Alignment to Standards for DC
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SC.1.2.3. | Observe and measure that the sun supplies heat and light to the Earth and is necessary for most life. |
| 1 | SC.1.4. | Different types of plants and animals inhabit the Earth. |
| 1 | SC.1.4.1. | Explain that most living things need food, water, and air. |
| 1 | SC.1.4.3. | animals eat plants and/or other animals for food. |
| 1 | SC.1.4.4. | animals and plants are living things that grow, reproduce, and need food, air, and water. |
| 2 | SC.2.6. | Plants and animals have structures that serve different functions in growth, survival, and reproduction. |
| 2 | SC.2.6.1. | visible, external features of plants and animals and describe how these features help them live in different environments. |
| 2 | SC.2.6.2. | some animals and plants change their appearance as the seasons change. |
| 2 | SC.2.7.1. | Observe and describe how animals may use plants, or even other animals, for shelter and nesting. |
| 2 | SC.2.7.2. | food for almost all kinds of animals can be traced through a food web back to green plants. |
| 2 | SC.2.7.3. | plants and animals both need to take in water, animals need to take in food, and green plants need light. |
| 2 | SC.2.8. | Many different types of plants and animals inhabit the Earth. |
| 2 | SC.2.8.1. | living things are found almost everywhere in the world in habitats such as the oceans, rivers, rain forests, mountain ranges, arctic tundra, farms, cities, and other environments. Recognize that some habitats are extreme, such a |
| 2 | SC.2.8.2. | the numbers and types of living things can vary greatly from place to place. |
| 3 | SC.3.3.1. | Observe and describe the apparent motion of the sun and moon over a time span of one day. |
| 3 | SC.3.5.1. | living things can be sorted into groups in many ways using various properties, such as how they look, where they live, and how they act, in order to decide which things belong to which group. |
| 3 | SC.3.7.4. | Recognize that food provides energy as well as materials for growth, maintenance, and repair of body parts. |
| 4 | SC.4.5.1. | Explain that energy comes from the sun in the form of visible light and other radiation we cannot see without special instruments, but some of what we cannot see we can feel as heating (infrared radiation), and some can cause sunburn (ultraviolet radiatio |
| 4 | SC.4.7. | All organisms need energy and matter to live and grow. |
| 4 | SC.4.7.5. | Describe the structures in plants (leaves, roots, flowers, stem, bark, wood) that are responsible for food production, support, water transport, growth, and protection. |
| 4 | SC.4.7.6. | Describe the many beneficial attributes of plants, including trees, in improving and sustaining an urban environment. |
