Alignment to Standards for UT
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | CC-2.III.1 | Investigate relationships between plants and animals and how living things change during their lives. |
| 2 | CC-2.III.1a. | Observe and describe relationships between plants and animals. |
| 4 | SC-4.V.2 | Describe the common plants and animals found in Utah environments and how these organisms have adapted to the environment in which they live. |
| 4 | SC-4.V.2b. | Cite examples of physical features that allow particular plants and animals to live in specific environments (e.g., duck has webbed feet, cactus has waxy coating). |
| 4 | SC-4.V.2c. | Describe some of the interactions between animals and plants of a given environment (e.g., woodpecker eats insects that live on trees of a forest, brine shrimp of the Great Salt Lake eat algae and birds feed on brine shrimp). |
| 4 | SC-4.V.4b. | Describe how the behavior and adaptations of Utah mammals help them survive winter (e.g., obtaining food, building homes, hibernation, migration). |
| 5 | SC-5.V.2a. | Compare the traits of similar species for physical abilities, instinctual behaviors, and specialized body structures that increase the survival of one species in a specific environment over another species (e.g., difference between the feet of snowshoe ha |
