Alignment to Standards for MD
| Grade | Number | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SC-1.3.0.C.1. | Explain that there are differences among individuals in any population. |
| 1 | SC-1.3.0.C.1.a | plants and animals to identify ways that individuals are different from one another. |
| 1 | SS-1.3.0.D.1.b | Describe why and how people protect the environment |
| 1,2 | SS-1-3.3.0.D.1. | Explain how people modify, protect and adapt to their environment |
| 2 | SC-2.3.0.D.1. | Observe and describe examples of variation (differences) among individuals of one kind within a population. |
| 2 | SC-2.3.0.D.1.a | individuals in familiar animal populations, cats or dogs, to identify how they look alike and how they are different. |
| 2 | SC-2.6.0.B.1. | Recognize and describe that the activities of individuals or groups of individuals can affect the environment. |
| 2 | SC-2.6.0.B.1.a | Identify and describe that individual and group actions, such as turning off lights, conserving water, recycling, picking up litter, or joining an organization can extend the natural resources of the environment. |
| 2 | SS-2.3.0.D.1.b | Describe how and why people protect or fail to protect the environment |
| 3 | SS-3.3.0.D.1.b | Describe why and how people make decisions about protecting the environment |
| 3,4,5 | SC-3-5.1.0.C.1.e | Recognize that doing science involves many different kinds of work and engages men and women of all ages and backgrounds. |
| 4 | SC-4.3.0.D.1. | individuals of the same kind differ in their characteristics, and sometimes the differences give individuals an advantage in surviving and reproducing. |
| 4 | SC-4.3.0.D.1.c | individuals in a group of the same kind of animals or plants to identify differences in characteristics, such as hearing ability in rabbits or keenness of vision in hawks that might give those individuals an advantage in surviving and reproducing. |
| 5 | SC-5.2.0.A.2. | Cite and describe the processes that cause rapid or slow changes in Earths surface. |
| 5 | SC-5.2.0.A.2.a | Identify and describe events such as tornadoes, hurricanes, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and flooding which change surface features rapidly. |
| 5 | SC-5.3.0.A.1.b | Based on information about the features and behaviors of animals and plants from very different environments describe reasons that they might not survive if their environment changed or if they were moved from one environment to another. |
| K | SC-K.3.0.D.1.b | describe and compare living things found in other states such as Texas and Alaska to those found in Maryland. |
| K | SS-K-3.0.D.1. | Describe how people adapt to and modify their immediate environment |
| PK-2 | SC-PK-2.1.0.C.1.i | Recognize that everybody can do science and invent things and ideas. |
