Alignment to Standards for CA
Grade | Number | Standard |
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1 | 1 S ES--3.b. | weather changes from day to day but that trends in temperature or of rain (or snow) tend to be predictable during a season. |
1 | 1 S LS--2 | Plants and animals meet their needs in different ways. |
1 | 1 S LS--2.a. | Different plants and animals inhabit different kinds of environments and have external features that help them thrive in different kinds of places. |
2 | 2 S LS--2 | Plants and animals have predictable life cycles. |
2 | 2 S LS--2.a. | organisms reproduce offspring of their own kind and that the offspring resemble their parents and one another. |
2 | 2 S LS--2.b. | sequential stages of life cycles are different for different animals, such as butterflies, frogs, and mice. |
2 | 2 S LS--2.c. | many characteristics of an organism are inherited from the parents. Some characteristics are caused or influenced by the environment. |
2 | 2 S LS--2.d. | there is variation among individuals of one kind within a population. |
3 | 3 S LS--3 | Adaptations in physical structure or behavior may improve an organisms chance for survival. |
3 | 3 S LS--3.a. | plants and animals have structures that serve different functions in growth, survival, and reproduction. |
3 | 3 S LS--3.b. | examples of diverse life forms in different environments, such as oceans, deserts, tundra, forests, grasslands, and wetlands. |
3 | 3 S LS--3.c. | living things cause changes in the environment in which they live: some of these changes are detrimental to the organism or other organisms, and some are beneficial. |
4 | 4 S LS--3.a. | ecosystems can be characterized by their living and nonliving components. |
4 | 4 S LS--3.b. | in any particular environment, some kinds of plants and animals survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all. |
K | K S ES--3.b. | changes in weather occur from day to day and across seasons, affecting Earth and its inhabitants. |
K | K S LS--2 | Different types of plants and animals inhabit the earth. |
K | K S LS--2.a. | similarities and differences in the appearance and behavior of plants and animals (e.g., seed-bearing plants, birds, fish, insects). |
K | K S LS--2.c. | identify major structures of common plants and animals (e.g., stems, leaves, roots, arms, wings, legs). |
K | K SS 4) | compare/contrast locations of people, places, and environments and describe their characteristics. |
K | K SS 5) | Students put events in temporal order using a calendar, placing days, weeks, and months in proper order. |