Alignment to Standards for MD
Grade | Number | Standard |
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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 | SS-1.3.0.D.1.b | Describe why and how people protect the environment |
2 | SC-2.2.0.A.1.d | Changes caused by humans and 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 |
2 | SC-2.3.0.F.1.c | Explain that animals and plants sometimes cause changes in their environments. |
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.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.D.1.b | Explain that the characteristics of an organism affect its ability to 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. |
5 | SC-5.3.0.A.1.a | features and behaviors of some of the plants and animals living in a familiar environment and explain ways that these organisms are well suited to their environment. |
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.A.1.d | Compare ideas about how the features of animals and plants affect what these animals are able to do. |
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 | SC-K.3.0.D.1.c | Explain that the external features of plants and animals affect how well they thrive in different kinds of places. |
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. |
K | SS-K-3.0.D.1.b | ways people change environment to meet their needs: planting crops, cutting forests |
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. |
PK-2 | SC-PK-2.1.0.C.1.i | Recognize that everybody can do science and invent things and ideas. |