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) (7) (B) | identify and describe a variety of natural sources of water, including streams, lakes, and oceans |
| 1 | 112.12 (b) (7) (C) | gather evidence of how rocks, soil, and water help to make useful products. |
| 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 | 111.14 (2.11) (B) | is expected to draw conclusions and answer questions based on picture graphs and bar-type graphs. |
| 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) (5) (C) | things can be done to materials to change their physical properties such as cutting, folding, sanding, and melting |
| 2 | 112.13. (b) (7) | the natural world includes earth materials. |
| 2 | 112.13. (b) (7) (B) | identify and compare the properties of natural sources of freshwater and saltwater |
| 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) (5) | matter has measurable physical properties and those properties determine how matter is classified, changed, and used. |
| 3 | 112.14. (b) (7) | Earth consists of natural resources and its surface is constantly changing. |
| 3 | 112.14. (b) (7) (C) | identify and compare different landforms, including mountains, hills, valleys, and plains |
| 3 | 112.14. (b) (7) (D) | explore the characteristics of natural resources that make them useful in products and materials such as clothing and furniture and how resources may be conserved. |
| 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 | 112.14. (b) (9) (C) | describe environmental changes such as floods and droughts where some organisms thrive and others perish or move to new locations. |
| 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) (10) (A) | explore how adaptations enable organisms to survive in their environment such as comparing birds beaks and leaves on plants |
| 4 | 112.15. (b) (5) | matter has measurable physical properties and those properties determine how matter is classified, changed, and used. |
| 4 | 112.15. (b) (7) | Earth consists of useful resources and its surface is constantly changing. |
| 4 | 112.15. (b) (7) (B) | slow changes to Earths surface caused by weathering, erosion, and deposition from water, wind, and ice |
| 4 | 112.15. (b) (7) (C) | identify and classify Earths renewable resources, including air, plants, water, and animals; and nonrenewable resources, including coal, oil, and natural gas; and the importance of conservation. |
| 4 | 112.15. (b) (9) | living organisms within an ecosystem interact with one another and with their environment. |
| 4 | 112.15. (b) (9)(A) | most producers need sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make their own food, while consumers are dependent on other organisms for food |
| 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 |
| 5 | 112.16. (b) (5) | matter has measurable physical properties and those properties determine how matter is classified, changed, and used. |
| 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 | 112.16. (b) (9) (C) | predict the effects of changes in ecosystems caused by living organisms, including humans, such as the overpopulation of grazers or the building of highways |
| 5 | 113.7. (5.9) (C) | analyze the consequences of human modification of the environment in the United States, past and present. |
| 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) (A) | sort plants and animals into groups based on physical characteristics such as color, size, body covering, or leaf shape |
| K | 112.11 (b) (3) (A) | identify and explain a problem such as the impact of littering on the playground and propose a solution in his/her own words |
| K | 112.11 (b) (5) (B) | materials can be changed by heating or cooling. |
| K | 112.11 (b) (7) | the natural world includes earth materials. |
| K | 112.11 (b) (7) (B) | observe and describe physical properties of natural sources of water, including color and clarity |
| K | 112.11 (b) (7) (C) | give examples of ways rocks, soil, and water are useful. |
| 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. (C) | begins to observe changes in size, color, position, weather, and sound |
| PK | PK.2. (I) | identifies similarities and differences among objects and organisms |
