Alignment to Standards for VT
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 2,3 | S3-4:30 | Explaining how the physical structure/characteristic of an organism allows it to survive and defend itself (e.g., The coloring of a fiddler crab allows it to camouflage itself in the sand and grasses of its environment so that it will be protected from pr |
| 2,3 | S3-4:35.1b. | Organisms can survive best only in habitats in which their needs are met. |
| 2,3 | S3-4:36a. | Organisms interact with one another in various ways besides providing food Many plants depend on animals for carrying their pollen to other plants for fertilizing their flowers). |
| 2,3 | S3-4:39 | differences in characteristics of a certain type of organism (e.g., dogs with long hair or short hair; humans with blue or brown eyes). |
| 2,3 | S3-4:39a. | Organisms of the same kind differ in their individual characteristics/traits (e.g., Even though all dogs are of the same species, they can have very different traits). |
| PK-K | SPK-K:38a. | Some living things (organisms) are identified as plants or animals. |
