Alignment to Standards for AZ
Grade | Number | Standard |
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1 | PO 1 | Identify various technologies (e.g., automobiles, radios, refrigerators) that people use. |
1 | PO 1 | Identify examples of responsible citizenship in the school setting and in stories about the past and present. |
1 | PO 2 | Compare the habitats (e.g., desert, forest, prairie, water, underground) in which plants and animals live. |
1 | PO 2 | Compare the following observable features of living things: movement _ legs, wings, protection _ skin, feathers, tree bark, respiration _ lungs, gills, support _ plant stems, tree trunks, |
1 | PO 2 | Identify characteristics of maps and globes: compass rose, symbols, map key/legend |
1 | PO 2a | Describe the rights and responsibilities of citizenship: elements of fair play, good sportsmanship, and the idea of treating others the way you want to be treated |
1 | PO 3 | Identify observable similarities and differences (e.g., number of legs, body coverings, size) between/among different groups of animals. |
1,2 | PO 1 | Recognize different types of maps (e.g., political, physical) serve various purposes. |
1,2 | PO 4b | Recognize characteristics of human and physical features: human (i.e., equator, North and South Poles) |
1,2,3 | PO 5a | Locate physical and human features using maps, illustrations, images or globes: physical ((i.e., continent, ocean, river, lake, mountains, islands) |
1,2,3 | PO 5b | Locate physical and human features using maps, illustrations, images or globes: human (i.e., equator, North and South poles, country) |
1,2,3 | PO 6a | Recognize characteristics of human and physical features: physical (i.e., continent, ocean, river, lake, mountain range, coast, sea, desert, gulf, bay, strait, plain, valley, volcano, peninsula) |
2 | PO 1 | Identify animal structures that serve different functions (e.g., sensory, defense, locomotion). |
2 | PO 1 | Analyze how various technologies impact aspects of peopleês lives (e.g., entertainment, medicine, transportation, communication). |
2 | PO 2 | Describe the life cycles of various mammals. |
2 | PO 3 | Compare the life cycles of various organisms. |
2 | PO 3 | Describe the importance of students contributing to a community (helping others, working together and service projects). |
2,3 | PO 2 | Interpret political and physical maps using the following elements: alpha numeric grids, title, compass rose - cardinal directions, key (legend), symbols |
3 | PO 1 | Identify adaptations of plants and animals that allow them to live in specific environments. |
3 | PO 1 | Locate major physical and human features from content studied (e.g., Greece, Canada, Spain, United States) on maps and globes. |
3 | PO 2 | development of different technologies (communication, entertainment, transportation, medicine) in response to resources, needs, and values. |
3 | PO 2 | beneficial and harmful impacts of natural events and human activities on the environment (e.g., forest fires, flooding, pesticides). |
3 | PO 3 | Explain the interrelationships among plants and animals in different environments: producers _ plants, consumers _ animals , decomposers _ fungi, insects, bacteria |
3 | PO 6b | human (i.e., Equator, Northern and Southern Hemispheres, North and South Poles, city) |
4 | PO 1 | Recognize that successful characteristics of populations are inherited traits that are favorable in a particular environment. |
4 | PO 1 | Compare structures in plants (e.g., roots, stems, leaves, flowers) and animals (e.g., muscles, bones, nerves) that serve different functions in growth and survival. |
4 | PO 1 | Describe how science and technology (e.g., computers, air conditioning, medicine) have improved the lives of many people. |
4 | PO 1 | natural events and human activities have positive and negative impacts on environments |
4 | PO 2 | Give examples of adaptations that allow plants and animals to survive. camouflage _ horned lizards, coyotes, mimicry _ Monarch and Viceroy butterflies, physical _ cactus spines, mutualism _ species of acacia that harbor ants, which repel other harmful ins |
4 | PO 2 | Describe benefits and risks related to the use of technology. |
4 | PO 2 | Evaluate the consequences of environmental occurrences that happen either rapidly (e.g., fire, flood, tornado) or over a long period of time (e.g., drought, melting ice caps, the greenhouse effect, erosion). |
K | PO 1 | Describe that most plants and animals will grow to physically resemble their parents. |
K | PO 1 | Recognize the differences between maps and globes. |
K | PO 2a | Recognize the rights and responsibilities of citizenship: elements of fair play, good sportsmanship, and the idea of treating others the way you want to be treated |
K | PO 4 | Identify land and water on maps, illustrations, images, and globes. |
K | PO 5 | Locate continents and oceans on a map or globe. |
K, 1 | PO 3 | Discuss the importance of students contributing to a community (e.g., helping others, working together, cleaning up the playground). |