Alignment to Standards for FL
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SC.1.E.6.1 | Recognize that water, rocks, soil, and living organisms are found on Earths surface. |
| 1 | SC.1.L.17.1 | Through observation, recognize that all plants and animals, including humans, need the basic necessities of air, water, food, and space. |
| 2 | SC.2.L.17.2 | living things are found all over Earth, but each is only able to live in habitats that meet its basic needs. |
| 3 | SC.3.L.15.1 | Classify animals into major groups (mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, arthropods, vertebrates and invertebrates, those having live births and those which lay eggs) according to their physical characteristics and behaviors. |
| 3 | SC.3.L.17.1 | Describe how animals and plants respond to changing seasons. |
| 3 | SS.3.G.2.4 | Describe the physical features of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean. |
| 3 | SS.3.G.3.1 | climate and vegetation in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean. |
| 4 | SC.4.L.16.3 | Recognize that animal behaviors may be shaped by heredity and learning. |
| 4 | SC.4.L.17.1 | Compare the seasonal changes in Florida plants and animals to those in other regions of the country. |
| 4 | SC.4.L.17.2 | Explain that animals, including humans, cannot make their own food and that when animals eat plants or other animals, the energy stored in the food source is passed to them. |
| 5 | SC.5.E.7.5 | some of the weather-related differences, such as temperature and humidity, are found among different environments, such as swamps, deserts, and mountains. |
| 5 | SC.5.E.7.6 | characteristics (temperature and precipitation) of different climate zones as they relate to latitude, elevation, and proximity to bodies of water. |
| 5 | SC.5.L.14.2 | Compare and contrast the function of organs and other physical structures of plants and animals, including humans, for example: some animals have skeletons for support -- some with internal skeletons others with exoskeletons -- while some plants have stem |
| 5 | SC.5.L.17.1 | Compare and contrast adaptations displayed by animals and plants that enable them to survive in different environments such as life cycles variations, animal behaviors and physical characteristics. |
| K | SC.K.L.14.3 | Observe plants and animals, describe how they are alike and how they are different in the way they look and in the things they do. |
| K | SS.K.G.3.1 | Identify basic landforms. |
