and regions. |
| 2 | 113.4. (2.6) (A) | identify major landforms and bodies of water, including continents and oceans, on maps and globes; |
| 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) (7) (C) | identify and compare different landforms, including mountains, hills, valleys, and plains |
| 3 | 112.14. (b) (9) | organisms have characteristics that help them survive and can describe patterns, cycles, systems, and relationships within the environments. |
| 3 | 112.14. (b) (9) (A) | physical characteristics of environments and how they support populations and communities within an ecosystem |
| 3 | 113.5. (3.5) (A) | use cardinal and intermediate directions to locate places such as the Amazon River, Himalayan Mountains, and Washington D.C. on maps and globes; |
| 4 | 112.15. (b) (10) | organisms undergo similar life processes and have structures that help them survive within their environment. |
| 4 | 112.15. (b) (9) | living organisms within an ecosystem interact with one another and with their environment. |
| 4 | 113.6. (4.6) (A) | apply geographic tools, including grid systems, legends, symbols, scales, and compass roses, to construct and interpret maps; and |
| 5 | 111.17 (5.9) (A) | is expected to locate and name points on a coordinate grid using ordered pairs of whole numbers. |
| 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) (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 |
| 5 | 112.16. (b) (7) | Earths surface is constantly changing and consists of useful resources. |
| 5 | 112.16. (b) (8) (A) | differentiate between weather and climate |
| 5 | 112.16. (b) (9) | there are relationships, systems, and cycles within environments. |
| 5 | 112.16. (b) (9) (A) | organisms live and survive in their ecosystem by interacting with the living and non-living elements |
| 5 | 113.7. (5.25) (F) | use appropriate mathematical skills to interpret social studies information such as maps and graphs. |
| 5 | 113.7. (5.6) (A) | apply geographic tools, including grid systems, legends, symbols, scales, and compass roses, to construct and interpret maps; and |
| K | 112.11 (b) (10) | organisms resemble their parents and have structures and processes that help them survive within their environments. |
| K | 113.2. (K.16) (B) | create and interpret visuals including pictures and maps. |
| K | 113.2. (K.5) (A) | identify the physical characteristics of places such as landforms, bodies of water, natural resources, and weather; and |
| PK | PK.1. (J) | compares objects and organisms and identifies similarities and differences |
| PK | PK.1. (K) | sorts objects and organisms into groups and begins to describe how groups were organized |
| PK | PK.2. (B) | describes properties of objects and characteristics of living things |
| PK | PK.2. (I) | identifies similarities and differences among objects and organisms |
