Alignment to Standards for IN
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SC-1.4.3 | animals eat plants or other animals for food. |
| 1 | SC-1.4.4 | Explain that most living things need water, food, and air. |
| 2 | SC-2.4.2 | Observe that and describe how animals may use plants, or even other animals, for shelter and nesting. |
| 2 | SC-2.4.3 | plants and animals both need to take in water, animals need to take in food & oxygen, and plants need light. |
| 2 | SC-2.4.4 | living things are found almost everywhere in the world and that there are somewhat different kinds in different places. |
| 2 | SC-2.4.5 | materials in nature, such as grass, twigs, sticks, and leaves, can be recycled and used again, sometimes in different forms, such as in birdsê nests. |
| 3 | SC-3.4.4 | all kinds of animalsê food can be traced back to plants. |
| 3 | SC-3.4.6 | Explain that people need water, food, air, waste removal, and a particular range of temperatures, just as other animals do. |
| 3 | SS-3.3.7 | Describe how climate and the physical characteristics of a region affect the vegetation and animal life living there. |
| 4 | SC-4.4.2 | Investigate, observe, and describe that insects and various other organisms depend on dead plant and animal material for food. |
| 4 | SC-4.4.3 | organisms interact with one another in various ways, such as providing food, pollination, and seed dispersal. |
| 4 | SC-4.4.4 | some source of energy is needed for all organisms to stay alive and grow. |
| 5 | SC-5.4.4 | Explain that 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-5.4.4 | in any particular environment, some kinds of plants and animals survive well, some do not survive as well, and some cannot survive at all. |
