Alignment to Standards for MD
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SC-1.3.0.A.1. | Compare and explain how external features of plants and animals help them survive in different environments. |
| 1 | SC-1.3.0.A.1.b | Compare similar features in some animals and plants and explain how each of these enables the organism to satisfy basic needs. |
| 1 | SC-1.3.0.A.1.c | an organisms external features contribute to its ability to survive in an environment. |
| 1 | SC-1.3.0.B.2. | Provide evidence that all organisms are made of parts that help them carry out the basic functions of life. |
| 1 | SC-1.3.0.B.2.a | humans and other animals have different body parts used to seek, find, and take in food. |
| 1 | SC-1.3.0.E.1. | Describe some of the ways in which animals depend on plants and on each other. |
| 1 | SC-1.3.0.E.1.a | Examine organisms in a wide variety of environments to gather information on how animals satisfy their need for food. |
| 1 | SC-1.3.0.E.1.c | Some animals eat only other animals |
| 2 | SC-2.3.0.F.1.b | Explain that organisms live in habitats that provide their basic needs: Food, Water, Air, Shelter |
| 4 | SC-4.3.0.D.1.a | Describe ways in which organisms in one habitat differ from those in another habitat and consider how these differences help them survive and reproduce. |
| 4 | SC-4.3.0.F.1.a | Explain ways that individuals and groups of organisms interact with each other and their environment. |
| 4 | SC-4.3.0.F.1c | Identify and describe the interactions of organisms present in a habitat: Beneficial interactions: nesting, pollination, seed dispersal, oysters filtering as in the Chesapeake Bay, etc. |
| 4 | SC-4.3.0.F.1d | Identify and describe the interactions of organisms present in a habitat: Roles within food chains and webs: scavengers, decomposers, producers, consumers. |
| 5 | SC-5.3.0.E.1. | Recognize that some source of energy is needed for all organisms to grow and survive. |
| 5 | SC-5.3.0.E.1.d | some insects and various other organisms depend on dead plant and animal material for food. |
| K | SC-K.3.0.E.1.a | Make observations of the features and behaviors of many different kinds of animals within an environment to identify and begin building a list of some of the basic needs these organisms share, such as water, air, etc. |
| K | SC-K.3.0.E.1.b | Describe ways that people and other animals manage to bring the things they need from their environment into their bodies. |
| K | SC-K.3.0.F.1.c | Describe ways that animals and plants found in each place interact with each other and with their environment. |
| PK | SC-PK.3.0.A.1.d | Identify some of the things that all animals do, such as eat, move around and explain how their features (observable parts) help them do these things. |
