Alignment to Standards for VA
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SC-1.2a | motion. Key concepts include objects may have straight, circular, and back-and-forth motions; |
| 1 | SC-1.2b | motion. Key concepts include objects may vibrate and produce sound; |
| 1 | SC-1.5a | animal characteristics. Key concepts: life needs (air, food, water, and a suitable place to live); |
| 1 | SC-1.5b | animal characteristics:body coverings, body shape, appendages, and methods of movement) |
| 2 | SC-2.5a | living things are part of a system. Key concepts include living organisms are interdependent with their living and nonliving surroundings; and |
| 2 | SC-2.5b | living things are part of a system. Key concepts include habitats change over time due to many influences. |
| 2 | SC-2.8c | Plants importance Key concepts include plants provide homes and food for many animals and prevent soil from washing away. |
| 3 | SC-3.10a | Key concepts include the interdependency of plants and animals; |
| 3 | SC-3.4a | animal adaptations: methods of gathering and storing food, finding shelter, defending themselves, and rearing young; |
| 3 | SC-3.4b | animal adaptations: hibernation, migration, camouflage, mimicry, instinct, and learned behavior. |
| 3 | SC-3.5c | food chains. Key concepts include predator and prey. |
| 3 | SC-3.6b | environments Key concepts include dry-land environments (desert, grassland, rain forest, and forest environments) |
| 4 | SC-4.5a | plants and animals in an ecosystem Key concepts include behavioral and structural adaptations; |
| 5 | SC-5.2a | sound Key concepts include frequency, waves, wavelength, vibration; |
| 5 | SC-5.2b | sound Key concepts include the ability of different media (solids, liquids, and gases) to transmit sound; and |
| 5 | SC-5.2c | sound Key concepts include uses and applications (voice, sonar, animal sounds, and musical instruments). |
| K | SC-K.6a | basic needs plants and animals. Key concepts include living things change as they grow, and they need food, water, and air to survive; |
