Alignment to Standards for KY
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | SC-04-3.5.1a | draw conclusions about the nature of the organisms and the basic environments that existed at the time; |
| 4 | SC-04-3.5.1b | make inferences about the relationships to organisms that are alive today. |
| 4 | SC-04-3.5.1c | Fossils found in Earth materials provide evidence about organisms that lived long ago and the nature of the environment at that time. |
| 4 | SC-04-3.5.1d | Representations of fossils provide the basis for describing and drawing conclusions about the organisms and basic environments represented by them. |
| 4 | SC-4-BC-S-1 | examine fossils and representations of fossils to make comparisons among organisms that lived long ago and organisms of today and draw conclusions about the nature of the organisms and basic environments represented by fossils |
| 4 | SC-4-BC-U-1 | understand that the structures and characteristics of fossils provide information about the nature of an organism, the environmental conditions where/when it lived and how it is related to organisms still alive today. |
| Primary | SC-EP-3.5.1 | describe fossils as evidence of organisms that lived long ago, some of which may be similar to others that are alive today. Fossils found in Earth materials provide evidence about organisms that lived long ago and the nature of the environme |
| Primary | SC-P-BC-S-1 | identify and describe evidence of organisms that no longer exist (fossils) |
| Primary | SC-P-BC-S-2 | Students will examine fossils/representations of fossils and make comparisons between organisms that lived long ago and organisms of today (e.g., compare a fern to a fossil of a fern-like plant) |
| Primary | SC-P-BC-S-3 | make inferences about the basic environments represented by fossils found in earth materials (e.g., fossils of fish skeletons represent an aquatic environment) |
| Primary | SC-P-BC-S-5 | compare fossils, plants and animals from similar environments in different geographic locations |
| Primary | SC-P-BC-U-1 | fossils found in Earth materials indicate that organisms and environmental conditions may have been different in the past. |
