Alignment to Standards for VA
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SC-1.5b | animal characteristics:body coverings, body shape, appendages, and methods of movement) |
| 1 | SC-1.5c | animal characteristics. Key concepts include other characteristics (wild/tame, water homes/land homes). |
| 1 | SC-1.7b | Seasonal changes: Key concepts include how temperature, light, and precipitation bring about changes in animals (behaviors, hibernation, migration, body covering, and habitat); and |
| 1 | SC-1.8a | natural resources Key concepts include identification of natural resources (plants and animals, water, air, land, minerals, forests, and soil); |
| 1 | SC-1.8b | natural resources Key concepts include factors that affect air and water quality |
| 1 | SC-1.8c | natural resources Key concepts include recycling, reusing, and reducing consumption of natural resources. |
| 2 | CIV-2.10c | responsibilities of a good citizen: actions that can improve the school and community; |
| 2 | GEO-2.4c | comparing the climate, land, and plant life of these regions; |
| 2 | GEO-2.5a | locating the equator, the seven continents, and the four oceans on maps and globes; |
| 2 | SC-2.1c | conduct investigations in which two or more attributes are used to classify items; |
| 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-2.7a | Seasonal changes: Key concepts include effects on growth and behavior of living things (migration, hibernation, camouflage, adaptation, dormancy); and |
| 2 | SC-2.7b | Seasonal changes: Key concepts include weathering and erosion of the land surface. |
| 3 | GEO-3.6 | The student will interpret geographic information from maps, tables, graphs, and charts. |
| 3 | SC-3.10a | Key concepts include the interdependency of plants and animals; |
| 3 | SC-3.10b | survival of species. Key concepts include the effects of human activity on the quality of air, water, and habitat; |
| 3 | SC-3.11c | sources of energy. Key concepts include fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas) and wood; and |
| 3 | SC-3.11d | sources of energy. Key concepts include renewable and nonrenewable energy resources. |
| 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-3.5b | food chains. Key concepts include herbivore, carnivore, omnivore |
| 3 | SC-3.6a | environments Key concepts include water-related environments (pond, marshland, swamp, stream, river, and ocean environments); |
| 3 | SC-3.6b | environments Key concepts include dry-land environments (desert, grassland, rain forest, and forest environments) |
| 3 | SC-3.6c | environments Key concepts include population and community. |
| 3 | SC-3.9d | Key concepts include water supply and water conservation. |
| 4 | SC-4.5a | plants and animals in an ecosystem Key concepts include behavioral and structural adaptations; |
| 4 | SC-4.5b | plants and animals in an ecosystem Key concepts include organization of communities; |
| 4 | SC-4.5d | Key concepts include habitats and niches; |
| 4 | SC-4.5f | Key concepts include influence of human activity on ecosystems. |
| 5 | SC-5.6a | ocean environment. Key concepts include geological characteristics (continental shelf, slope, rise); |
| 5 | SC-5.6b | ocean environment. Key concepts include physical characteristics (depth, salinity, major currents); and |
| 5 | SC-5.7e | Earth surface constantly changes. Key concepts include weathering and erosion; and |
| 5 | SC-5.7f | Earth surface constantly changes. Key concepts include human impact |
| K | CIV-K.8e | being a good citizen involves honesty, self-control, and kindness to others. |
| K | GEO-K.4 | simple maps and globes to develop an awareness that a map is a drawing of a place to show where things are located and that a globe is a round model of the Earth; |
| K | GEO-K.4b | locate land and water features. |
| K | SC-K.10a | reused, recycled, and conserved. Key concepts include materials and objects can be used over and over again; |
| K | SC-K.10b | reused, recycled, and conserved. Key concepts include everyday materials can be recycled; and |
| K | SC-K.10c | reused, recycled, and conserved. Key concepts include water and energy conservation at home and in school helps preserve resources for future use. |
| K | SC-K.5a | water Key concepts include water occurs in different states (solid, liquid, gas); |
| K | SC-K.5b | Key concepts include the natural flow of water is downhill; |
| K | SC-K.9a | change over time Key concepts include natural and human-made things may change over time |
| K | SC-K.9b | change over time Key concepts include changes can be noted and measured. |
