Alignment to Standards for DC
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SC.1.2. | The Earth is composed of land, air, and water. |
| 1 | SC.1.2.1. | Recognize and explain that water, rocks, soil, and living organisms are found on the Earths surface. |
| 1 | SC.1.4. | Different types of plants and animals inhabit the Earth. |
| 2 | SC.2.3.5. | Explain the difference between weather and climate. |
| 2 | SC.2.3.6. | Describe the differences among the various forms of precipitation (rain, snow, sleet, and hail). |
| 2 | SC.2.4. | The Earthês resources can be conserved. |
| 2 | SC.2.5.5. | Describe when water is frozen into ice and the ice is allowed to melt, the amount of water is the same as it was at the beginning. |
| 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. | Living things depend on one another and their environment for survival. |
| 2 | SC.2.7.1. | Observe and describe how animals may use plants, or even other animals, for shelter and nesting. |
| 2 | SC.2.7.4. | materials in nature, such as grass, twigs, sticks, and leaves, can be recycled and used again, sometimes in different forms, as birds do in making their nests. |
| 2 | SC.2.7.6. | animals and plants sometimes cause changes in their surroundings, some of these changes are easy to see, some are very small and hard to recognize, even though they can be very important. |
| 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. |
| 2 | SC.2.9.1. | people are more like one another than they are like other animals. Each type of animal is more like its relatives (family) than it is like the animals of other types (or families). |
| 3 | G 3.1.2. | Identify and locate major physical features and natural characteristics (e.g., bodies of water, land forms, natural resources, and weather) in Washington, DC. (G) |
| 3 | SC.3.5. | Plants/animals classified by the physical characteristics that they share. |
| 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.3.5.2. | Explain that characteristics used for classification depend on the purpose of the grouping. |
| 4 | SC.4.3.1. | Explain how waves, wind, water, and glacial ice shape and reshape Earthês land surface by eroding rock and soil in some areas and depositing them in other areas. |
| 4 | SC.4.3.2. | Explain how the surface of the Earth changes over various time scales due to processes, such as erosion and weathering, landslides, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and mountain building. |
| 4 | SC.4.4.4. | weathering breaks rocks up into smaller pieces, these pieces may be many sizes and shapes, from jagged boulders to smooth grains of sand and even smaller. |
| 4 | SC.4.7.1. | Explain that organisms interact with one another in various ways, such as providing food, pollination, and seed dispersal. |
| 4 | SC.4.7.2. | Observe and recognize that some source of energy is needed for all organisms to stay alive and grow. |
| 5 | SC.5.4.6. | Explain how global patterns, such as the jet stream and ocean currents, influence local weather and climate in ways that can be measured in terms of temperature, pressure, wind direction and speed, and amounts of precipitation. |
| 5 | SC.5.4.7. | Explain that water on Earth cycles through different forms and in different locations (e.g., underground water and vapor in the atmosphere). |
| 5 | SC.5.4.8. | Using maps and globes, recognize that the Earthês oceans are all connected as one body of water that covers about three-quarters of the Earthês surface. |
| 5 | SC.5.6.1. | objects can move with a very wide range of speeds, with some moving very slowly and some moving too quickly for people to see them. |
| 5 | SC.5.8. | Many characteristics of an organism are inherited from the parents, but others result from the influence of the environment. |
| 5 | SC.5.8.2. | List some characteristics of plants and animals that are fully inherited (e.g., form of flower, shape of leaves) and others that are affected by the climate or environmental conditions (e.g., browning of leaves from too much sun, language spoken). |
| 5 | SC.5.9. | Adaptations in physical structure or behavior may improve an organismês chance for survival. |
| 5 | SC.5.9.1. | in any particular environment, some kinds of plants and animals survive well, some do not survive as well, and some cannot survive at all. |
| 5 | SC.5.9.6. | many plants and animals can survive harsh environments because of seasonal behaviors (e.g., in winter, some trees shed leaves, some animals hibernate). |
| 5 | SC.5.9.7. | Recognize that some behaviors are instinctive (turtles burying their eggs) and others learned (wolfês hunting skills). |
| K-2 | G K-2.1. | Students use map and globe skills to determine the locations of places. |
| K-2 | H K-2.3. | Students distinguish fact from fiction. |
