Alignment to Standards for LA
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | G-1.1 | Identify and use simple map symbols and key/legend |
| 1 | G-1.3 | Describe a map as a representation of a place |
| 1 | G-1.6 | Identify Earthês various physical features (e.g., oceans, islands, mountains, rivers) |
| 1 | LS-1.26 | Describe the differences between plants and animals |
| 1 | LS-1.27 | Identify what animals and plants need to grow and develop |
| 1 | LS-1.32 | Describe features of some animals that benefit them in their environments |
| 2 | G-2.2 | Describe basic characteristics of maps and globes |
| 2 | G-2.8 | Identify examples of various landforms (e.g., continents, islands) |
| 2 | LS-2.34 | Describe inherited characteristics of living things |
| 2 | LS-2.35 | Identify the components of a variety of habitats and describe how organisms in those habitats depend on each other |
| 2 | SE-2.50 | Describe ways in which habitat loss or change can occur as a result of natural events or human impact |
| 3 | LS-3.35 | Compare structures (parts of the body) in a variety of animals (e.g., fish, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds, insects) |
| 3 | LS-3.38 | Classify groups of organisms based on common characteristics |
| 3 | SE-3.57 | Describe the interrelationships of living (biotic) and nonliving (abiotic) components within various ecosystems (e.g., terrarium, swamp, backyard) |
| 3 | SE-3.58 | Describe how humans have had negative and positive effects on organisms and their environments |
| 4 | ESS-4.63 | Earthês surface is changed as a result of slow and rapid processes (e.g., sand dunes, canyons, volcanoes, earthquakes) |
| 4 | G-4.10 | Identify physical processes that change Earthês surface and create physical features suddenly or over time (e.g., what physical processes created the Grand Canyon, the Great Lakes, the Hawaiian Islands) |
| 4 | G-4.17 | Identify natural disasters, their causes, areas prone to them, and how those disasters affect people and the environment |
| 4 | G-4.6 | Describe and compare the distinguishing characteristics of various land forms, bodies of water, climates, and forms of vegetation in the United States |
| 4 | LS-4.41 | Describe how parts of animalsê bodies are related to their functions and survival (e.g., wings/flying, webbed feet/swimming) |
| 4 | LS-4.50 | Explain how some organisms in a given habitat compete for the same resources |
| 4 | LS-4.51 | organisms can modify their environment to meet their needs (e.g., beavers making dams) |
| 4 | LS-4.52 | Describe how some plants and animals have adapted to their habitats |
| 4 | LS-4.53 | Identify the habitat in which selected organisms would most likely live and explain how specific structures help organisms to survive |
| 4 | LS-4.54 | effect of sudden increases or decreases of one group of organisms upon other organisms in the environment |
| 4 | SE-4.72 | Predict and describe consequences of the removal of one component in a balanced ecosystem (e.g., consumer, herbivores, nonliving component) |
| 5 | ESS-5.32. | Demonstrate the results of constructive and destructive forces using models or illustrations |
| 5 | LS-5.27. | Compare common traits of organisms within major ecosystems |
| 5 | LS-5.28. | Explain and give examples of predator/prey relationships |
| 5 | LS-5.29. | Describe adaptations of plants and animals that enable them to thrive in local and other natural environments |
| K | ESS-K.30 | Distinguish between areas of Earth covered by land and water |
| K | G-K.1 | Identify a map and a globe as a representation of Earth |
| K | G-K.5 | Identify the difference between land and water and locate both on a map or globe |
| PK | LS-PK.20 | Give examples of different kinds of plants and different kinds of animals |
| PK | LS-PK.22. | Learn about animals and plants through nonfiction literature (For Creative Minds) |
